Yuen Woo Ping's Wing Chun

Yuen Woo PingAa's kung fu comedy based on the legendary female character Wing Chun is a landmark of action choreography and heroic womanhood in Chinese cinema, offering a gender imaginary rooted in Daoist and Buddhist thought. This is the first in-depth study of the work of Yuen Woo Ping, who achieved international recognition as an action choreographer of films such as The Matrix; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and Quentin TarantinoAa's Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2.