The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2016
The Highs and Lows of Life in Japanese Cinema Experience Japan through Cinema
Sword of the Assassin
Sword of the Assassin Hitting screens in February… After the loss of his family during a deadly massacre, a young man joins forces with a beautiful sword-wielding female warrior as they seek revenge against the powerful royal family responsible. Marking Vietnam’s first foray into the realm of historic Martial Arts epics, Sword of the Assassin […]
The Bodyguard Teaser Trailer
The Bodyguard Teaser Trailer Sammo Hung directs and stars in the long awaited Teaser for The Bodyguard also starring Andy Lau and special appearances from Yuen Biao & Yuen Wah. Excited, Hell Yeah ! [youtube_sc url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-BymMKiD6I&feature=youtu.be”] Thanks to Mike Leeder for Poster and heads up 😉
IP MAN 3 Releases in UK Cinemas 15th January 2016
IP MAN 3 A film by Wilson Yip Releases in UK Cinemas 15th January 2016 Donnie Yen (upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2) Mike Tyson (former world heavyweight boxing champion) Lynn Hung (Ip Man, Ip Man 2, Material Queen) Kwok-Kwan Chan (Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer, The Legend of Bruce Lee) Director Wilson Yip (Ip […]
Scarlett Cross : Agents of D E A T H – Catch up with Kat – Part 2
Did someone say music, what’s the soundtrack going to be on Scarlett Cross @ Agents of D E A T H ? We now have a music artist and music currently under construction for our Scarlett Cross film and its non other than Mr Justin Willis. Justin Willis is equal parts songwriter and performer, creating […]
Written in Dust
Written in Dust A silent movie, set in Beijing. Independent production, micro budget. Guerilla style film production, classical cinematography and storytelling. A tragic tale of three friends who migrate to the city in search of a new life, a search that leads to money, love, lies, tension and betrayal. The film is only screened with […]
Bitchfight – Can You Kick it !
ONLY 30 DAYS TO GET YOUR HANDS ON CYNTHIA ROTHROCK’S BITCHFIGHT!Hot on the heels of the recent press release for Cynthia Rothrock’s forthcoming grindhouse style exploitation epic, Bitchfight, comes the massive announcement that the production has just launched a very special 30 day Kickstarter campaign where you can pre-order an exclusive uncut, unrated, version of […]
Bitchfight just got Bitchin
Bitchfight CYNTHIA ROTHROCK’S ‘BITCHFIGHT’ PAYS HOMAGE TO LATE, GREAT NINJA STAR! It’s been a while since the original promo for Cynthia Rothrock’s forthcoming ‘grindhouse’ style exploitation movie, ‘Bitchfight’ went viral. Then, came the exciting announcement that, ‘The Queen of Martial Arts Movies’ would be reuniting with her, ‘No Retreat No Surrender 2’ co-star Max Thayer. […]
Chang Shan London Appearance 2015
A Chinese White hair man in London Chang Shan London appearance London 8th of August 2015 Hate-Media is proud to present Kung Fu movie actor Chang Shanwho played the legendary White Hair man from Kung Fu of 7 Steps and the Golden Wheel Lama from “Shaolin v Lama” Chang Shan will be visiting London to […]
Wild City Trailer
Wild City A Ringo Lam Film One Name Ringo Lam, Sold I’m in, with 12 years since is last full length feature film starring Louis Koo and Shawn Yue this action feature has been described by Lam as belonging to a “City Trilogy”. 2015 is going to be exciting some might say Wild Eastern Film […]
Kaiji The Ultimate Gambler
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler In the original manga series by Fukumoto Nobuyuki that later debuted on anime television, the story of Kaiji starts shortly after he graduates high school and moves to Tokyo for a job, but the recession causes him to fall into a world of liquor, cigarettes and gambling. After drowning in misery […]
Life of Action Exclusive
Life of Action Exclusive Mike shared some insight on Robin Shou, exclusively for Eastern Film Fans: “Audiences love Robin in the role of Liu Kang and there’s no doubt he totally owned that part. Anyone who grew up playing Mortal Kombat and enjoying the films will definitely make that association. But it’s fascinating that he […]
Life of Action
Life Of Action New book “Life of Action” celebrates the unsung heroes of action cinema New book “Life of Action” offers insight into the world of action genre filmmaking and has already been applauded by both readers and industry professionals. Three years in the making by martial arts and film journalist Mike Fury, the book […]
HMV Loves Cine Asia
HMV LOVES CINE ASIA: CLASSIC CINE-ASIA TITLES IN NATIONWIDE HMV PROMOTION. Trinity Film with HMV launch a nationwide Cine-Asia promotion, offering special multi-buy offers of 2 for £10 DVDs, and 5 for £30 Blu-rays. With eye-catching, Cine-Asia dedicated stands spanning across 115 HMV stores for six weeks, this promotion seeks to introduce new audiences to […]
