Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ...

Set in Japanese-occupied Shanghai at the height of the second Sino-Japanese war (1937-45), Cheng Er’s Hidden Blade is a stylish, noir-infused spy thriller starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai ...

Regardless, there are a handful of contemporary ’80s sci-fi movies that carried on the themes, the tone, and even some of the big ideas behind Blade Runner ... Rent or buy The Hidden on Prime ...

But Hidden Blade, from writer-director Cheng Er, deserves a much better critical assessment than this. It serves propaganda only in the way that the average war movie might glorify the homeland ...

To those whose familiarity with world conflict in the ‘30s and ‘40s begins and ends with the European theatre of World War II, Hidden Blade may feel a little impenetrable. Not understanding ...