Jeremy and I talk about the film Swordsman and the Enchantress, a 1978 wuxia movie starring Ti Lung and directed by Chor Yuen, and talk about the book on which it was based: the Eleventh Son. You can find our own wuxia RPG, Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades in both print and PDF.
Music by Pipa Playing Witch.
I interview Yilin Wang, a writer, translator and editor about her story Sparrow, her upcoming novel and travel writing, as well as wuxia and translations of wuxia fiction. We cover a lot, including discussion of Gu Long's unique style and what aspects of it may be lost in translation. You can learn more about Yilin at here website (HERE) or follow her on Twitter @yilinwriter
The illustration used in this podcast is by Musashi-son Studio.
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We talk about the Lau Kar-Leung film, The Martial Club, starring Gordon Liu, Kara Hui, Robert Mak Tak-Law, and Johnny Wang Lung Wei.
Here is a link to Deathblade's discussion of 'Face'.
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We talk about Alexander Fu Sheng's final movie: Eight Diagram Pole Fighter. Directed by Lau Kar-leung and starring Gordon Liu, Kara Hui, Alexander Fu Sheng and Lily Li, it is based on the Generals of the Yang Family.
Here is the interview where Kara Hui mentions Eight Diagram Pole Fighter as her favorite role: HERE
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I talk with Joel Clark about the 1981 Chang Cheh film Brave Archer 3.
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I talk with Joel Clark about the 1977 Chang Cheh film Brave Archer 1. It is the first in a series of films based on the Legend of Condor heroes story by Louis Cha (Jin Yong). We discuss the film and gaming topics related to it.
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I talk with Joel Clark about the 1982 Lau Kar-Leung film Legendary Weapons of China and how to make it into something gameable.
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Meredith Lewis speaks about her new book Ask for the Moon: Innovation at Shaw Brothers Studios. We had some connection issues during the interview, so I appologize for the sound quality. But the conversation is great, so it is worth being patient for.
You can follow Meredith's blog, Dangerous Meredith's Fu Thoughts and find her on Twitter as DangerMeredith.
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I review Green Dragon Inn (1977), also called "Bruce is Loose".
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I talk with Adam about episodes 40-41 of Return of Condor Heroes.
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