Wu Xia is a film genre from Taiwan and Hong Kong. The name is in Mandarin where Wu means martial arts; Xia means heroes. This genre is considered different from Martial arts films. It has its own characteristics.
This genre has been around in the Pacific Rim region since the 1950s or 1960s. The Shaws brothers studio was the forerunner of this type of movies. It was introduced to mainstream Hollywood for the first time in 2000 by Ang Lee's movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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Postado por caio em janeiro 12, 2002 7:01 AM