Editing Martial arts film (section)

==Subgenres==
In the Chinese-speaking world, martial arts films are commonly divided into two subcategories: the ''[[wuxia]]'' period films (武俠片), and the more modern [[kung fu film]]s (功夫片, best epitomized in the films of [[Bruce Lee]]).<ref>{{cite news|last=Azula|first=Alfredo|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/everybody-kung-fu-fighting-wbna6612102|title=Everybody is kung fu fighting|date=November 29, 2004|access-date=2010-12-17|publisher=[[Today.com]]}}</ref> However, according to Hong Kong film director, producer, and movie writer [[Ronny Yu]], wuxia movies are not to be confused with martial arts movies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chud.com/7686/exclusive-interview-ronny-yu-fearless/|title=EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: RONNY YU (FEARLESS) &#124; CHUD.com}}</ref>

[[Kung fu film]]s are a significant movie genre in themselves. Like westerns for Americans, they have become an identity of Chinese cinema. As the most prestigious movie type in Chinese film history, kung fu movies were among the first Chinese films produced and the ''[[wuxia]]'' period films (武俠片) are the original form of Chinese kung fu films. The wuxia period films came into vogue due to the thousands of years popularity of wuxia novels (武俠小說). For example, the wuxia novels of [[Jin Yong]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hkfilms.150m.com/Chinese/jinyong.htm|title=Jin Yong and Chinese Martial Arts Novels|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714121543/http://hkfilms.150m.com/Chinese/jinyong.htm|archive-date=July 14, 2015|publisher=Hong Kong Films Free Web}}</ref> and [[Gu Long]]<ref>{{cite news|title= Kung Fu (Wuxia) Novels Translation|publisher= Lannyland|url= http://www.lannyland.com/translations.shtml}}</ref> directly led to the prevalence of wuxia period films. Outside of the Chinese speaking world the most famous wuxia film made was the [[Ang Lee]] film ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'' (2000), which was based on the [[Wang Dulu]] series of wuxia novels: it earned four [[Academy Awards]], including one for Best Foreign Film.

[[List of Western subgenres#Martial arts Western (Wuxia Western)|Martial arts westerns]] are usually American films inexpensively filmed in [[Southwestern United States]] locations, transposing martial arts themes into an "old west" setting; e.g., ''[[Red Sun]]'' with [[Charles Bronson]] and [[Toshiro Mifune]].