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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
Origin: Spirits of the Past
Japan
2006
Keiichi Sugiyama (Director) Atsuko Yuya Yūko Kotegawa Aoi Miyazaki Kenichi Endo Ren Osugi
Interesting idea but dull development (Monday, August 2, 2021)
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Japan
1974
Toshiya Fujita (Director) Toho Co. (Production Company) Meiko Kaji Juzo Itami Yoshio Harada Kazuko Yoshiyuki Shin Kishida Kôji Nanbara Rinichi Yamamoto Tōru Abe
Sequel switches onto a different track (Sunday, August 1, 2021)
Golden Swallow
Hong Kong
1968
Chang Cheh (Director) Lau Kar-Leung (Action Director) Tang Chia (Action Director) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) Jimmy Wang Yu Cheng Pei-Pei Lo Lieh Wu Ma Chiu Sam-Yin Yang Chi-Ching Ching Miao Ku Feng Lan Wei-Lieh Lam Kau Mars Yuen Wo-Ping Yuen Cheung-Yan David Chiang Yen Shi-Kwan Wang Chung
Chang Cheh brings his own style to Come Drink With Me sequel (Sunday, August 1, 2021)
The Wailing
South Korea
2016
Na Hong-jin (Director) Kwak Do-Won Hwang Jung-Min Jun Kunimura Chun Woo-Hee Kim Hwan-Hee Jang So-Yeon Heo Jin Choi Gwi-Hwa
Lives up to its reputation (Saturday, July 31, 2021)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Japan
2021
Keishi Ohtomo (Director) Kenji Tanigaki (Action Director) Takeru Satoh Kasumi Arimura Issey Takahashi Nijiro Murakami Masanobu Ando Kazuki Kitamura Yosuke Eguchi
A strange film to end the series on (Friday, July 30, 2021)
Ahimsa: Stop to Run
Thailand
2005
Kittikorn Liasirikun (Director) Akarin Akaranitimaytharatt Boriwat Yuto Prinya Ngamwongwarn Kiradej Ketakinta Phitoon Laisakul Ampon Rattanawong Taranya Sattabusya Johnny Unwa Theeradanai Suwannahom
Running into karma (Wednesday, July 28, 2021)
Bring Me The Head Of The Machine Gun Woman
Chile
2012
Ernesto Díaz Espinoza (Director) Fernanda Urrejola Matías Oviedo Jorge Alis Sofía García Nicolás Ibieta Alex Rivera Mauricio Pesutic
Great fun, Chilean Grindhouse style (Wednesday, July 28, 2021)
Ong Bak 3
Thailand
2010
Tony Jaa (Director) Panna Rittikrai (Director) Dan Chupong Sarunyu Wongkrachang Sorapong Chatree Nirut Sirichanya Primrata Dech-Udom Petchtai Wongkamlao
Reduced in scale and ambition, but brings closure (Monday, July 26, 2021)
Ong Bak 2
Thailand
2008
Tony Jaa (Director) Panna Rittikrai (Director) Sarunyu Wongkrachang Sorapong Chatree Primorata Dejudom Tim Man
Due for a reappraisal (Monday, July 26, 2021)
Painted Faces
Hong Kong
1988
Alex Law (Director) Yuen Wah (Action Director) Wu Ma John Shum Goo Fai Siu Ming-Fui Sammo Hung Lam Ching-Ying Cheng Pei-Pei Chung Gam-Yam Cheung Man-Lung Wong Chiu-Wai Yeung Yam-Yin Wong Kim-Wai
An insight into a lost way of life (Sunday, July 25, 2021)

Reviewed on this day in 2020

Movie Name
Country
Release Year
The Delightful Forest
Hong Kong
1972
Chang Cheh (Director) Pao Hsueh-Li (Director) Tang Chia (Action Director) Lau Kar-Leung (Action Director) Lau Kar-Wing (Action Director) Chan Chuen (Action Director) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) Ti Lung Zhu Mu Chiang Nam Lan Wei-Lieh Tin Ching Wong Ching-Ho Lee Man-Tai Wang Han-Chen Shum Lo Yen Shi-Kwan Fung Hak-On
Solid Ti Lung vehicle (Monday, August 3, 2020)