JP's Kung Fu Movie Catalog
The Fun, the Fast and the Ferocious
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Yamada: The Samurai of Ayothaya
ซามูไร อโยธยา
Samurai Ayothaya
aka Muai Thai Warrior; Yamada, Way of the Samurai
thumbsmeh
2010
Thailand
Betrayed by his own, samurai is rescued by Thai enemies
KEY TOPICS
MuayThai, Samurai, SourceMaterial

Yojimbo
用心棒
Yojinbo
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1961
Japan
Ronin plays both sides of a war between feuding clans
KEY TOPICS
AkiraKurosawa, EdoPeriod, Ronin, WanderingSwordsman, WesternStyle
KEY PLAYERS
ToshiroMifune
Young Rebel, The
後生
Hou sheng
thumbsmeh
1975
Hong Kong
Troubled youth with anger and money issues joins crime syndicate
KEY TOPICS
Gangster, ModernEra, ShawBrothers
KEY PLAYERS
FungHakOn, LauKarWing, LeeHoiSang, TiLung
Young Vagabond, The
少年蘇乞兒
Xiao nian Su Qi Er
thumbsmeh
1985
Hong Kong
Eldest son of rich wineseller becomes beggarly drunken boxing legend
KEY TOPICS
BeggarSo, ShawBrothers
KEY PLAYERS
GordonLiu, JohnnyWang, KuFeng
Yuchi Gong
尉迟恭
aka Yuchi Gong: The Door God
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2011
China
Promising premise, interesting setup, but plot's redeemable qualities quickly evaporate
KEY TOPICS
[TV], TangDynasty