Index to Bibliography of Publications on Martial Arts Cinema

Index of Bibliographies of
Publications on
Martial Arts Cinema
Last Updated December 2, 2003

Bibliography of Books on Martial Arts Cinema

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Proceedings/Catalogs of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (bilingual!)

Magazines and Fanzines Related to Hong Kong Cinema

Role Playing Games Related to Hong Kong Cinema

Chinese Film and Media Bibliography (from the Bibliography of Modern Chinese Literature, Film and Culture, found at a page of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (MCLC), formerly Modern Chinese Literature (1984-1998), at the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures of The Ohio State University. For anyone wanting to do advanced research on HK film, go to this site!)

As far as I know, the bibliographies indexed here are the most complete English-language bibliographies of publications on kung fu movies available. If you know of any items that I missed, don't hesitate to contact me at <scfeldman@juno.com>. I'm here to help. Rather than hoarding the information like a tight-assed fanboy, I am posting this list for all to see in order that future authors may utilize the information herein to write subsequent books on the subject.

All of the HKIFF (Hong Kong International Film Festival) books are in Chinese and English, i.e. fully bilingual. These publications are along the lines of scholarly film journals, and have sewn signatures. Many of them are revised/reprinted from time to time.)

NOTE: I have been a fan of martial arts cinema since 1974, but have long ago burned out on Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. Hence, their complete absence from my bibliographies. (Actually, it's a good thing, since there is more out-of-print and/or small-press Bruce Lee stuff than you can shake a stick at -- and the Chan books are currently proliferating almost exponentially.)

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And now, if I may, here is a want list of sorts:

BOOKS

Armanet, François, and Max Armanet.  Cinema Kung Fu.  France, 1988.
Bedetti, Simone, and Massimo Mazzoni.  La Hollywood di Hong Kong Dalle
     Origini a John Woo.  Bologna: PuntoZero, 1996.  Punto Movies.
     ISBN 8886945019  Book + computer disk (3 1/2 inch) filmography.
     VENDOR: Casalini Libri.  Terms of Availability: L28000   Control
     Number: 97100609
Hong Kong International Film Festival (4th: 1980).  A study of the Hong
     Kong martial arts film: the 4th Hong Kong International Film
     Festival: April 3-18, 1980, City Hall.  Hong Kong: The Council,
     1980.  NOTES: English and Chinese.  Title also in Chinese.  OTHER:
     Hong Kong. Urban Council.  Xiang gang gong fu dian ying yan jiu.
     Hsiang-kang kung fu tien ying yen chiu.
----------<compare the following entry with the entry above>
Shih cheng cheu chu pan.  Hong Kong International Film Festival, 4th,
     1980.  Hsiang-kang kung fu tien ying yen chiu : ti ssu chieh Hsiang-
     kang kui chi tien ying chieh, i chiu pa ling nien ssu yeueh san jih
     chih shih pa jih, Ta hui t'ang = A study of the Hong Kong martial
     arts film : the 4th Hong Kong International Film Festival, April
     3-18, 1980, City Hall.  Published in English and Chinese, hsien
     tz'u 1980.  PN1993.5.H6 H65 1980  $8.00
----------<compare the following entry with the entry above>
Presented by the Urban Council.  Hong Kong International Film Festival,
     4th, 1980.  Ti ssu chieh Hsiang-kang kuo chi tien ing chieh : Ta
     hui t'ang cheu yeuan chi yen chiang t'ing, i chui pa ling nien ssu
     yeueh san jih chih shih pa jih, Yeu le hsi yeuan, i chiu pa ling
     nien ssu yeyeh shih jih chih shih san jih = The fourth Hong Kong
     International Film Festival : City Hall Theatre & Lecture Hall,
     april 3-18, 1980, King's Theatre, April 10-13, 1980.
     PN1993.4.H66 Orien China  $8.00
Hong Kong International Film Festival (6th: 1982).  Cantonese Cinema 
     Retrospective (1960-1969).  HK$45.00  [1960's survey]
Hong Kong International Film Festival (8th: 1984).  Chi shih nien tai
     Hsiang-kang tien ying yen chiu : Ta hui tang yen tsou ting, Kao-shan
     chu chang, Tai kung kuan yen chiang ting, 1984 nien 4 yueh 12 jih
     chih 27 jih.  Hong Kong: Shih cheng chu, 1984.  NOTES: Chinese and
     English.  ISBN: 9627040134  Study of Hong Kong cinema in the
     seventies = 70 nien tai Hsiang-kang tien ying yen chiu.  [1970's 
     survey; includes pieces on Bruce Lee, King Hu, Zhang Che (Chang 
     Cheh), Liu Jialiang (Liu Chia-Liang, aka Lau Kar Leung), and Wu Ma]
Kuhn, Otto.  Der Eastern Film.  Ebersberg/Obb., Germany: Edition 8 1/2,
     1983.*?  PN1995.9.H3 K83x 1983
Kurata, Rokuro.  Honkon Shinema supesharu = Hong Kong cinema special :
     Hsiang-kang tien ying pai ko : "Moe yo Doragon" kara "Suparutan X"
     made : Honkon eiga & suta no subete.  Tokyo: Haga Shoten, 1985.
     SERIES: Shine arubamu ; Cine album = no. 110   ISBN 4826101090
     (ALT TITLE: Hong Kong cinema special)  Chiefly photo illustrations
     NOTE: the text is in Japanese only (there is no Chinese, either).
Nazzaro, Giona A., and Andrea Tagliacozzo.  Il Cinema di Hong Kong:
     Spade, Kung Fu, Pistole, Fantasmi.  Recco (Genova): Le Mani, 1997.
     ISBN 8880120530  VENDOR:  Casalini Libri.  Terms of Availability:
     L36000  Control Number: 9719140X
Parizzi, Roberta.  Hong Kong: Il Futuro del Cinema Abita Qui.  Parma:
     S. Sorbini, 1996.  NOTES:  At head of title: Comune di Parma,
     Assessorato Alla Cultura, Ufficio Cinema; Cineclub Black Maria.
     ISBN 8886883056  VENDOR: Casalini Libri.  Terms of Availability:
     L15000   Control Number: 97301809
Stringer, Julian.  "Problems with the Treatment of Hong Kong Cinema as 
     Camp."  Asian Cinema 8, 2 (Winter 1996-97): 44-65.  [an article]

FANZINES

EASTERN HEROES magazine, Issues 1-12
EASTERN HEROES Special Edition #3
HONG KONG FILM CONNECTION Volume I, Issue I
HONG KONG FILM CONNECTION Volume I, Issue II
HONG KONG FILM CONNECTION Volume I, Issue III
HONG KONG FILM CONNECTION Volume II, Issue I
HONG KONG FILM CONNECTION Volume II, Issue II
HONG KONG FILM CONNECTION Volume II, Issue III
HONG KONG FILM CONNECTION Volume II, Issue IV
HONG KONG FILM CONNECTION Volume II, Issue V
HONG KONG FILM CONNECTION Volume II, Issue VI
HONG KONG FILM CONNECTION Volume II, Issue VII
HONG KONG FILM MAGAZINE #1
M.A.M.A. [Martial Arts Movies Associates] #28

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