After the release of Shaw Scope Volume 1 and Volume 2, this third set is bringing even more excitement thanks to Arrow Video. With no delay, here’s what is on this version!
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
The iconic One-Armed Swordsman trilogy, directed between 1967 and 1971 by wuxia cinema godfather Chang Cheh, made household names of stars Wang Yu and David Chiang and set the gory template for many of the films to come.
Cheng Pei-pei is a virtuous swordswoman called upon to stop a vicious warlord.
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan
Chor Yuen’s scandalous film has a lady of the night becoming an expert in every deadly skill she can to get get revenge on those who enslaved her.
Cheng Chan directed nearly all of Shaws’ finest starlets as they portray the real-life women of the Yang dynasty, avenging their fallen menfolk in battle.
Chor Yuen adapted several beloved novels by consummate wuxia storyteller Gu Long to the big screen, four of which are in this set.
Wuxia would change with these films created by Sun Chung and Kuei Chih-hung’s films in the 70s and even further in the 80s thanks to Taylor Wong and Lu Chun-ku.
Each film is a new 2K remaster from the original source materials and comes with extras and commentary tracks.
It all comes in a huge box that has an illustrated 60-page collectors’ booklet featuring new writing by David West, Jonathan Clements and Dylan Cheung, plus cast and crew listings and notes on each film by Ian Jane. There’s also new artwork by Chris Malbon, “Kung Fu Bob” O’Brien, Tom Ralston, Ilan Sheady, Tony Stella and Jolyon Yates and an exclusive CD of music from the De Wolfe Music Library as heard in several Shaw Brothers classics.
Plus a bonus disk that has the South Korean version of Killer Constable, an appreciation of director Chor Yuen; interviews with stuntwoman Sharon Yeung, actor Ti Lung, director Chor Yuen, screenwriter Sze-to On, actor Ku Feng and actor Eddy Ko; an appreciation of Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan from 2003 by academic Sze Man-hung, musician Kwan King-chung and filmmaker Clarence Fok; and an appreciation of Chor Yuen’s career by film historian Sam Ho.
This is a must buy. I’ve been loving filling in my collection with these high quality Shaw Brothers releases. They make movies that you’ve seen so many times look as if they were new.
You can get it from MVD.
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