Shaw Brothers Presents: Four Films by Chang Cheh Blu-ray Movie

Overview

Shaw Brothers Presents: Four Films by Chang Cheh (1974-1978)

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.

Specifications

• Video

  Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
  Video resolution: 1080p
  

• Audio

  See individual releases
  

• Subtitles

  None
  

• Discs

  Blu-ray Disc
  Two-disc set (2 BDs)
  

• Packaging

  Slipcover in original pressing
  

• Playback

  Region A (B, C untested)

Review

Shaw Brothers Presents: Four Films by Chang Cheh Blu-ray Movie Review

No review exists for this particular release, however, it exists for the other following regions/countries:

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  The Five Deadly Venoms Blu-ray Movie  

  The Five Venoms / 五毒 / Wu du

  Vivendi Visual Entertainment | 1978 | 102 min | Rated R | May 17, 2011 | Jeffrey Kauffman

  
  

  The sixth and final disciple of a dying martial arts master is instructed to find the master's five former disciples, each specializing in their own unique kung fu style, and defeat any evil ones amongst them.

  
  

  Action / Martial arts / Foreign / Period

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  Crippled Avengers Blu-ray Movie  

  Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms

  Arrow | 1978 | 100 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

  
  

  Three men who have been physically disabled by a vindictive martial arts master and his physically-disabled son ally together and learn kung fu from an elderly martial-artist and his mentally-disabled pupil, so they can avenge themselves.

  
  

  Action / Martial arts / Foreign

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  The Five Venoms Blu-ray Movie  

  The Five Deadly Venoms / 五毒 / Wu du

  Arrow | 1978 | 102 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

  
  

  The sixth and final disciple of a dying martial arts master is instructed to find the master's five former disciples, each specializing in their own unique kung fu style, and defeat any evil ones amongst them.

  
  

  Action / Martial arts / Foreign / Period

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  Shaolin Temple Blu-ray Movie  

  Shǎo lín sì / 少林寺

  Arrow | 1976 | 117 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

  
  

  The Shaolin Temple begins to accept outside students seeking to learn the superior techniques of the Shaolin kung fu, amidst some bad omens foretelling the future of the Temple.

  
  

  Action / Adventure / Martial arts / Foreign

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  Five Shaolin Masters Blu-ray Movie  

  5 Masters of Death

  Arrow | 1974 | 109 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman

  
  

  Five students escape from the destruction of their beloved Shaolin Temple...now each must take revenge and train in their own seperate fighting styles...they will become The Five Shaolin Masters!!

  
  

  Action / Adventure / Martial arts / Foreign