7 Films & TV Shows Set In China During The 15th Century
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Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate
π¨π³ China The 15th CenturyJet Li and Tsui Hark are back together. β Flying Swords of Dragon Gate picks up three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was burnt down in the desert when its innkeeper Jade vanished. A new gang of marauders had taken over - innkeepers by day and treasure hunters by night. The inn is the rumoured location of a lost city buried under the desert, and its hidden treasure would only be revealed by a gigantic storm every 60 years. The gang used the inn as a front to locate the lost treasure.
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Flirting Scholar 2
π¨π³ China The 15th CenturyTang Bohu's mother sends him to study at Qingfeng Monastery, but he can't bear the austere and monotonous life at the monastery. So, his three good friends secretly take Tang Bohu out for an excursion, where they run into Qian Qian/Qiu Xiang. Tang Bo Hu immediately falls for her, but later, she gets accused as being a spider spirit and is about to be burned to death by a priest...
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Flirting Scholar
π¨π³ China The 15th CenturyA scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant girl who has stolen his heart.
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New Dragon Gate Inn
π¨π³ China The 15th CenturyIn the desert, only the strong survive. β During the Ming Dynasty, Tsao Siu-yan, a power-crazed eunuch who rules his desert region of China as if he were the Emperor, ruthlessly thwarts plots against him and sets a trap for one of his enemies at the Dragon Gate Inn.
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Secret Service of the Imperial Court
π¨π³ China The 15th CenturySecret Service of the Imperial Court was one of the last kung fu/swordplay films to be made at Hong Kong's Shaw Bros. studio. Set in the Ming Dynasty, it makes excellent use of the studio's vast array of sprawling sets and colorful costumes to give a real period flavor. It has a good cast, lots of large-scale fight action and an exciting storyline about a conflict between an honorable officer and a corrupt Eunuch.
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The Three Smiles
π¨π³ China The 15th CenturyThe film tells the story of Tang Bohu, a famous scholar who spends most of his time wandering around the countryside.
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Dragon Inn
π¨π³ China The 15th CenturyAfter having the emperorβs minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail the victimβs children to a remote point on the northern Chinese border. But that bloodthirsty mission is confounded by a mysterious group of fighters who arrive on the scene, intent on delivering justice and defending the innocent.