Product Description: By the early-1970s, Chang Cheh was already Shaw Brothers’ most prolific and well-known director with a plethora of box office hits (including the One-Armed Swordsman franchise) to his name and renowned for discovering the hottest young talents to star in his films.
Three of those stars – David Chiang, Ti Lung and Alexander Fu Sheng – all feature in Five Shaolin Masters and Shaolin Temple, two selections from his instant-classic ‘Shaolin Temple Cycle’, based on the real-life tales of fighters training to face off against the ruthless Qing armies taking over China. A few years later, Chang outdid himself with the formation of the all-powerful posse of kung fu experts known to fans as the Venom Mob, whose talents would be showcased most famously in The Five Venoms and Crippled Avengers.
Blood-soaked, brutal, and a marked influence on the ‘heroic bloodshed’ films by Chang’s sometime assistant director John Woo, these four films show one of Shaw’s greatest directors working at the height of his talents.
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JUMP BACK TO TOPDirector: Chang Cheh
Starring: David Chiang, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan-Chun, Chiang Sheng
Genre: Action
Runtime: 440 min
Rating: Not Rated
Language: Mandarin
Studio: Arrow
Home Video Release Date: December 12, 2023
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- Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
- Resolution: 1080p
- Aspect Ratio: 2.36:1, 2.35:1
- Region: Region A/1
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- Blu-ray: English
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- Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
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SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS
JUMP BACK TO TOP- DISC ONE - FIVE SHAOLIN MASTERS / SHAOLIN TEMPLE
- Uncompressed Mandarin and English original mono audio for both films
- English subtitles for both films, plus English hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub
- Appreciation of Chang Cheh by film critic and historian Tony Rayns
- Interview with star Kong Do, filmed in 2003
- Elegant Trails: David Chiang and Elegant Trails: Ti Lung, two featurettes on the actors produced by Celestial Pictures in 2003
- Alternate standard-definition version of Shaolin Temple
- Alternate opening credits from Five Masters of Death, the US version of Five Shaolin Masters
- Alternate opening credits sequences for Shaolin Temple
- Trailers
- Image galleries for both films
- DISC TWO - THE FIVE VENOMS / CRIPPLED AVENGERS
- 2K restorations of both films from the original negatives by Arrow Films
- Uncompressed Mandarin and English original mono audio for both films plus Cantonese mono for The Five Venoms
- English subtitles for both films, plus English hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dubs
- Commentary on The Five Venoms by critic Simon Abrams
- Interview with star Lo Meng, filmed in 2003
- Chang Cheh: The Master, a featurette about the director produced by Celestial Pictures in 2003
- Trailers for The Five Venoms
- Hong Kong theatrical trailer for Crippled Avengers
- Image galleries for both films
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