The success of Bruce Lee's films on the international scene saw several attempts over the years by Golden Harvest to try and recapture the lightning in a bottle. Some saw efforts to launch a new star, others like “A Queen's Ransom” featuring recognizable “talent” from the west. George Lazenby whilst not a big star at the time was still a “name” having appeared as 007 in “On Her Majesty's Secret Service”. So, it feels somehow apt that he was cast as the terrorist out to kill her here. Backed up by Jimmy Wang Yu and Angela Mao it should on the surface have been a bigger deal. With Eureka Entertainment releasing it on Blu Ray we can discover for ourselves whether it deserves to be.
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Morgan (George Lazenby) is hired to head up a team to assassinate the Queen...
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Morgan (George Lazenby) is hired to head up a team to assassinate the Queen...
- 5/12/2024
- by Ben Stykuc
- AsianMoviePulse
Grant Page, the Australian stunt icon who performed in and coordinating stunts for the original Mad Max, sequel Beyond Thunderdome, the upcoming prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and more than 100 other films and TV series, died Thursday in a car crash. He was 85.
His son, Leroy Page, told Daily Mail Australia that his father hit a tree while he was driving near his home in Kendall, New South Wales. “He died in very high spirits, and he was very motivated,” the younger Page told the paper. “He was very happy.”
A legend of Aussie cinema, Page worked with his Oscar-winning countryman George Miller on the 1979 action classic Mad Max, which introduced the world to Mel Gibson. He performed and served as stunt coordinator on that gas-guzzling post-apocalyptic thriller as well as its 1985 second sequel Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, which also starred Tina Turner. He also worked on Miller’s upcoming prequel,...
His son, Leroy Page, told Daily Mail Australia that his father hit a tree while he was driving near his home in Kendall, New South Wales. “He died in very high spirits, and he was very motivated,” the younger Page told the paper. “He was very happy.”
A legend of Aussie cinema, Page worked with his Oscar-winning countryman George Miller on the 1979 action classic Mad Max, which introduced the world to Mel Gibson. He performed and served as stunt coordinator on that gas-guzzling post-apocalyptic thriller as well as its 1985 second sequel Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, which also starred Tina Turner. He also worked on Miller’s upcoming prequel,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Grant Page, the larger-than-life Australian stunt performer famous for his jaw-dropping work in films including Mad Max, The Man From Hong Kong and Mad Dog Morgan, has died. He was 85.
Page died Thursday when the car he was driving near his home in Kendall on the coast of New South Wales hit a tree, his son Leroy Page told Daily Mail Australia.
Page worked with director Brian Trenchard-Smith on more than a dozen projects, including The Stuntmen (1973), King Fu Killers (1974), The Man From Hong Kong (1973) — where Page fights martial arts expert Jimmy Wang Yu in scenes using knives, cleavers and meat hooks — Deathcheaters (1976), Stunt Rock (1978) and Hospitals Don’t Burn Down! (1978).
And for the documentary Dangerfreaks (1987), Trenchard-Smith filmed Page standing on a ledge outside the perimeter fence on the observation deck of the Empire State Building in New York.
Page “successfully tampered with the laws of physics and probability,” Trenchard-Smith...
Page died Thursday when the car he was driving near his home in Kendall on the coast of New South Wales hit a tree, his son Leroy Page told Daily Mail Australia.
Page worked with director Brian Trenchard-Smith on more than a dozen projects, including The Stuntmen (1973), King Fu Killers (1974), The Man From Hong Kong (1973) — where Page fights martial arts expert Jimmy Wang Yu in scenes using knives, cleavers and meat hooks — Deathcheaters (1976), Stunt Rock (1978) and Hospitals Don’t Burn Down! (1978).
And for the documentary Dangerfreaks (1987), Trenchard-Smith filmed Page standing on a ledge outside the perimeter fence on the observation deck of the Empire State Building in New York.
Page “successfully tampered with the laws of physics and probability,” Trenchard-Smith...
