Kung fu queen Angela Mao’s unusual turn in Broken Oath, a remake of Japan’s Lady Snowblood
Angela Mao, all glammed up, plays an assassin in Broken Oath, a 1977 remake of a Japanese classic. It is one of her greatest performances The 1977 film Broken Oath marked a change in style for kung fu ...
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Books in brief: The Princess of 72nd Street; The World Administered by Irishmen; The Lamb
Slipping into episodes of ‘radiance’ – or what some might call mania – she becomes the titular princess and escapes ... He was employed by the Qing dynasty making friends with many Chinese ...
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The fall of the Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty lasted over 250 years. China had been ruled by emperors from other dynasties for over two thousand years. Why did this system suddenly collapse in 1911? This is one of the big ...
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Kung fu queen Angela Mao’s unusual turn in Broken Oath, a remake of Japan’s Lady Snowblood
The 1977 film Broken Oath marked a change in style for kung fu legend Angela Mao Ying, who glammed it up in a Qing dynasty costume and a “princess” hairstyle to play a ruthless assassin hell ...