Description: A playlist dedicated to the Martial Arts Action Film Genre..the classics, the good, the humorous and the cheesy bad-they are good movies
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Ip Man 4: The Finale
( 2019 )
The Kung Fu master travels to the U.S. where his student has upset the local martial arts community by opening a Wing Chun school.
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Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy
( 2018 )
While keeping a low profile after his defeat by Ip Man, Cheung Tin Chi gets into trouble after getting in a fight with a powerful foreigner.
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Ip Man 2
( 2010 )
Centering on Ip Man's migration to Hong Kong in 1949 as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts.
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The Raid: Redemption
( 2012 )
A S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.
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Kung Fu Jungle
( 2014 )
A martial arts instructor from the police force gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.
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The Raid 2
( 2014 )
Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.
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14 Blades
( 2014 )
A kung fu thriller set during the Ming Dynasty and centered on a secret service agent (Donnie Yen) in the emperor's court who is betrayed and then hunted by his colleagues.
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Man of Tai Chi
( 2013 )
A young martial artist's unparalleled Tai Chi skills land him in a highly lucrative underworld fight club.
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The Legend Is Born: Ip Man
( 2010 )
Yip Man's resistance against invading foreigners, along with his romantic relations while under the tutelage of three Wing Chun masters.
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Ip Man 3
( 2015 )
When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over a local school, Master Ip is forced to take a stand.
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Ong Bak 3
( 2011 )
Continuing from Ong Bak 2's 1440s, Prince Tien fails to revenge his parents' murder by the evil new ruler. The beaten Tien is rescued. Can he bring peace to the kingdom?
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Reign of Assassins
( 2010 )
Drizzle/Zeng Jing tries to start a new life after she had betrayed her gang and hid the remains of monk.
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An Empress and the Warriors
( 2008 )
After the death of her father, a woman is forced to take over as empress and fight to save her kingdom.
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Ip Man
( 2008 )
During the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to survive.
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Ong Bak 2
( 2008 )
A young Thai boxer learns the skills and inner meaning of martial arts.
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The Lost Bladesman
( 2011 )
The story of legendary Guan Yu crossing five passes & slaying six generals. He played a major role in the civil war that led to the collapse of Han Dynasty & the establishment of Shu Han of the 3 Kingdoms, making Liu Bei its first emperor.
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The Warlords
( 2007 )
Set in China in the 1860's during the Taiping Rebellion, the story is based on the assassination of Ma Xinyi in 1870. Loyalist General Qingyun is the only survivor of a battle with anti-Qing rebels. He encounters a starving village, whose inhabitants engage in banditry to survive, where he is nursed back to health by the attractive Liansheng. With his strength regained, Qingyun impresses one of the village bandit leaders, Jiang Wuyang, with his fighting skills. Wuyang introduces him to his "big brother", who also happens to be Liansheng's husband, Zhao Erhu and Qingyun begins to assist them with their raids. Qingyun convinces his two new comrades to form a loyalist army unit to fight the rebels and feed their own people. The three men swear a blood oath. Their stunning military successes impress the governing powers, but as Qingyun's influence begins to grow, they soon fear him. The political and emotional stakes will be tested, leading to differences between the blood brothers.
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Seven Swords
( 2005 )
Seven warriors come together to protect a village from a diabolical General.
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Fearless
( 2006 )
A biography of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia, who is the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.
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Kung Fu Hustle
( 2005 )
In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.
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Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
( 2005 )
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
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The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
( 2003 )
The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.
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Hero
( 2004 )
A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
( 2001 )
A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
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Iron Monkey
( 2001 )
A martial artist/doctor steals from the corrupt authorities as a masked thief to give to the poor while another martial artist/doctor is forced to hunt him down. But a major threat unites them as a powerful and traitorous shaolin monk takes over the authorities.
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Once Upon a Time in China
( 1991 )
Legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung fights against foreign forces' plundering of China. When Aunt Yee arrives back from America, Wong Fei-Hung assumes the role of her protector.
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Zatoichi
( 1989 )
Blind masseur Ichi, a defender of the innocent, gets entangled in a clash between rival Yakuza clans in a rural village, leading to bloody sword battles as he tries to maintain peace and shield villagers from the gang war.
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Enter the Dragon
( 1973 )
A Shaolin martial artist travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord - who is also a former monk from his temple - under the guise of attending a fighting tournament.
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Red Cliff
( 2009 )
The first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).
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The Way of the Dragon
( 1972 )
A country bumpkin martial artist visits his relatives in Rome, Italy, where he must defend them and their restaurant against harassment from brutal gangsters.
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Fist of Fury
( 1972 )
During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his master's fighting school.
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Red Cliff II
( 2009 )
Second and final part of epic tale about a legendary battle that changed the course of China history.
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Kung Fu
( 1972 )
Kwai Chang Caine, the half-American Buddhist monk from China, wandering the American West as a wanted fugitive, befriends a homeless boy, foils a bounty hunter, and experiences the pain of love.