- 3/15/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Heading into next week’s AFM, U.S. sales firm The Exchange has made multiple hires and promotions.
Daniel Gusman has been promoted from VP of Marketing and Distribution to Head of Acquisitions and Marketing while the company has hired Matt Hechinger as Acquisition & Development Director and Yue Wang as Director, Worldwide Sales & Distribution Director with Danyelle Foord aboard as Consultant on Production & Development.
The staff changes follow the departure of Head Of Production and Acquisitions, Caddy Pantida Vanasirikul, who left earlier this year to join Plan B.
Gusman was one of the first employees at The Exchange. In his role as VP of marketing and distribution, he has a hand in the promotion, acquisition, and release strategy of most films on company’s slate. He also negotiated the acquisition of the Pete Davidson comedy Big Time Adolescence with Hulu and Exchange’s first series, Tales from the Void.
Daniel Gusman has been promoted from VP of Marketing and Distribution to Head of Acquisitions and Marketing while the company has hired Matt Hechinger as Acquisition & Development Director and Yue Wang as Director, Worldwide Sales & Distribution Director with Danyelle Foord aboard as Consultant on Production & Development.
The staff changes follow the departure of Head Of Production and Acquisitions, Caddy Pantida Vanasirikul, who left earlier this year to join Plan B.
Gusman was one of the first employees at The Exchange. In his role as VP of marketing and distribution, he has a hand in the promotion, acquisition, and release strategy of most films on company’s slate. He also negotiated the acquisition of the Pete Davidson comedy Big Time Adolescence with Hulu and Exchange’s first series, Tales from the Void.
- 10/23/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Those less familiar with the Wuxia genre would perhaps be unaware of just how big a star Jimmy Wang-Yu was in the years prior to Bruce Lee’s emergence. Best known for his appearances as the “One Armed Swordsman” and the self-directed “One Armed Boxer” he was one of the pioneers of the martial arts film. Whilst his career would decline as the 1970’s wore on, he left a body of work ripe for rediscovery. With Eureka Entertainment releasing a 50th anniversary edition of his fabled “Beach of the War Gods”, it’s a good a time as any to revisit his legacy.
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A Chinese fishing town is under threat from the invading Japanese forces. Hsia Feng (Jimmy Wang-Yu) arrives in town just as the advance party of invaders arrives. With all of the wealthier residents long since departed,...
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A Chinese fishing town is under threat from the invading Japanese forces. Hsia Feng (Jimmy Wang-Yu) arrives in town just as the advance party of invaders arrives. With all of the wealthier residents long since departed,...
- 9/24/2023
- by Ben Stykuc
- AsianMoviePulse
This year’s edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is set to take place from September 7th through the 17th, and yesterday they invited film fans to guess which ten movies they’ll be screening in their Midnight Madness lineup this year. The hints were the titles of ten movies that could be compared to the films in the lineup in some way. They were Trey Parker’s Orgazmo, Geoff Murphy’s Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Jimmy Wang Yu’s Fantasy Mission Force, Charles Martin Smith’s Trick or Treat, Stan Brakhage’s Dog Star Man, Martin Scorsese’s After Hours, Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead, Paul Schrader’s Blue Collar, Ingmar Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf, and Theodore J. Flicker’s Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang. Now TIFF has announced the full lineup for both their Midnight Madness and Discovery programmes, and...
- 8/3/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Arrow’s recent box sets Shawscope Volume One and Volume Two highlighted the golden age of Hong Kong’s Shaw Brothers studio, spanning roughly from the mid-1970s to their pivot toward TV in 1986. Now, Shout! Factory’s Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume 1 focuses on the studio’s rapid commercial ascendency at the end of the ’60s with their then-new, harder-edged take on martial arts cinema.
The earliest film in the set is, fittingly, Chang Cheh’s The Assassin, from 1967. Made hot on the heels of Chang’s (and the studio’s) breakout feature The One-Armed Swordsman from the same year, The Assassin furthers the filmmaker’s interest in moving the martial arts film away from its erstwhile emphasis on female heroes who are prone to musical outbursts and flowery romances as they are violence and toward the sort of male-centric revenge narratives that dominate the titles collected here.
