Chasing dragons : an introduction to the martial arts film / David West
- Bib ID:
- 3807708
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- West, David
- Description:
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- London : I. B. Tauris, 2006
- vi, 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781850439820
- 1850439826
- Full contents:
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- Japan
- Japan - a selective history
- Key terms
- Kurosawa Akira
- Miyamoto Musashi - Zen and sword
- The Chambara film and the hero as stray dog
- The adventures of Zatoichi
- Oichi, the blind swordswoman
- Kobayashi Masaki and the family under Bushido
- Okamoto Kihachi
- Gosha Hideo
- The decline of the Chambara genre
- Pursuing the youth audience - Japanese cinema post-decline
- A resurgence of humanism
- Closing the circle
- Hong Kong
- A note about names
- Key terms
- China and the monks of Shaolin
- The process of genre
- Kwan Tak Hing and Wong Fey Hung
- The classic Kung Fu movie
- King Hu
- Chang Cheh and the Shaolin heroes
- Lau Gar Leung
- Bruce Lee and Golden Harvest
- The Kung Fu comedy and Jackie Chan
- The shift to a contemporary cinema
- A modern action cinema
- Sammo Hung
- John Woo - Hong Kong gangsters
- Ringo Lam - Hong Kong on fire
- Women action stars in Hong Kong cinema
- Chow Sing Chi - parody and deconstruction
- Tsui Hark and the new wave
- The return of the traditional heroes
- The Hong Kong diaspora
- After the new wave
- Hollywood and the USA
- The introduction of martial arts to America
- Before Bruce Lee
- Robert Clouse and Fred Weintraub
- Chuck Norris, Cannon films and Ninja
- A-list action heroes
- American martial arts films
- Enter the Matrix
- Hong Kong imports
- Aftermath.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-261) and index.
- Subject:
- Martial arts films -- History and criticism
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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