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DVD FOREIGN MANDARIN CROUCHING
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DVD FOREIGN MANDARIN CROUCHING
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19th-century China. Two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocrat prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her deeply romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face to face with their worst enemy and the inescapable, enduring power of love.
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Lee goes to the island fortress of a warlord of crime, Han, who carries on his opium smuggling and prostitution activities under the disguise of a martial arts academy. Determined to avenge the death of his sister, Lee penetrates Han's stronghold and enters the brutal martial arts tournament Han is staging. The fighting sequences, staged by Lee himself, demonstrate the skills of karate, judo, tai kwan do, tai chichuan, and hapkido.
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DVD FOREIGN MANDARIN GRANDMASTER
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DVD FOREIGN MANDARIN GRANDMASTER
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Watch an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man, who mentored Bruce Lee. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division, and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts.
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Master Ip wants to open a martial arts academy. But a corrupt cabal of martial arts masters, led by Master Hung, refuses to allow him to teach in peace until he proves himself in a series of fights against the local master, which Ip does, in style. But when a Western-style boxer named 'Twister' comes to town to entertain the Brits, he insults Chinese martial arts in a horrifically violent way, and Ip is forced by honor to enter a brutal 'King of the...
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"Daniel, a fatherless teenager, arrives in Los Angeles from the east coast and faces the difficult task of making new friends. However, he becomes the object of bullying by the Cobras, a menacing gang of karate students, when he strikes up a relationship with Ali, the gang leader's ex-girlfriend. Eager to fight back and impress his new girlfriend, Daniel asks his handyman Miyagi, whom he learns is a master of martial arts, to teach him karate. Miyagi...
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Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, the bride emerges from a coma and decides its time for payback ... with a vengeance. Having been gunned down by her former boss and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight. She didn't start this deadly series of events, but she is definitely determined to finish the business.
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DVD FOREIGN CANTONESE ONCE
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DVD FOREIGN CANTONESE ONCE
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China has been infected with a plague known as the Western world, and martial artist Wong Fei-hung refuses to stand by and watch as his country is decimated by the foreign forces.
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DVD ADVENTURE MAN
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DVD ADVENTURE MAN
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Donaka Mark recruits a humble Tai Chi student, Tiger Chen, to his closed-circuit battles. But when the young man is seduced by money and power, it will trigger a war between the Hong Kong police, the world's deadliest combatants, and a peaceful spiritual discipline turned lethal new fighting style.
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DVD FOREIGN CHINESE KUNG
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DVD FOREIGN CHINESE KUNG
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Sing, a hapless gangster, must overcome his inability to wield a knife and demonstrate his mettle in order to become a member of the notorious Axe Gang. He realizes he is the greatest kung fu master of them all, destined to protect the sacred streets.
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DVD FOREIGN THAI PROTECTOR
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DVD FOREIGN THAI PROTECTOR
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Kham grew up with elephants in Thailand. To him elephants are majestic creatures, bred for peace, but prepared for war. When an evil Asian gang kidnap a bull and baby elephant during a festival, they are smuggled into Sydney, Australia. Kham must travel to a foreign land, and unravel a conspiracy that will reach into the highest levels of Australian law and business circles. With only his Muy Thai fighting techniques, and a disgraced Thai-descent...
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A young man is called to Rome to help a family friend whose restaurant is being targeted by local gangsters.
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DVD FOREIGN MANDARIN SHAOLIN
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DVD FOREIGN MANDARIN SHAOLIN
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Set in 1920s Republican China, amid chaos created by feuding warlords the monks of the Shaolin Temple try to keep the people fed. A defeated warrior takes refuge with the monks, and tries to protect them when the temple is attacked by his former protégé.