One-Armed Swordsman...
The earliest film in the set is, fittingly, Chang Cheh’s The Assassin, from 1967. Made hot on the heels of Chang’s (and the studio’s) breakout feature The One-Armed Swordsman from the same year, The Assassin furthers the filmmaker’s interest in moving the martial arts film away from its erstwhile emphasis on female heroes who are prone to musical outbursts and flowery romances as they are violence and toward the sort of male-centric revenge narratives that dominate the titles collected here.
One-Armed Swordsman...
- 6/26/2023
- by Jake Cole
- Slant Magazine
In the West (and indeed by me), Ringo Lam is perhaps best known as the director of Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicles like Maximum Risk and the underrated In Hell, but like most of the Hong Kong filmmakers who started doing English language work in the ’90s and ’00s, he had a long history in action movies in his home country. He directed many contemporary action films, notably City on Fire, which Quentin Tarantino took liberal inspiration from for parts of Reservoir Dogs.
Burning Paradise, made in 1994, is Lam’s sole wuxia film. A remake of 1965’s Temple of the Red Lotus, starring the legendary Jimmy Wang Yu, it follows Fong Sai-yuk (Willie Chi Tian-Sheng), a survivor of the sacking of Shaolin Temple by the Manchu army. However, he is captured, along with a young girl, Dau Dau (Carman Lee Yeuk-Tung), who helped him and his master hide from the Manchu.
Burning Paradise, made in 1994, is Lam’s sole wuxia film. A remake of 1965’s Temple of the Red Lotus, starring the legendary Jimmy Wang Yu, it follows Fong Sai-yuk (Willie Chi Tian-Sheng), a survivor of the sacking of Shaolin Temple by the Manchu army. However, he is captured, along with a young girl, Dau Dau (Carman Lee Yeuk-Tung), who helped him and his master hide from the Manchu.
- 5/26/2023
- by Sam Inglis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A horror thriller from Taiwan starring Jimmy Wang Yu, best known for his 1967 Shaw Brothers wuxia film, “One-Armed Swordsman”, “Soul” netted him a Best Actor Award at the 15th Taipei Film Festival in 2013. Sadly this is also his final film role, on April 5, 2022 Wang Yu passed away in Cheng Hsin Hospital, Taipai, aged 79.
The story begins with Ah Chuan (Joseph Chang), a chef who works in a Japanese restaurant and suffers from fainting spells and blackouts. Unable to work anymore, he is sent home to recover in the rural mountain home of his father, Wang (Jimmy Wang Yu), who lives alone and grows orchids for a living. During his stay, Ah Chuan hardly talks, seems to be possessed and behaves as if being totally lost. That's when strange, violent things begin to happen, including a murder. Ah Chuan tells his father that he sees this empty body, so he just...
The story begins with Ah Chuan (Joseph Chang), a chef who works in a Japanese restaurant and suffers from fainting spells and blackouts. Unable to work anymore, he is sent home to recover in the rural mountain home of his father, Wang (Jimmy Wang Yu), who lives alone and grows orchids for a living. During his stay, Ah Chuan hardly talks, seems to be possessed and behaves as if being totally lost. That's when strange, violent things begin to happen, including a murder. Ah Chuan tells his father that he sees this empty body, so he just...
- 4/15/2023
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
With his presence in John Wick: Chapter 4, Donnie Yen is finally getting the English-language, international showcase he’s always deserved. Yen is a huge star in his motherland of China and is about to become a very bright draw for international audiences, finding himself new fans every time he’s seen in an American film. With this new one, he should no longer be “oh I know that guy from somewhere” and be quite well known as the badass that he is. To you get to know his work, here are ten of the best Donnie Yen movies (in no particular order):
Dragon (aka Wu Xia) (2011)
A big part of Yen’s career has been filled with period pieces in which martial arts have an important place (the Wuxia genre). Dragon is no different. Here, Yen plays a family man who is hiding a dark past, when this past catches up with him,...
