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    THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN

    LAU KAR-LEUNG Hong Kong, 1978

    Martial arts movies don’t come more iconic than this kung fu masterpiece from director Lau Kar-leung. With an acute focus on the disciplines of combat, it’s the ultimate training film, as Gordon Liu’s lithe apprentice eschews the path of vengeance for one of grace and spiritual self-determination.

    INTIMATE CONFESSIONS OF A CHINESE COURTESAN

    CHOR YUEN Hong Kong, 1972

    Supreme studio craftsman Chor Yuen plants one foot in the arthouse, the other in the grindhouse, and delivers a transgressive masterpiece. Forget the salacious title: this breathtaking blend of sexploitation and wuxia melodrama is a ravishing critique of forced prostitution worthy of Mizoguchi.

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