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Merantau
( 2009 )
A young man from the countryside uses his skills in silat martial arts to survive the slave trade.
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Curse of the Golden Flower
( 2007 )
During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.
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Shaolin
( 2011 )
After ambushing and killing his rival, losing everything in the process, dispirited warlord Hou Jie turns to a Shaolin monastery seeking salvation.
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Young Ip Man: Crisis Time
( 2020 )
In 1917 young Ip Man first came to Hong Kong to study, but his peaceful campus life was unexpectedly broken. A shocking hostage situation occurred on the day when the school held an English speech contest.
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God of War
( 2017 )
A maverick commander and a young general join forces to battle pirates who pillage small villages in 16th-century China. The violent clash of wits and weapons will ultimately decide who rules the land.
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Three Kingdoms
( 2008 )
His country torn asunder by civil war, Zhao Zilong, a common man heeds the call of duty and from the humblest of roots rises through the ranks on wings of courage and cunning to command an army charged with liberating the land from an evil warlord. Inspiring by action, honor and a dream of unifying his divided nation, Zhao Zilong's heroism becomes legend, but as the years pass and the throne changes hands the war still rages on. When a newly enthroned king decides peace can only be achieved by defeating the warlords once and for all, the aging Zhao Zilong embarks on his final and greatest campaign, a road to adventure that will crown his name in glory for all time.
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7 Assassins
( 2014 )
When gold goes missing in ancient China, royal guards entrusted with its recovery realize they are not the only people in pursuit.
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Bulletproof Monk
( 2003 )
Based on the very underground comic book of the same name, a Tibetan monk becomes a mentor to a young street punk and tries teaching him how to protect the scroll of ultimate power from a secret Nazi organization bent on world domination.
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My Own Swordsman
( 2011 )
To protect the swordsmen that reside in his inn, an innkeeper who knows very little Kung Fu stands up against a merciless professional killer, when the latter is determined to avenge his dead brother in a bloodbath.
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Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
( 2011 )
Set three years after Dragon Inn, innkeeper Jade has disappeared and a new inn has risen from the ashes - one that's staffed by marauders masquerading as law-abiding citizens, who hope to unearth the fabled lost city buried in the desert.
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Tai Chi Master
( 1993 )
Two friends, ex Shaolin monks, part ways as they brush with the ongoing rebellion against the government. The ambitious one rises up to be a powerful military commander, while his betrayed friend resorts to learn the calm ways of Tai Chi.
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Fist of Legend
( 1994 )
In 1937, a Chinese martial artist returns to Shanghai to find his teacher dead and his school harassed by the Japanese.
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The Master
( 1992 )
A former Chinese Kung Fu master working in L.A. as a medicine man is targeted by an ex-student, and it's up to one of his Hong Kong disciples, who's visiting America, to defend his master's honor.
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Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
( 2013 )
Tang Sanzang, an aspiring Buddhist hero tries to protect a village from three demons. He develops complex feelings for Miss Duan, the demon hunter who repeatedly helps him, and finally quests to meet the legendary Monkey King.
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Mulan
( 2020 )
To keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China.
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Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
( 2010 )
The year is 1917 and Chen Zhen, believed to be dead, returns to Shanghai under a false name. He joins a mob boss for info on the Japanese incl. a long kill list and at night fights the Japanese masked.
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Heroes
( 2020 )
A story that follows Huo Yuan Jia, a martial artist who fought bravely in every match to win honor for his nation.
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The Man with the Iron Fists
( 2012 )
On the hunt for a fabled treasure of gold, a band of warriors, assassins, and a rogue British soldier descend upon a village in feudal China, where a humble blacksmith looks to defend himself and his fellow villagers.
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Game of Death
( 1979 )
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to bring down the syndicate that is extorting him and other celebrities - including his pop singer girlfriend - for protection money.
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Five Deadly Venoms
( 1978 )
The sixth and final disciple of a dying martial arts master is instructed to find the master's five former disciples, each specializing in their own unique kung fu style, and defeat any evil ones amongst them.
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Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota
( 2019 )
It is a story of a young boy Surya who has a rare condition of Congenital Insensitivity to pain meaning he can not feel pain, and he sets out to learn martial arts and hunt down muggers.
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The Master
( 1980 )
Although injured, a martial-arts expert teaches an orphan his methods.
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Martial Arts of Shaolin
( 1986 )
In ancient China, Zhi Ming trains at the legendary Northern Shaolin temple to avenge the death of his father at the hands of a nefarious magistrate.
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The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk 2
( 1993 )
The Cantonese hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood "The Red Flower", who are trying to overthrow the Manchurian emperor and re-establishing the Ming dynasty. The social upheaval is combined with Sai Yuk's personal moral conflict about how to conform to the rigid regime of the brotherhood and on top of that sort out his difficult love life, sadd...Read all
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Alley Cat
( 1984 )
A martial artist stops a street gang from stealing her car, but her grandmother ends up being killed by the same gang. She witnesses firsthand how corrupt and inept law enforcement is, and decides to take matters into her own hands.