Dragon (aka Wu Xia) (2011)
A big part of Yen’s career has been filled with period pieces in which martial arts have an important place (the Wuxia genre). Dragon is no different. Here, Yen plays a family man who is hiding a dark past, when this past catches up with him,...
- 3/25/2023
- by Emilie Black
- JoBlo.com
David Chiang was a child actor before he joined the Shaw Brothers Studio as a stuntman and fight instructor; after seeing potential in him, director Chang Chen started to groom him. After the sudden departure of their biggest star, Jimmy Wang Yu, Shaw was looking for a replacement which led to the pairing of Chiang and Ti Lung in films like “Dead End” and “Have Sword, Will Travel” in 1969. However, with “The Wandering Swordsman” Chiang had a chance to shine as a solo leading star without Ti Lung hanging around him.
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The film kicks off with a happy-go-lucky nameless young man (David Chiang) who prefers people to call him the “Wandering Swordsman”, quietly trailing two bandits who plan to rob a rich family. He shows up later and takes the loot from one of them during their getaway and...
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The film kicks off with a happy-go-lucky nameless young man (David Chiang) who prefers people to call him the “Wandering Swordsman”, quietly trailing two bandits who plan to rob a rich family. He shows up later and takes the loot from one of them during their getaway and...
- 2/21/2023
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
After starring in and directing the hugely successful “One Armed Boxer Vs the Flying Guillotine / Master of the Flying Guillotine” (1976) Jimmy Wang Yu was back with both arms and fighting yet another version of the famed Shaw Brothers flying guillotine in this low-budget Taiwanese clone.
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Nicknamed the Silver Spear, Lung Fei Yung is a ruthless assassin for hire and he only kills people who deserve to die. Apparently during a massacre ten years ago, a trio of powerful experts known as The Devil’s Three was responsible for the downfall of one hundred and twenty members from eight kung fu schools. Now for some unknown reason, a certain female clan leader has decided to have them killed and trusting that Lung the Spearman is the only one who can do the job, she promptly hires him.
Lung easily dispatches...
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Nicknamed the Silver Spear, Lung Fei Yung is a ruthless assassin for hire and he only kills people who deserve to die. Apparently during a massacre ten years ago, a trio of powerful experts known as The Devil’s Three was responsible for the downfall of one hundred and twenty members from eight kung fu schools. Now for some unknown reason, a certain female clan leader has decided to have them killed and trusting that Lung the Spearman is the only one who can do the job, she promptly hires him.
Lung easily dispatches...
- 10/8/2022
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Underneath all that flashy Shaw Brothers production standards, this was essentially a rushed and cashed in “B” grade road adventure drama from Ho Meng Hua. Released at the same time as Jimmy Wang Yu’s “Master of the Flying Guillotine” this was pretty much a knockoff of his own hit “The Flying Guillotine” (1975) starring Chen Kuan Tai. Nonetheless, it crashed at the box office during its short run while Jimmy’s guillotine clone won the hearts of many fans and attracted a cult following.
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An oppressive Lord Qin Quan (Ku Feng) is slowing dying of a poisonous boil named “100 Birds Worshiping the Phoenix” which grows on his back. Upon hearing that a retired herbalist has a cure in the form of a longevity vine, he sends out his trustworthy bodyguard, troop leader Si Ma Jun (Lo Lieh) as well...
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An oppressive Lord Qin Quan (Ku Feng) is slowing dying of a poisonous boil named “100 Birds Worshiping the Phoenix” which grows on his back. Upon hearing that a retired herbalist has a cure in the form of a longevity vine, he sends out his trustworthy bodyguard, troop leader Si Ma Jun (Lo Lieh) as well...
