EUREKA BOX SET: Furious Swords and Fantastic Warriors
Distinguished by his penchant for bloodshed and a thematic concentration on the bonds of brotherhood and masculine sacrifice, Chang Cheh is one of the most prolific and accomplished directors ever to emerge from the Hong Kong film industry. Often hailed as the “Godfather of Hong Kong cinema,” he enjoyed a career spanning six decades and […]
EUREKA BOX SET: Furious Swords and Fantastic Warriors: New Shaolin Boxers (1976)
Zhong Jian (Alexander Fu Sheng) drives a carriage, but mostly he gets into fights, trying to be on the side of justice. Everyone in town is sick of him because, even with the best intentions, he ends up causing so many problems. Even his martial arts teacher tells him to stop fighting. However, the fighting […]
EUREKA BOX SET: Furious Swords and Fantastic Warriors: Trilogy of Swordsmanship (1972)
Three stories, three directors, one Shaw Brothers film. Griffin Yueh Feng directed the first section, ‘The Iron Bow,” which has Master Shi (Tin Ching) fall in love with Ying Ying (Shih Szu), who wants nothing to do with him. She says that only the man who can shoot her father’s sacred bow will be her […]
EUREAKA BOX SET: Furious Swords and Fantastic Warriors: The Wandering Swordsman (1970)
The wandering swordsman Yu Hsieh Erh (David Chiang) robs bandits and gives their stolen money to the poor. Then he meets a robber named Foolproof Kung, who convinces him he was wrong about the bad guys, so he helps them with a robbery. Bad idea. They’re the bad guys, Wandering Swordsman! This being a Chang […]
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