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Thursday, April 15, 2021

DVD & Blu-ray: THE BASHER BOX SET (The Prodigal Boxer / The Awaken Punch) - 4K Restoration

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Product Description: In a 1973 film that bares many similarities to Bruce Lee's debut film The Big Boss, The Awaken Punch's Henry Yu Yang plays an altruistic fighter who begins to build a name for himself as he violently cleans up a town from within its more seedier elements. But when he must abide by a promise to his dying father to give up his fighting ways, he will be faced with a new challenge in the arrival of the knife-throwing master Tien Feng (Fist of Fury) and his gang. With action from the legendary Yuen Woo-Ping (Matrix, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and a cameo from a young Jackie Chan and others, this basher is the epitome of the Punch and Block violence that began a long trend within Martial Arts cinema. USA aka title: Fury of the Black Belt.

The Prodigal Boxer (1972) is an early take on the legend of martial artist Fong Sai-Yuk (later to be portrayed by the likes of Jet Li and Alexander Fu-Sheng), here played by Mang Fei. Once Fong Inadvertently kills a student of the rival school run by Iron Hand Tan (Kurata Yasuaki), this action leads to a series of near death confrontations between the men concluding in a tournament battle of the ages. Choreographed by Shaw Brothers' Lau Kar-Wing (the brother of the great Gordon Liu and Lau Kar-Leung) this film represents the brawling style of the time as well as the genesis of the more stylistic Shapes trend of martial arts action that would soon follow.

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Director: Yang-Ming Tsai

Starring: Fei Meng, Lin-Lin Li, Yasuaki Kurata

Genre: Action, Drama

Runtime: 191 min

Rating: R

Language: English

Studio: VCI

Home Video Release Date: April 13, 2021




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VIDEO

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DVD
  • Codec: MPEG-2
  • Resolution: 480i
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.37:1
  • Encoding Format: 16:9
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
Blu-ray
  • Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
  • Resolution: 1080p
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.37:1
  • Region: Region A/1

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Dubbed:
  • DVD: None
  • Blu-ray: None

Audio Formats:
  • DVD: Dolby Digital Mono
  • Blu-ray: Dolby Digital 2.0


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DVD: English

Blu-ray: English



SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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  • Audio Commentary on The Prodigal Boxer with actor/director Michael Worth and Clones Cast/Cinema Bushido host Matthew Whittaker
  • Creative Chaos: The Basher Genre - an interview with Michael Worth and Action Choreographer John Kreng
  • Original Theatrical Trailers to both films
  • Essays on the Basher genre within Kung Fu Cinema History


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The Basher Box Set 4k Restoration Bluray

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