- 9/13/2022
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
The Shaw Brothers Studio and Ho Meng Hua unleashed their deadly decapitating flying machine film “The Flying Guillotine” in 1975 and it was a hit. However released in 1978 due to several actors dropping out and rewritten during production, their problematic official follow-up almost died a horrible death. Meanwhile, Jimmy Wang Yu was quick to let loose his action packed but outrageous flying guillotine related version “One Armed Boxer Vs the Flying Guillotine” which was in fact a sequel to his “One Armed Boxer” (1971). Acknowledged in the West as “Master of the Flying Guillotine” it went on to become a cult favorite with fans.
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Again set in the Qing Dynasty, besides having his own guillotine team in the palace, Emperor Yung Cheng also sends out his trusted flying guillotine wielding assassin Fung Sheng Wu Ji (Kam Kang) to kill off any remaining rebels.
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Again set in the Qing Dynasty, besides having his own guillotine team in the palace, Emperor Yung Cheng also sends out his trusted flying guillotine wielding assassin Fung Sheng Wu Ji (Kam Kang) to kill off any remaining rebels.
- 8/29/2022
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Although this gruesome action drama with a touch of horror was a huge success after its premiere, “Flying Guillotine 2” the problematic official sequel directed by Cheng Kang and Hua Shan and starring Ti Lung didn’t get released till 1978. In the meantime, Jimmy Wang Yu was quick to follow up with his action packed but outrageous “Master of the Flying Guillotine” in 1976.
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Set in the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yung Cheng (Chiang Yang) uses military force and fear to maintain peace and order as well as make sure that no one dares to oppose him. Meanwhile, after being inspired by a diabolo, a sort of Chinese yo-yo gadget operated by using a rope, his trusted royal servant Xin Kang (Ku Feng) eventually develops the flying guillotine, a killing machine which can chop anyone’s head clean off even from a hundred yards away. Furthermore, twelve men...
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Set in the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yung Cheng (Chiang Yang) uses military force and fear to maintain peace and order as well as make sure that no one dares to oppose him. Meanwhile, after being inspired by a diabolo, a sort of Chinese yo-yo gadget operated by using a rope, his trusted royal servant Xin Kang (Ku Feng) eventually develops the flying guillotine, a killing machine which can chop anyone’s head clean off even from a hundred yards away. Furthermore, twelve men...
- 7/25/2022
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
It is no secret that Jimmy Wang Yu, with his connections had helped Jackie Chan, then a young actor to settle his dispute with director Lo Wei. So in returning the favor, Chan appeared in a few movies produced by Wang and this is one of their collaborations. Interestingly, even though he only showed up briefly in support roles, these movies still get marketed as him being the main lead. As Chan became more popular in the West, and on DVD, this production became “Jackie Chan is The Prisoner”, which is misleading.
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Set in Taiwan, this prison drama has quite an impressive ensemble cast of supporting Hong Kong actors besides Golden Horse Awards winner, veteran Taiwanese actor Ko Chuen Hsiung as the prison superintendent. Nevertheless, Tony Leung Ka Fai plays Andy Wang Wei, a cop who, upon his return to Taipei, witnesses his father-in-law gunned...
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Set in Taiwan, this prison drama has quite an impressive ensemble cast of supporting Hong Kong actors besides Golden Horse Awards winner, veteran Taiwanese actor Ko Chuen Hsiung as the prison superintendent. Nevertheless, Tony Leung Ka Fai plays Andy Wang Wei, a cop who, upon his return to Taipei, witnesses his father-in-law gunned...
- 6/12/2022
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Starring Donnie Yen and Takeshi Kaneshiro as leads, Peter Chan’s wonderful tribute to the Shaw Brothers’ classic “The One-Armed Swordsman” is a combination of great martial arts action and an engrossing detective story. Moreover the amazing and talented supporting cast is just as impressive. The use of stimulating techniques during the film’s crime scene investigation is also refreshing and stands out from most films of this nature. Besides having Kara Hui as one of his skilled enforcers, the casting of Shaw Brothers legend Jimmy Wang Yu as the villain is without doubt a brilliant choice. Topping it off, the film’s gorgeous location certainly makes “Wuxia” a memorable experience.
