RELEASE DATE: December 28, 2021
On December 28, 2021, Arrow Video shall be releasing the Shawscope Quantity one: Restricted Version Blu-ray Boxset (UK/US/CA TITLE), that includes 12 Shaw Brothers classics, together with the Model new 2K grasp of the longer worldwide reduce of Chinatown Child from authentic movie parts.
Learn the official particulars beneath:
After an undisputed reign on the peak of Hong Kong’s movie trade within the Nineteen Sixties, Shaw Brothers (the studio based by real-life brothers Run Run and Runme Shaw) discovered their dominance challenged by up-and-coming rivals within the early Seventies. They swiftly responded by producing lots of of essentially the most iconic motion movies ever made, revolutionising the style via the backbreaking work of top-shelf expertise on either side of the digicam in addition to unbeatable widescreen manufacturing worth, a lot of it shot at ‘Movietown’, their enormous, privately-owned studio on the outskirts of Hong Kong.
This inaugural assortment by Arrow Video presents twelve jewels from the Shaw crown, all launched throughout the Seventies, kicking off in 1972 with Korean director Jeong Chang-hwa’s King Boxer, the movie that established kung fu cinema as a world field workplace powerhouse when it hit Stateside cinemas below the title 5 Fingers of Dying. From there we see Chang Cheh (arguably Shaw’s most prolific director) helm the blood-soaked brutality of The Boxer from Shantung and two self-produced movies in his ‘Shaolin Cycle’ sequence, 5 Shaolin Masters and its prequel Shaolin Temple, earlier than taking a detour into Ho Meng Hua’s King Kong-inspired Mighty Peking Man, one of the vital unmissably insane large monster movies ever made. Chang’s motion choreographer Lau Kar-leung then turns into a director in his personal proper, propelling his adoptive brother Gordon Liu to stardom in Problem of the Masters and Executioners from Shaolin. To not be outdone, Chang introduces a few of Shaw’s most well-known faces to the display screen, together with Alexander Fu Sheng combating on the streets of San Francisco in Chinatown Child and, in fact, the mighty Venom Mob in The 5 Venoms and Crippled Avengers. Lastly, Lau and Liu efficiently meld excessive kicks with humor in two of their masterworks, Heroes of the East and Soiled Ho, each co-starring fan favourite Hsiao Hou.
From kickass kung fu killers to loopy kaiju knockoffs to tradition conflict comedies, this fastidiously curated and gorgeously offered collection of all-time Shaw Brothers classics merely represents the tip of the iceberg of the studio’s wealthy output, making it each a super start line for newcomers and a deal with for hardcore followers alike.
Restricted Version Blu-ray Contents:
- Excessive Definition (1080p) Blu-ray shows of all twelve movies, together with seven new 2K restorations by Arrow Movies
- Illustrated 60-page collectors’ e-book that includes new writing by David Desser, Terrence J. Brady and James Flower, plus forged and crew listings and notes on every movie by Simon Abrams
- New paintings by Sam Gilbey, Matthew Griffin, Chris Malbon, Jacob Phillips, Ilan Sheady, Tony Stella, Darren Wheeling and Jolyon Yates
- Hours of never-before-seen bonus options, together with a number of forged and crew interviews from the Frédéric Ambroisine Video Archive
- Two CDs of music from the De Wolfe Music library as heard in six of the movies, unique to this assortment
Disc One – King Boxer
- Model new 2K restoration by Arrow Movies from a 4K scan of the unique damaging
- Newly restored uncompressed Mandarin and English authentic mono audio
- Newly translated English subtitles for the Mandarin audio, plus English hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub
- Model new commentary by David Desser, co-editor of The Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema and The Cinema of Hong Kong
- Newly filmed appreciation by movie critic and historian Tony Rayns
- Interview with director Chung Chang-wha, filmed in 2003 and 2004 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Interview with star Wang Ping, filmed in 2007 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Interview with Korean cinema professional Cho Younger-jung, writer of Chung Chang-wha: Man of Motion, filmed in 2005 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu, the primary in a three-part documentary on Shaw Brothers’ place throughout the martial arts style produced by Celestial Footage in 2003, that includes interviews with Jackie Chan, Jet Li, John Woo, Sammo Hung, Gordon Liu, Lau Kar-leung, Cheng Pei-pei, David Chiang and plenty of others
- Alternate opening credit from the American model titled 5 Fingers of Dying
- Hong Kong, US and German theatrical trailers, plus US TV and radio spots
- Picture gallery
Disc Two – The Boxer From Shantung
- Model new 2K restoration by Arrow Movies from a 4K scan of the unique damaging
- Newly restored uncompressed Mandarin and English authentic mono audio
- Newly translated English subtitles for the Mandarin audio, plus English hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub
- Interview with star Chen Kuan-tai, filmed in 2007 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Interview with assistant director John Woo, filmed in 2004 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Interview with star David Chiang, filmed in 2003 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Dialog between stars Chen Kuan-tai and Ku Feng, filmed at a Shaw Brothers reunion in 2007 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Hong Kong and German theatrical trailers, plus US TV spot
