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Made for German TV documentary about the early craze of Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema. While critical on the subject and not too well informed, it nevertheless offers some interesting insights into the Hong Kong film industry of that days.

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Similar Movies:

Basquiat

The Endless Summer

Dworzec

Dark Days

Mad Hot Ballroom

Ragtime

The Ring Thing

Los habitantes del pasto

Carol Doda Topless at the Condor

Set Fire to the Stars

Malcolm X

Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong

Liberty: Mother of Exiles

Storror Supertramps - Thailand

Life After People

Food Matters

The 50 Year Argument

Nursery University

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

New York at the Movies