- 5/29/2022
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
During the Sung Dynasty, General Meng Liang acquired a holy sword forged from the finest metal over a period of ten years and capable of summoning a storm which he used to fight and win many battles. The sword went missing after his death but it resurfaced in the Ming Dynasty in the hands of Master Mui Ling Chuan, an aging swordsman who ran a martial arts school. Eager to obtain the celestial weapon, the Mongol barbarians enlisted the help of Shang Kwan Wu and Fang Shih Hiung to retrieve it.
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Misled by the calculating Fang, Master Mui takes him in as his elder disciple, a position with authority in which all the younger disciples have to answer to. As Master Mui’s health slowly deteriorates, he decides to break the tradition of passing the sword to the most senior student. Instead, there will be...
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Misled by the calculating Fang, Master Mui takes him in as his elder disciple, a position with authority in which all the younger disciples have to answer to. As Master Mui’s health slowly deteriorates, he decides to break the tradition of passing the sword to the most senior student. Instead, there will be...
- 5/13/2022
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Jimmy Wang Yu broke his contract and left Shaw Brothers in 1970 and his last movie with them was “The Chinese Boxer” which he both directed and acted in. It was about a Chinese martial arts student who took revenge on the Japanese karate practitioners who bullied his school. Seven years later, he is back with “Return of the Chinese Boxer”, an in-name only sequel with a totally new protagonist. The villains are still the Japanese but this time there is an added historical element.
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Scripted by Gu Lung, in the story the Japanese are planning to invade China and after forming an alliance with the corrupted General Tao, a group of heavily armed troops is on its way to China. Consequently, this prompts some royal Generals and the locals into action to fight against the foreigners and “Rapid Fist” Tsao Pai Leung (Jimmy Wang Yu) is one such rebel.
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Scripted by Gu Lung, in the story the Japanese are planning to invade China and after forming an alliance with the corrupted General Tao, a group of heavily armed troops is on its way to China. Consequently, this prompts some royal Generals and the locals into action to fight against the foreigners and “Rapid Fist” Tsao Pai Leung (Jimmy Wang Yu) is one such rebel.
- 4/16/2022
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Jimmy Wang Yu, once a superstar of multiple Asian martial arts genres, died on Tuesday. He was 79.
News of his death in a Taipei hospital was posted on social media by Wang’s daughter Linda, herself a former Canto-pop star of the 1990s. She wrote that Wang passed away peacefully after a six-year battle with a chronic illness.
Born in Shanghai in 1943, Wang established his film career in Hong Kong, where he became a household name thanks to films including Chang Cheh’s 1967 classic “The One-Armed Swordsman,” which the first to hit the HK1 million benchmark at the Hong Kong box office. Another early hit was opposite martial arts actress Cheng Pei-pei in Chang’s “Golden Swallow” in 1968.
In total, Wang appeared in more than 60 martial arts films, many produced by the Shaw Brothers studio. Several were influential internationally and helped pave the way for the short and incandescent career of Bruce Lee,...
News of his death in a Taipei hospital was posted on social media by Wang’s daughter Linda, herself a former Canto-pop star of the 1990s. She wrote that Wang passed away peacefully after a six-year battle with a chronic illness.
Born in Shanghai in 1943, Wang established his film career in Hong Kong, where he became a household name thanks to films including Chang Cheh’s 1967 classic “The One-Armed Swordsman,” which the first to hit the HK1 million benchmark at the Hong Kong box office. Another early hit was opposite martial arts actress Cheng Pei-pei in Chang’s “Golden Swallow” in 1968.
In total, Wang appeared in more than 60 martial arts films, many produced by the Shaw Brothers studio. Several were influential internationally and helped pave the way for the short and incandescent career of Bruce Lee,...
