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Martial Arts Films to Rule 2005 |
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| 2005-1-25 www.crienglish.com | ||||
| The Chinese film industry had box office takings of over 1.5 billion yuan in 2004 for both for commercial films and art house ones and the trend looks set to continue in 2005. Martial arts films will be top of the list, with Hong Kong action maestro Tsui Hark's 'Seven Swords' and Chinese mainland director Chen kaige's 'The Promise', set to hit the screens this year. After the big success of his martial arts film 'House of Flying Daggers', Zhang Yimou has turned to art house cinema for his 'Qian Li Zou Dan QI'《千里走单骑》. While newly awarded Best Director Tian Zhuangzhuang this time will use his lens to tell a story about Chinese chess master Wu Qingyuan. Other films to look forward to in 2005 include Feng Xiaogang's The Noble and the final sequel of A Chinese Odyssey. |
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