Asian Movies : Biography

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

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

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...

He's back! We positively guarantee the Real Bruce Lee. An early Bruce Lee film found in the Chinese archives, and introducing the new sensation DRAGON LEE, and BRUCE LI. The complete fury of martial arts as never before.......

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

Based on historical events, a saga of China's 'Wall Street' over a century ago. A young man must decide whether to follow his father's path or find his own when he is obligated to assume the role of heir to a banking empire....

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....

The life story of the highly-influential Chinese philosopher, Confucius....

Based on the best-selling autobiography by Tamura Hiroshi of popular manzai duo Kirin, the feature film THE HOMELESS STUDENT details the comedian's poignant experiences as a homeless teen during his junior high school days. Released in 2007, Tamura's book sold over a million copies in just two month...

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....