Electric Shadows: the Secret History of Kung Fu Movies

Volume 1 of the Electric Shadows series provides an overview of the early years of kung fu cinema in Shanghai 1920-1941, and looks at the careers of some of the first kung fu filmmakers, like Ren Pengnian, Wu Lizhu, Zhang Huichong and the Shaw Brothers. Available on Amazon at www.amazon.com/...

[@steverichards1123]

Loved this book. Really well written and researched.

[@MrPercyThrillington]

I really liked this book! Many interesting stories about how the men and women who started it all developed the kung-fu and wuxia movie tropes we love so much. Well written and totally worth it. Looking forward to Vol. 2, absolutely.

[@entertaichi]

Thanks for sharing! Have an awesome day!

[@itinerantpoet1341]

Amazing! I learned so much from this book.

[@accophoto]

Awesome, it is rarely to find old documents like this

[@thegoldowl8653]

heh, heh, some of it looked more "realistic" than nowadays.

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