Chinese wuxia series are becoming increasingly popular in the West in a similar fashion to Western TV shows gaining audiences in China, thanks to devoted fans and the power of the Internet. Wuxia, ...
The 2nd Himalayan Rim Film Exhibition opens in India, celebrating Chinese wuxia cinema with screenings, forums, and filmmaker ...
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s latest film, “The Assassin,” is the 68-year-old Taiwanese filmmaker’s first foray into the wuxia genre, a Chinese fiction favorite dealing with martial arts, chivalry and sorcery.
Liu Suibin (left), the 36th-generation head of the Qingcheng Sect, performs during the Wuxia Literature Golden Sword Awards ceremony in Haining, Zhejiang Province on November 8, 2024. Photo: Courtesy ...
Don’t call it a Soulslike. S-Game has reemerged to talk up their upcoming Chinese action game, Phantom Blade Zero. But it seems they want to clarify that Phantom Blade Zero is not the game that we ...
“Wuxia Cinema: The Magic of Martial Arts” is a free, weeklong film series for those who like their foreign films to have both high drama and high kicks. Supported by the Taiwan Academy of the Taipei ...
On Sunday, Disney confused most of the English-speaking world when it released the trailer for the live-action remake of its 1998 film, Mulan. Lacking musical numbers and smack-talking animals, the ...
Wuxia movies were never the same after King Hu’s legendary Dragon Inn. During the Ming dynasty, the emperor’s minister of defense is framed by a powerful court eunuch and executed, and his family is ...