Eureka Leisure is ready to launch THE SHAOLIN PLOT, among the best and most necessary works of martial arts cinema, on residence video for the primary time within the UK from a model new 2K restoration as a part of the Eureka Classics vary. Accessible on Blu-ray from twentieth June 2022, the primary print run of 2000 copies will function a Restricted-Version O-card Slipcase and Collectors Booklet.
After his work directing the motion sequences for King Hu’s Palme D’or profitable A Contact of Zen, Sammo Hung labored with director Huang Feng (Girl Whirlwind, Hapkido) on a collection of martial arts masterpieces which constantly broke new floor for motion cinema, the fruits of which was The Shaolin Plot. After the discharge of this movie, Sammo (who additionally has considered one of his first main performing roles right here, taking part in a lethal monk with an uncommon alternative of weaponry) started his personal profession as a director and would play an enormous function within the “Golden Age” of Hong Kong cinema – an period which revolutionised motion filmmaking all over the world.
Hong Kong film veteran Chen Hsing (The Iron-Fisted Monk) performs a tyrannical ruler with the purpose of accumulating all present Chinese language martial arts manuals with a purpose to get hold of final energy. After acquiring the Wu Tang handbook, he units his sights on the Shaolin Temple and the secrets and techniques of their combating type. Two Shaolin Monks (Casanova Wong and Yeong-moon Kwon) should group up with a Wu Tang fighter (James Tien) to defeat the villainous despot.
On residence video for the primary time within the UK from a brand new 2K restoration, Eureka Classics is proud to current a towering traditional that deserves to be recognised as among the best and most necessary works of martial arts cinema.
SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES
- Restricted Version O-Card slipcase that includes new paintings by Darren Wheeling (First print run of 2000 copies solely)
- Authentic Mandarin mono audio
- Non-obligatory English dubbed audio
- Non-obligatory English Subtitles, newly translated for this launch
- New function size audio commentary by Asian movie specialists Frank Djeng (NY Asian Movie Pageant) & Michael Value
- New function size audio commentary by motion cinema specialists Mike Leeder & Arne Venema
- Authentic Hong Kong theatrical trailer
- Authentic export trailer
- PLUS: A Restricted-Version collector’s booklet that includes new writing by James Oliver (First print run of 2000 copies solely)
*All extras topic to vary
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