BETALEVEL » wasp and orchid http://betalevel.com Sun, 27 May 2012 03:30:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Wasp & Orchid http://betalevel.com/2009/02/22/wasp-orchid-5/ http://betalevel.com/2009/02/22/wasp-orchid-5/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:00:01 +0000 deadphone http://betalevel.com/?p=941 chocolate
Chocolate
Sunday, February 22 at 7pm]]>

Chocolate
Sunday, February 22 at 7pm
Free

The Wasp and Orchid Martial Arts Choreography Film Seminar continues!

This month we will be screening the Thai film: Chocolate (2008). Best known for their Muay Thai action movies Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong starring Tony Jaa, director Prachya Pinkaew and martial arts choreographer Panna Rittikrai cast a female lead this time around, 24 year old Taekwondo expert Yanin “Jeeja” Vismitananda.

Jeeja plays Zen, a young autistic girl who acquires astounding combat skills by observing the students training at a neighboring Muay Thai academy in addition to various action films and video games. When her mother–the former wife of a Yakuza boss and moneylender to the criminal underworld–falls ill and cannot afford treatment, Zen decides to take it upon herself to collect from old debtors, who aren’t going to pay up without a fight.

Chocolate trailer (YouTube)

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Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Sunday, January 25 at 7pm]]>

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Sunday, January 25 at 7pm
Free

The Wasp and Orchid Martial Arts Choreography Film Seminar returns!

This month we’ll be kicking things off extravagantly with the fantastical ninja film Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005). Described as “Romeo and Juliet” meets “X-Men,” Shinobi tells the story of two lovers from rival ninja clans who have been at war with each other for over 400 years. These shinobi, living in seclusion far out in the wilderness, have developed their fighting abilities to a supernatural degree, each possessing their own particular skills. Although traditionally used as hired assassins by the ruling classes, they were also greatly feared for their power, prompting the current Lord to concoct a scheme pitting each clan’s best warriors against one another: a battle to the death in which the two lovers find themselves reluctantly caught.

Shinobi was directed by Ten Shimoyama and features action director Yûji Shimomura (who is known for his work in video games as well as the horror movies Alive and Versus, the second of which will also be shown later on this year).

Shinobi trailer (YouTube)

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