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Ying / Shadow (2018) - The greatest wu xia movie in many years - 10/10 (04/06/19)

Ying / Shadow (2018) - The greatest wu xia movie in many years - 10/10 (04/06/19)

Many reviewers say that this film is Zhang Yimou's best since House of Flying Daggers. Others claim it might be his best since Hero. Some people even try to convince you it's his greatest effort since To Live released twenty-four years earlier. I believe...

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India's Most Wanted (2019) - No easy way out - 8/10 (31/05/19)

India's Most Wanted (2019) - No easy way out - 8/10 (31/05/19)

India's Most Wanted is a gripping thriller based upon true events that follows a team of five Indian undercover agents who try to track down a Pakistani terrorist who hides under a false identity in Nepal. If you expect a gripping action movie, you might...

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Miyamoto Musashi kanketsuhen: kettô Ganryûjima / Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) - An empathic fencer becomes an accomplished ronin - 9/10 (30/04/19)

Miyamoto Musashi kanketsuhen: kettô Ganryûjima / Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) - An empathic fencer becomes an accomplished ronin - 9/10 (30/04/19)

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island is the last part of the so-called Samurai trilogy about accomplished artist, author, fencer, philantrophist and philosopher Miyamoto Musashi. While the first movie focused on the protagonist's challenging life as a teenager...

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Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô / Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) - A skilled fencer who needs to learn about chivalry - 8/10 (30/04/19)

Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô / Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) - A skilled fencer who needs to learn about chivalry - 8/10 (30/04/19)

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple is the second part of the so-called Samurai trilogy by Inagaki Hiroshi about legendary historical figure Miyamoto Musashi who was a highly accomplished samurai who wasn't only a great fighter but also an intellectual...

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Miyamoto Musashi / Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) - A careless teenage warrior becomes a careful adult ronin - 8/10 (30/04/19)

Miyamoto Musashi / Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) - A careless teenage warrior becomes a careful adult ronin - 8/10 (30/04/19)

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto is the first part of the Samurai trilogy by director Inagaki Hiroshi featuring lead actor Mifune Toshiro based upon based the novel by Yoshikawa Eiji about the famous philospher, duelist and author of The Book of Five Rings....

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Hana-bi / Fireworks (1997) - Light in darkness - 8/10 (30/04/19)

Hana-bi / Fireworks (1997) - Light in darkness - 8/10 (30/04/19)

Fireworks is a beautifully shot philosophical drama that is both nihilistic and life-affirming at the same time. It tells the story of a police officer whose life takes a turn for the worse when a routine mission goes wrong, killing one of his partners,...

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San tai Yon ekkusu Jugatsu / Boiling Point (1990) - Baseball tactics meet hockey fights - 6/10 (17/04/19)

San tai Yon ekkusu Jugatsu / Boiling Point (1990) - Baseball tactics meet hockey fights - 6/10 (17/04/19)

Boiling Point, originally titled 3 to 4x October in reference to a baseball game shown in the movie, is the first film where Takeshi Kitano was in full charge as writer, director and actor. The movie is quite experimental as it is a mixture of a gangster...

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Kesari (2019) - The fight for freedom - 9/10 (10/04/19)

Kesari (2019) - The fight for freedom - 9/10 (10/04/19)

Kesari is an epic Indian war movie based upon true events that tells the story of the Battle of Saragarhi when an outpost of the British Indian Army consisting of twenty-one soldiers needs to fight off thousands of Pashtun tribesmen. The film doesn't...

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Hotel Mumbai (2018) - To understand the devil, you have to look into his eyes - 10/10 (10/04/19)

Hotel Mumbai (2018) - To understand the devil, you have to look into his eyes - 10/10 (10/04/19)

There are few movies that have moved me as much as Hotel Mumbai. Based upon true events, it shows how Pakistani Islamist terrorists attack numerous locations in the Indian metropolis of Mumbai. The showdown takes places in the prestigious Taj Mahal Palace...

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Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki / Violent Cop (1989) - Detective Pitiless - 8/10 (10/04/19)

Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki / Violent Cop (1989) - Detective Pitiless - 8/10 (10/04/19)

Violent Cop is the first directorial work of comedian and television host Takeshi Kitano. He wasn't even supposed to do this job but when the initially hired director pulled out of the project due to scheduling conflicts, Takeshi Kitano took over and...

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