Scarlett Cross : The Assassin Anthology
Scarlett Cross : The Assassin Anthology On Set Report I caught up with Dean Meadows on the set of his new project Scarlett Cross. This project is like a melting pot of all the genres that have influenced me since I first became interested in cult cinema at a very early age, everything from Hong […]
WIN one of three copies of The Grandmaster on DVD
WIN The Grandmaster on DVD The Grandmaster hits stores 6th April 2015 and we have 3 copies to give away. The story starts in the 1930’s where Ip Man (Tony Leung) is drawn into a match with Gong ( Wang Qingxiang) who is the Northern champion of the Martial Arts and Ip Man the Southern. […]
Most Anticipated Asian Films 2015 Part 2
Most Anticipated Asian Films 2015 We review what were talking about and cant wait to watch in 2015. 5.The Assassin Shu Qi stars in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s much talked about martial Arts epic which centres around Shu Qi who is trained by a Taoist Nun to become an assassin and then asked to kill her lover. First reported by in […]
Bruceploitation Documentary
Bruceploitation Documentary Bruce Lee was a legend. However, even his death didn’t stop his image, mannerisms, and iconic look from being exploited by others for over a decade afterwards. We know about Mr. Lee’s life, death, and the legacy he left behind… but what about the “others” who came after? Why did they make so […]
RIP Darren Shahlavi
RIP Darren Shahlavi 1972 – 2015 I met Darren some 25 years ago at a Donnie Yen seminar in London and today I have found that we have lost a true star. I had the honour of interviewing Darren for our site and you can find the link here. Thank you Darren you shall be […]
Most Anticipated Asian Films 2015 Part 1
Most Anticipated Asian Films 2015 We review what were talking about and cant wait to watch in 2015. 10. Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld Takashi Miike is back and brings with him Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian from The Raid in this Yakuza v Vampires mash up its gonna be a wild ride. […]
WIN WIN WIN IP MAN, CHOCOLATE, YOUNG BRUCE LEE
5 chances to win 3 dvd’s from Trinity Film Did you know the Cine Asia collection has now been re-released by Trinity Film. The collection Includes Ip Man, Chocolate and Young Bruce Lee and you can win all three here at Eastern Film Fans. So all you need to do is look at the Cine […]
RUROUNI KENSHIN 2: KYOTO INFERNO
RUROUNI KENSHIN 2: KYOTO INFERNO Opens in select Cinemas 28th November 2014 Warner Bros. UK Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satoh) is a legendary swordsman, a hero in the wars preceding the turbulent fall of Japan’s Shogunate in the 19th century. Once feared as ‘Battosai the Killer’, with the arrival of the new Japanese age and nursing the […]
What are your Favourite Jackie Chan Films ?
What’s your Top Ten Jackie Chan films ? There’s plenty of Jackie Chan films to choose from but what’s your Top Ten films, with reviews less than regular on site I decided it was about time I remedied this and I’ll be counting down the Best of Jackie Chan films voted by you. So whether […]
Bitchfight Reunites Stars
Bitchfight Reunites Stars Almost 30 years after they first appeared together in, ‘No Retreat No Surrender 2’, Hollywood stage and screen actor, Max Thayer, (‘Iron Eagle’, ‘S.W.A.T.’) is set to reunite with ‘The Queen Of Martial Arts Movies’ Cynthia Rothrock, (China O’ Brien,) for the forthcoming UK ‘Grindhouse-style’ action flick, ‘Bitchfight’. Written, produced and directed […]
Hero of Shaolin
HERO OF SHAOLIN On DVD and VOD 10 November 2014 Fearless kung fu monks battle ninjas to deliver a sacred transcript. The 80s Kung Fu Classic returns to UK audiences in its old school English dubbed incarnation. Starring Alexander Lo Rei – Wu Tang vs Ninja, Shaolin vs Ninja, Shaolin vs Lama, Shaolin Dolemite, Mafia […]
East Winds Film Festival Guests
INTERNATIONAL FILM STARS DESCEND UPON COVENTRY Coventry 31st October to 2nd November 2014 International film stars from across East Asia will be walking the red carpet in Coventry at one of the most prestigious events in the Midlands, the East Winds Film Festival. Director Sophon Sakdaphisit arrives on British land to introduce his 2011 film […]
East Winds Film Festival
COVENTRY CELEBRATES THE RETURN OF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL The only major film festival of East Asian cinema outside of London and the first of its kind in the Midlands returns to Coventry between 31st October and 2nd November to host its fourth edition. East Winds will be introducing audiences to a broad spectrum of popular […]
