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Pushing Hands
1991 · Director: Ang Lee · TW
What it is about
An old tai chi master moves in with his son in New York and cannot settle in with his American daughter-in-law.
The fighting in it
A family drama rather than an action film — yet the scene in which eight people fail to move the master is the finest screen illustration of the push-hands principle and of rooting.
Martial arts in the film
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