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During the Northern Song Dynasty, the valuable Xuanwu Order was lost to the rivers and lakes, and the four martial arts families fought against each other. Leng Xuanfeng trapped Nangong Yu and his men in the dense forest of Wolong Valley. At the same time, Princess Yongning, a descendant of the Zhou Dynasty, was captured by the young master of the Green Dragon Gate, Xu Lingyun, and Nangong Yu was so furious that he sent a letter to Master Jing Yuan of the Heavenly Mountains and Snowy Range. Mok Siu Ho obeys his master's order and returns to the mountain, resolving the feuds and disputes between the four families and restoring the peace of the rivers and lakes. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Chivalrous (2020)

Towards the end of WWII, the Navy gave the Kyoto University's physics lab the secret of a bomb that makes use of nuclear fission energy. While doing research to save Japan, the researchers there wonder if they should promote the development of weapons as scientists. Research enthusiast Ishimura Osamu tries to experiment purely but is at the mercy of the time period. His brother, Hiroyuki, also has to face the truth of the war. Asakura Setsu wants only to talk about the future. A story based on historical facts about youth during the tragedy of war.

Taiyou no Ko: GIFT OF FIRE (2020)

In the winter of 1950, in the icy and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle between the United States and China was about to begin. China and the United States respectively sent the most elite troop troops to fight-the 9th Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers, the 1st US Marine Division, and the 7th Infantry Division.

The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)

The film mainly follows the famous 1597 Battle of Myeongryang during the Japanese invasion of Korea (1592-1598), where the iconic Joseon admiral Yi Sun-sin managed to destroy a total of 133 Japanese warships with only 13 ships remaining in his command. The battle, which took place in the Myeongryang Strait off the southwest coast of the Korean Peninsula, is considered one of the greatest victories of Yi.

The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)

The young and vigorous Huo Yuanjia was only focused on "subjugating people by force", and therefore had a rift with his father and ran away from home. When he first arrived in Jinmen, he met Nong Jinsun who secretly escorted the reformers, and Zheng Yi shot out the crisis of the agriculture, and the two became friends. Nong Jinsun persuaded him to use a good martial art to open a martial arts hall to strengthen the people and the country.

Kung Fu Master Huo Yuan Jia (2020)

A film commemorating the heroic Chinese army during the Korean War for the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ participation to the war.

Jin Gang Chuan (2020)

The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were educated in America and returned to China. Ai-ling (the oldest) married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China. Mei-ling (the youngest) married Chiang Kai-shek, China's leader during World War II. The sisters captured the world's fascination for their brilliant marriages and their strong influence on their nation.

The Soong Sisters (1997)

A propaganda documentary for the 70th anniversary of the Korean War.

Up Close: the War in the 1950s (2020)

Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, plotting with his gathered warriors to overthrow the new government. Against Kaoru's wishes, Kenshin reluctantly agrees to go to Kyoto and help keep his country from falling back into civil war.

Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)

Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king asks him to commit suicide, but his closest vassals prevent it, so the king orders the prince to get inside a wooden rice chest, where he suffers deprivation of food and water.

The Throne (2015)

City of Life and Death takes place in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a period of several weeks wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.

City of Life and Death (2009)

In the 16th century in Chosun dynasty, HWANG Jung-hak and LEE Mong-hak create the “Grand Alliance” with the united dream of a better world. While the new leader LEE dreams of eradicating this world of all its corruption and becoming king himself, the legendary blind swordsman HWANG who had once been his comrade goes after him with the loss of his good friend at the hands of LEE. Just as the king abandoned his kingdom from Japanese invasion, the two come face-to-face inside the empty palace and begin their last battle they were destined to fight.

Blades of Blood (2010)