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Kung fu in Chinese Movies

Chinese Kung Fu movies, are the Chinese action hit movies, which introduced in movies to present traditional Chinese martial arts. Fights between two peoples are usually of great entertainment value and interesting for watchers. The kung Fu scenes tells us the barriers and conflicts because of injustice and evil and the remedy to escape from that is always fighting. In ancient times the scenarios are the settings. They frequently offer surroundings such as rings for martial arts contests, Kung Fu training centres and others where fights may happen. Bare-hand fights together with chases, stunt works and gunfights are included in the films.

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Chinese cinema with kung Fu are the good medium to show Chinese martial arts to the world. In 1920’s time the period of silent films “The Burning of Red Lotus Temple” was shot. During the 1950s, the director Hu Peng in Hong Kong, achieved the success by the movie “Once Upon A Time in China”. From there, Kung Fu movies started to have its varieties in the field of film. A little later, “The One-Armed Swordsman” directed by Cheh Chang and “Come Drink with Me” by King Hu caused great sensations in this kung Fu field.

In the 1970s, Bruce Lee, a great star in Kung Fu gave still more sense to the marital arts in high level, the one who a world famous Kungfu master and Kung Fu star, massively introduced Chinese martial arts to the world with “Fists of Fury”, “The Way of the Dragon” and other movies. Nowadays, “Hero”, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” are highly spoken and reached throughout the world.

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At present the Kung Fu movies, fights for fairness and justice are still at the balance. Generally, Wing Chun, Hung Kuen, Shaolin Martial Arts and other skills are well performed to the audience through movies. Jet Lee, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen and some other actors played many great masters’ characters with their real extraordinary skills.

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