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Pattas
( 2020 )
Sakthi is a petty thief in a Chennai slum, who learns the Adimurai, the ancient and oldest form of martial arts, to fulfil his father Velappan's destiny. Meanwhile, an evil man and his son challenge Sakthi for a kickboxing tournament, and Sakthi agrees to participate in it.
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The Legend
( 1993 )
Martial artists join Red Lotus Flower Society to overthrow evil emperor. Governor hunts society members. Kung fu practitioner falls for merchant's daughter amid kung fu contest for her hand. Gender role reversal comedy ensues.
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Baaghi
( 2016 )
A martial arts student seeks revenge after the murder of his master.
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BKO: Bangkok Knockout
( 2010 )
A group of "fight club" friends, whose styles vary from Muay Thai, Capoeira to Kung Fu and Tai Chi, must join forces and fight for their lives in a daring rescue of a kidnapped friend.
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Flash Point
( 2007 )
A hot-headed inspector takes on a small but powerful Vietnamese-Chinese gang, after a series of crimes and murder attempts committed and putting an undercover cop and his girlfriend in great danger.
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Raging Phoenix
( 2009 )
A violent gang is abducting and killing women around Thailand. Sanim and his friends, having had loved ones abducted, have joined together to break the gang of kidnappers. In a botched kidnap attempt, Deu is saved by Sanim's crew. After learning their unique martial arts style, Deu helps lure the gang into an epic battle to save the women across Thailand.
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The Wrath of Vajra
( 2013 )
Before the West entered World War II, a Japanese death cult called the Temple of Hades is ordered to aid in the spiritual destruction of China. Their method - abduct their enemies' children and train them as killers for the Emperor. Young Vajra was especially gifted, but swears a secret oath of revenge when his brother dies. Now the greatest assassin in the temple, Va...Read all
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Chocolate
( 2008 )
An autistic girl with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money.
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The Paper Tigers
( 2021 )
Three Kung Fu prodigies have grown into washed-up, middle-aged men, now one kick away from pulling their hamstrings. But when their master is murdered, they must juggle their dead-end jobs, dad duties, and old grudges to avenge his death.
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Drunken Monkey
( 2003 )
Wa Biao (Lau Kar Leung) securities company is being used for smuggling. His shady associates try to eliminate him. He returns with a vengeance with the help of 3 young students he has taught drunken monkey.
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Ashes of Time
( 1994 )
A broken-hearted hit man moves to the desert where he finds skilled swordsmen to carry out his contract killings.
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House of Fury
( 2005 )
A former secret agent's past catches up to him, and his two children have to rescue him before it's too late.
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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
( 2019 )
From Hong Kong to Hollywood, the Shaw Brothers to The Matrix, martial arts in cinema has been busting box offices and breaking barriers since the 1960s. This is the wild untold story of how the way of the dragon became a global phenomenon.
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Lady Bloodfight
( 2017 )
Upon arriving in Hong Kong, an American woman is beaten up and mugged by thugs. She's taken in by a martial arts master who trains her for a formidable fight competition known as the Kumite.
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The New Legend of Shaolin
( 1994 )
It takes a father and son team to battle the forces of evil throughout China, fighting with honor to defend the weak through fast-motion kung fu.
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Shôrin shôjo
( 2008 )
A Shaolin-trainer young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfather's defunct martial arts school.
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Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
( 2014 )
A laborer moves to Shanghai in the hope of becoming rich. But ends up using his kung fu skills to survive.
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Badges of Fury
( 2013 )
In just 3 days, three cases of Smiling Murder shock Hong Kong. The young detective Wang Bu'er and his buddy Huang Feihong embark on an investigation full of excitement and unexpected events.
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Master of the Drunken Fist: Beggar So
( 2016 )
Master of the Drunken Fist: Beggar So. Due to a conspiracy, the wealthy So Chan loses everything but is saved by the Beggars' Sect. He learns the long lost martial art - Drunken Fist, to defeat the person who framed him.
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The Grandmaster
( 2013 )
The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.
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Millionaires' Express
( 1986 )
In early twentieth century China, various criminals with different goals are connected to a Shanghai train, with many rich people on-board.
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Enter the Fat Dragon
( 2020 )
A cop is assigned to a case of escorting a criminal to Japan while dealing with relationship problems, and his enormous change in appearance as a result of being dumped.
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Baaghi 2
( 2018 )
A battle-hardened army officer squares off against drug lords and Russian henchmen to save his ex-lover's kidnapped daughter in the underbelly of Goa, India.
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New Kung Fu Cult Master
( 2022 )
Wudang master Zhang Cuishan who lives in the Shangri-La Ice and Fire Island with his family, away from the dissension and bloodshed, ambushed and leaving his young son Zhang Wuji orphaned.
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Drunken Master II
( 2000 )
A young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts.
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