Wuxia a Chinese warrior epic.
The Wuxia film genre emerged in Hong Kong in the 1960's.
The stories are often old, but the style was influenced by western films.
Director Antti-Jussi Annila defines a warrior, a tragic love story, and the supernatural as the basic elements of Wuxia.
In the West, the best-known Wuxia films are Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee and the Kill Bill films of Quentin Tarantino.
Helsingin Sanomat / First published in print 6.10.2006
