Norman Chu Archives

Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)

Rating: ★★★★

Sep 24, 2000Wu Xia Film

The modern beginnings of Wu Xia and the flying swordsman film. Tsui Hark creates a totally nutso film filled with wild martial arts battles with demonic forces. The results are out of this world

Director: Tsui Hark

Actors: Yuen Biao, Brigitte Lin, Sammo Hung, Adam Cheng, Damian Lau, …

Category: Fantasy

24 September 200018 June 2026 by Roog

Seeding of a Ghost (1983)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 18, 2026Hong Kong Supernatural

A completely deranged film from Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers involving the resurrection of a dead wife to exact retribution. Full of ghost sex, gore and madcap creature effects

Director: Yang Chuan

Actors: Norman Chu, Phillip Ko

Category: Horror

18 June 202618 June 2026 by Roog

The Magic Crane (1993)

Rating: ★★★

May 15, 2001Hong Kong Flying Swordsmen Fantasy

Another entry in the Wu Xia cycle. By this time most of the moves of the genre have been used so this goes to wild extremes to find some type of originality

Director: Benny Chan

Actors: Tony Leung, Anita Mui, Rosamund Kwan, Damian Lau, …

Category: Fantasy

15 May 200110 November 2019 by Roog

The Duel (2000)

Rating: ★★½

Mar 15, 2023Wu Xia Film

A Wu Xia film from Andrew Lau, the director of the Infernal Affairs films, in which the two top martial artists in the world issue a challenge to a duel on the roof of the imperial palace

Director: Andrew Lau

Actors: Andy Lau, Ekin Cheng, Elvis Tsui, Patrick Tam, Norman Chu

Category: Fantasy

15 March 202328 January 2026 by Roog