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Rental > Foreign Cinema > Martial Arts: 237 Films to Rent
- Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou
- Another sumptuous Tang Dynasty epic in martial arts from the dir. of HERO, cast in the mould of a Shakespearian power struggle between an Emperor, an…
- Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)
- Dir. Wilson Yip
Feat. Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Donnie Yen…
- Flamboyant, off–the–hook actioner in which two estranged kung–fu masters must put aside their differences to overcome a marauding…
- Dynamite Warrior (2006)
- Dir. Chalem Wongpim
Feat. Dan Chupong, Leo Putt
- As if to accommodate an escalating reputation for martial arts outrageousness, Thailand’s stunt extraordinaires risk life and limb in their most…
- Love and Honor (Bushi no ichibun) (2006)
- Dir. Yoji Yamada
Feat. Takuya Kimura, Nenji Kobayashi, Ken Ogata
- Third chapter in dir. Yamada's revisionist samurai trilogy looks at a recently blinded samurai and the lengths his wife will go to protect his…
- Rebel, The (2006)
- Dir. Truc "Charlie" Nguyen
Feat. Dustin Nguyen
- This vigorous martial arts actioner set in 1920s Vietnam is unusually committed to the finer details of political turmoil and period recreation,…
- Robin-B-Hood (Bo bui gai wak) (2006)
- Dir. Benny Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Louis Koo, Michael Hui…
- Chan hams it up in this big–budget action caper as a compulsive gambler who inadvertently ends up with a kidnapped baby as a means to pay off…
- Azumi 2 (2005)
- Dir. Shusuke Kaneko
Feat. Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Ai Maeda…
- Samurai girl–power sweeps feudal Japan once more in this competent, but lesser installment (minus the original director) in the Azumi…
- Death Trance (2005)
- Dir. Yuji Shimomura
Feat. Tak Sakaguchi
- Another insane, neo–samurai fantasy from the VERSUS camp involving the battle over a mysterious coffin that, if opened, could destroy the…
- Duelist (Hyeongsa) (2005)
- Dir. Lee Myung-Se
Feat. Ji-won Ha, Sung-kee Ahn, Dong-won Kang
- A restless, meta–revisionist sword epic from the dir. of NOWHERE TO HIDE places two undercover police officers in pursuit of an elusive…
- House of Fury (2005)
- Dir. Stephen Fung
Feat. Anthony Wong, Stephen Fung, Gillian Chung…
- Teenage kung fu experts find that their father's far–fetched tales have a grain of truth to them in this madcap adventure featuring fight…