Asian Movies : Biography

A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun....

Deals with the intolerably hard life of a family of four, the only inhabitants of a very small Japanese island in the Setonaikai archipelago. Several times a day they row over to the neighboring island to fetch water for their miserable fields....

Biopic of 1930’s Chinese actress Ruan Ling Yu....

Centering on Ip Man's migration to Hong Kong in 1949 as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts....

The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to the University of Oregon where he worked with the legendary coach Bill Bowerman, later to Olympics in Munich and his early death at 24 in a car crash....

At the tail-end of World War II, Choi Bae-dal is a young Korean man who longs to be able to fly fighter planes. Stowing away to Japan in order to join their air force, Bae-dal's first experience of the country is when a con-man tries to steal his money. Bae-dal discovers that the man is a fellow Kor...

This movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan....

Soe Hok Gie is an activist who lived in the sixties. Set in the darkest era of Indonesian modern history, GIE is an interpretation of what happened based on his journal. Director: Riri Riza Writer: Riri Riza Stars: Nicholas...

The life story of martial arts icon and actor Bruce Lee......

Based on the life of Isoroku Yamamoto - Japanese Naval Marshal General and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II....