World Premiere of KUNG FU JUNGLE in London
World Premiere of KUNG FU JUNGLE The 58th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® is pleased to announce that the World Premiere of KUNG FU JUNGLE (Yi Ge Ren de Wu Lin) will be presented as a new addition to the official THRILL selection at this year’s Festival. Screening on Sunday 12 October 6.30pm […]
WIN Killers on DVD
A KILLER competition A brand new psychological thriller from the producers of THE RAID KILLERS is a stylish thriller from The Raid producer/ Director Gareth Evans and directed by the hugely talented ‘Mo Brothers’ (Macabre). The film sees the explosive meeting of two serial killers with contrasting, and sadistic, styles of murder. On DVD & […]
WIN The Raid 2 Merchandise
WIN The Raid 2 Merchandise The Raid 2 comes to DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray Steelbook from August 11th and you can win this exclusive merchandise pack which includes what could possibly be the BEST item ever a Hammer, well a bottle opener but hey its a Hammer folks! To win this ever so cool pack all you […]
Bruce Lee & Kung Fu Movie Tribute Weekend
Bruce Lee & Kung Fu Movie Tribute Weekend Meet HWANG JANG LEE Q&A, AUTOGRAPH SIGNINGS & SEMINAR 13th and 14th of september at Londons Soccerdome next to the O2 in London. WHATS ON: To be apart of the book launch Bruce lee Golden Movie news with Steve Kerridge signing his book for the launch only. A […]
WIN The Guillotines on DVD
WIN The Guillotines on DVD The Guillotines directed by Andrew Lau and stars Huang Xiaoming, Ethan Ruan, Li Yuchun, Shawn Yue, Jing Boran, Wen Zhang and Jimmy Wang Yu is a reworking of the classic 1975 Shaw Brothers film. A secretive Qing Dynasty death squad, have been tasked by brutal Emperor, Yong Zheng, to eliminate all who oppose him. […]
Coming Soon – The Fight Room
The Fight Room Co-written by Gillian MacGregor & Emily Corcoran, Directed by Niall Johnson, Produced by Emily Corcoran, Co-Produced by Kristyna Sellnerova and Exec Produced by Graeme Fry A Cork Films Production in Association with Stanley Road Productions ‘The Fight Room’ is a web or television series about a group of kidnapped female fighters trapped […]
Zero Tolerance – AKA Angels
Zero Tolerance – AKA Angels Zero Tolerance. New Bangkok set thriller starring Dustin Nguyen, Scott Adkins, Gary Daniels and Kane Kosugi plus local Thai actors Sahajak Boonthanakit (Streetfighter: Legend of Chun Li, Beyond Borders, Elephant White) and Ammy Chanicha (Meat Grinder, Hangover 2). Directed by Thai director Wych Kaosayananda (Fah, Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever) who most recently served as […]
The Martial Arts Kid
Lets Kickstart The Martial Arts Kid The Martial Arts Kid is a spectacular coming of age family action film that is founded in traditional and mixed martial arts. The Martial Arts kid Stars Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson, Cynthia ‘Lady Dragon’ Rothrock and Bill ‘Superfoot’ Wallace and NEEDS YOU ! Jump over to The Kickstart page HERE […]
BITCHFIGHT Grindhouse Promo
BITCHFIGHT Grindhouse Promo Old-school Exploitation’ for a new ‘Grindhouse’ generation! Ballistic, brutal, hard-hitting UK action movie starring Martial Arts legend, Cynthia Rothrock… coming in 2015! I caught up with Dean and he said “Full production begins in London this Autumn, don’t want to give out any plot details yet, but you can say it’s heavily […]
WIN 47 Ronin on DVD
Win a DVD copy of 47 Ronin– available to own on Blu-ray and DVD 12th May Japanese legend comes to life when Keanu Reeves makes an explosive return in the epic action adventure 47 RONIN. A visually spectacular story of revenge, love and honour, 47 RONIN is based on the fictional story of the forty-seven Ronin, […]
Your Top 5 Greatest Eastern Films
Your Top 5 greatest Eastern Films. Hi My fellow Eastern Film enthusiasts, I need your help to create the ultimate list to end all lists Your Top 5 Favourite Eastern films ? What are they ? Korean, Chinese, Japanese ? It can be anything we want to know and put together Your greatest Eastern films […]
Angels – Dustin Nguyen and Gary Daniels
Angels coming Soon starring Dustin Nguyen and Gary Daniels Directed by Wych Kaosayananda (Kaos), the director of Thai action hit ‘Fha’ and the Hollywood actioner ‘Ballistic Ecks vs Sever’. It’s his first film as a director since Ballistic. He also wrote and produced it too. It stars Dustin Nguyen and Gary Daniels, plus local Thai actors Sahajak […]
Terracotta Far East Film Festival
Hey Eastern Film Fans, Ben here. I was first pulled into Asian cinema in 1986 I guess when A Better Tomorrow landed on the shelf of my local video rental store, in South London. I was eleven. I’d always liked martial arts. My father had got me into Akido and Karate at a young age […]