- Picture gallery
Disc Three – 5 Shaolin Masters / Shaolin Temple
- Uncompressed Mandarin and English authentic mono audio for each movies
- Newly translated English subtitles for each movies, plus English hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub
- Newly filmed appreciation of Chang Cheh by movie critic and historian Tony Rayns
- Interview with star Kong Do, filmed in 2003 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Elegant Trails: David Chiang and Elegant Trails: Ti Lung, two featurettes on the actors produced by Celestial Footage in 2003
- Alternate standard-definition model of Shaolin Temple
- Alternate opening credit from 5 Masters of Dying, the US model of 5 Shaolin Masters
- Alternate opening credit sequences for Shaolin Temple
- US and German trailers for 5 Shaolin Masters
- Hong Kong and German trailers for Shaolin Temple
- Picture galleries for each movies
Disc 4 – Mighty Peking Man
- Uncompressed Mandarin and English authentic mono audio
- Newly translated English subtitles for the Mandarin audio, plus English hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub
- Model new commentary by Travis Crawford
- Model new interview with go well with designer Keizo Murase, filmed in 2021 by Daisuke Sato and Yoshikazu Ishii
- Interview with director Ho Meng-hua, filmed in 2003 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Interview with star Ku Feng, filmed in 2004 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Behind-the-scenes Tremendous 8 footage from the archives of Keizo Murase
- ‘Unrestored’ standard-definition model
- Alternate opening credit from Goliathon, the US model of Mighty Peking Man
- Hong Kong, US, German and Dutch theatrical trailers, plus US TV spot
- Picture gallery
Disc 5 – Problem Of The Masters / Executioners From Shaolin
- Model new 2K restoration of Problem of the Masters from the unique damaging by Arrow Movies
- Uncompressed Mandarin and English authentic mono audio for each movies, plus Cantonese mono for Problem of the Masters
- Newly translated English subtitles for each movies, plus English hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dubs
- Newly filmed appreciation of Lau Kar-leung by movie critic and historian Tony Rayns
- Interview with star Gordon Liu, filmed in 2002 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Interview with star Chen Kuan-tai, filmed in 2007 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Textless opening credit for Problem of the Masters
- Alternate English credit for Executioners from Shaolin
- Hong Kong theatrical trailers for Problem of the Masters
- Hong Kong and US theatrical trailers for Executioners from Shaolin
- Picture galleries for each movies
Disc Six – Chinatown Child:
- Model new 2K restoration of the 115-minute Worldwide Model from authentic movie parts
- 90-minute Alternate Model
- Uncompressed authentic Cantonese audio for the Worldwide Model, with newly translated English subtitles
- Uncompressed authentic English audio for the Worldwide Model, with elective hard-of-hearing subtitles
- Uncompressed authentic Mandarin audio for the Alternate Model, with newly translated English subtitles
- Choose scene video commentary by co-star Susan Shaw from 2021
- Elegant Trails: Fu Sheng, a featurette on the actor produced by Celestial Footage in 2005
- Hong Kong, US and German theatrical trailers, plus US TV spot
- Picture gallery
Disc Seven – The 5 Venoms/Crippled Avengers
- Model new 2K restorations of each movies from the unique negatives by Arrow Movies
- Uncompressed Mandarin and English authentic mono audio for each movies plus Cantonese mono for The 5 Venoms
- Newly translated English subtitles for each movies, plus English hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dubs
- Model new commentary on The 5 Venoms by critic Simon Abrams
- Interview with star Lo Meng, filmed in 2003 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Chang Cheh: The Grasp, a featurette in regards to the director produced by Celestial Footage in 2003
- Hong Kong and US theatrical trailers for The 5 Venoms
- Hong Kong theatrical trailer for Crippled Avengers
- Picture galleries for each movies
Disc Eight:
- Model new 2K restoration of Soiled Ho from the unique damaging by Arrow Movies
- Uncompressed Cantonese, Mandarin and English authentic mono audio for each movies
- Newly translated English subtitles for each movies, plus English hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dubs
- Model new commentary on Heroes of the East by Jonathan Clements, writer of A Temporary Historical past of the Martial Arts
- Newly filmed appreciation of each movies by movie critic and historian Tony Rayns
- Interview with Heroes of the East star Yasuaki Kurata, filmed in 2003 by Frédéric Ambroisine
- Alternate opening credit for Shaolin Challenges Ninja, the worldwide model of Heroes of the East
- Alternate English credit for Soiled Ho
- Hong Kong theatrical trailer for Heroes of the East, plus US TV spot
- Hong Kong theatrical trailer for Soiled Ho
- Picture galleries for each movies
Disc 9:
- MUSIC FROM SHAOLIN TEMPLE, MIGHTY PEKING MAN AND CHINATOWN KID (CD)
- MUSIC FROM THE FIVE VENOMS, CRIPPLED AVENGERS AND DIRTY HO (CD)
Technical Particulars:
- Area Code: Area Free
- Operating Time: 1272 Minutes
- Variety of Discs: 9
- Language: Mandarin / Cantonese / English
- Subtitles: English
- Audio: Mono 1.0
- Facet Ratio: 2.35:1
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