I started my new DVD-hobby in last june. I am collecting the fantasy swords movies (special wuxia [the Chinese/Hong Kong fantasy sword movies], chambara [Japanese sword movie], haidong gumdo [South-Koreanese sword movies]..). Why am I interested in that movies? One can see the fantasy moves, strange and funny sword words (e.g. energy sword), interesting inviroment/places/forest/houses and great stories. What jumps! And strong visuals. And nice to read the English subtitles. Then learning the new fantasy cultures ;)

When I visited my old friend, he wanted show Swordsman to me, because he think it is so very cool movie. I enjoyed it when I saw how one guy (called Jo Lang Sim, chief of the Five Mountain Ranges) "shoot" by his flicking (without some gun) and it "worked" only in the movie - of course, as fantasy.

Here is my DVD-list now:

Zatoichi (Japanese)

Chinese Ghost Story 1 & 2 (dir. Tony Siu Ching)

Bride with white hair 1 & 2

Killer Clans (Chinese/Hong Kong)

Executioners (dir. Tony Siu Ching)

The Moon Warriors

Ashes of Time

Fong Sai Yuk (Chinese)

Swordsman 1 & 2 (dir. Tony Siu Ching)

Suriyothai (Thailand, edited by F. Coppola)

Hero

Flying Daggers

Come drink with me (Hong Kong/Chinese)

Seven swords (Chinese)

Sword in the moon (South-Koreanese)

Ran (Japanese)

Red Lion (Japanese)

Blind woman´s curse (Japanese)

Shinobi no mono (Japanese, first ninja movie!)

Had I forgotten some great sword movie? Hmm.. Let´s go back to the websites and checking the lists. I think I´ll buy more DVD:s in next week careless they are old.

Cheers, deaf Janne