Cantonese-dialect cinema was descending towards oblivion when its fortunes were temporarily buoyed by the release of the martial arts epic Paragon of Sword & Knife in December 1967 and its "Concluding ...

Ritwik is a passionate gamer who has a soft spot for JRPGs. He's been writing about all things gaming for six years and counting. The Wuxia genre offers unique gaming experiences with engaging martial ...

King Hu’s Come Drink with Me and Chang Cheh’s One-Armed Swordsman are generally credited with launching the New School wuxia films that showed more realistic action, violence and faster fight scenes.

Today marks the theatrical release of Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s “The Assassin,” the tale of an assassin (Shu Qi) who is ordered to kill the man she loves. But “The Assassin” is only the latest entry in the ...

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 ...