EUREKA BOX SET: Furious Swords and Fantastic Warriors: Trail of the Broken Blade (1967)
Li Yueh (Jimmy Wang Yu) gets revenge on the man who killed his father. That killer? A high-ranking official, who gets a price on his head and needs him to go into hiding. He doesn’t even tell his girlfriend, Liu (Ping Chin), that he’s disappearing. Later, she meets Fang Chun-chao, a swordsman who defends her […]
EUREKA BOX SET: Furious Swords and Fantastic Warriors: The Weird Man (1983)
Taoist Priest Yu Ji (Cheng Tien-Chi) is asked to go to the people and perform miracles, healing them of sickness by pulling green slime from their bodies. He’s soon executed by General Sun Ce (Chiu Gwok) thanks to the advice of Prime Minister Xu Gong (Wong Lik), as neither wants the people worshipping a god […]
B & S About Movies podcast Episode 114: A Thief In the Night
A Thief In the Night, A Distant Thunder, Image of the Beast and Prodigal Planet. These movies frightened me as a child and I’m ready to use you for therapy. This episode is filled with songs, long screaming moments and Art Bell samples. Hopefully, Blondie, Ministry and Lil’ Markie don’t take this down. You can listen […]
EUREKA BOX SET: Furious Swords and Fantastic Warriors: The Fantastic Magic Baby (1975)
Based on Wu Cheng’en’s novel Journey to the West — specifically the story of Red Boy — The Fantastic Magic Baby. Chang Cheh pretty much makes Peking opera — there’s even an entire filmed version of one after the main movie — in which Red Boy (Ting Wa-Chung) comes to collect a tribute from the humans who worship […]
EUREKA BOX SET: Furious Swords and Fantastic Warriors: Iron Bodyguard (1973)
Directed by Chang Cheh and Pao Hsueh-li and written by Ni Kuang, this is about Wang Wu (Chen Kuan-Tai), the head of a bodyguard company. The work he does is noticed by Tan Si-Tong (Yueh Hua), who watches from a restaurant. As Wang Wu becomes more politically aware, Tan teams up with him to try to […]
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