List of Figures and Tables . . vii
Acknowledgments . . ix
Foreword . . xi

1. Reclaiming a Legacy: The New-style Martial Arts Saga and Globalized Entertainment . . 1
2. Forging a Cultural Heritage in Chinese Movies: Smncations and Self-imposed Distancing from Chinese Culture in a Globalized Industry . . 27
3. Contested Heritage: Cinema, Collective Memory, and the Politics of Local Heritage in Hong Kong . . 53
4. Traditional Chinese Aesthetics and Contemporary Chinese Films: Applying the Idea of Qi-yun to Understand the Temporal Structure of Selected Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien . . 81
5. A "Horrible" Legacy: Noh and J-horror . . 101
6. The Loyal 47 Ronin Never Die: Influence of Chushingura on Japanese War Films . . 125
7. The Creation of Pansori Cinema: Sopyonje and Chunhyangdyun in Creative Hybridity . . 151
8. Martial Arts Craze in Korea: Cultural Translation of Martial Arts Film and Literature in the 1960s . . 173

Biographies of Contributors . . 197
Index of Names . . 199
Index of Films . . 205