- 4/8/2022
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
On April 5th, 2022, the martial arts world lost one of its very first cinematic heroes. Jimmy Wang Yu passed away peacefully at the Taipei Zhenxing Hospital at the age of 80 after a six-year battle with declining health. Upon hearing the news, Jackie Chan posted on his blog, “The contributions you’ve made to kung fu movies, and the support and wisdom you’ve given to the younger generations will always be remembered in the industry.”
By younger generations, Jackie was referring to himself. Wang helped Jackie get a foothold in Kung Fu movies. In 1976, Wang faced Chan in one of Chan’s earliest Kung Fu films, Killer Meteors. Wang co-directed the film with Hong Kong movie mogul Lo Wei, and after Chan and Wei clashed, Wang helped young Jackie get things sorted out.
Wang starred in nearly 90 films most of which were Wuxia films, the genre of chivalrous martial arts masters.
By younger generations, Jackie was referring to himself. Wang helped Jackie get a foothold in Kung Fu movies. In 1976, Wang faced Chan in one of Chan’s earliest Kung Fu films, Killer Meteors. Wang co-directed the film with Hong Kong movie mogul Lo Wei, and after Chan and Wei clashed, Wang helped young Jackie get things sorted out.
Wang starred in nearly 90 films most of which were Wuxia films, the genre of chivalrous martial arts masters.
- 4/7/2022
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Taiwanese martial-arts film star Jimmy Wang Yu died on April 5 at a hospital in Taipei, his daughter, Linda Wong announced on Instagram.
‘With utmost sorrow, I inform everyone that our beloved father Mr Wang Yu, who battled the demon of disease these last six years, passed away peacefully this morning of April 5 at Taipei Cheng Hsin Hospital. He was 80 years old,” she wrote, according to translator Dylan Cheung. She did not indicate the nature of the disease.
She added, “I believe his [1967 film] One-Armed Swordsman — that image of a dashing great swordsman — will remain forever in the hearts of film history and film fans alike.”
Director Ang Lee told the China News Agency: “It’s with the deepest sorrow that we learned of his passing today. For many fans like me, he represents the vibe of a certain era. His films and his heroic spirit will be deeply missed.”
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‘With utmost sorrow, I inform everyone that our beloved father Mr Wang Yu, who battled the demon of disease these last six years, passed away peacefully this morning of April 5 at Taipei Cheng Hsin Hospital. He was 80 years old,” she wrote, according to translator Dylan Cheung. She did not indicate the nature of the disease.
She added, “I believe his [1967 film] One-Armed Swordsman — that image of a dashing great swordsman — will remain forever in the hearts of film history and film fans alike.”
Director Ang Lee told the China News Agency: “It’s with the deepest sorrow that we learned of his passing today. For many fans like me, he represents the vibe of a certain era. His films and his heroic spirit will be deeply missed.”
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- 4/7/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Jimmy Wang Yu, a Taiwanese actor who was once one of the biggest stars of martial arts cinema, died Tuesday in a Taipei hospital from an undisclosed illness he battled for six years. He was 79 and his death was announced on Instagram by his daughter, Linda Wang.
Born in Shanghai, China, Wang moved to Hong Kong and made his name as an action star at Shaw Brothers Studio during the 1960s. His best-known film was One-Armed Swordsman, which, as the title suggests, was about swordplay, a hallmark of his combat skills. The film would become the first Hong Kong film to make HK1million at the local box office.
The action films made Wang one of the biggest stars in Asia, and popular in the U.S. underground grindhouses that specialized in low-budget films.
One-Armed Swordsman saw two sequels, Return of the One-Armed Swordsman in 1969, in which Wang reprised his role,...
Born in Shanghai, China, Wang moved to Hong Kong and made his name as an action star at Shaw Brothers Studio during the 1960s. His best-known film was One-Armed Swordsman, which, as the title suggests, was about swordplay, a hallmark of his combat skills. The film would become the first Hong Kong film to make HK1million at the local box office.
The action films made Wang one of the biggest stars in Asia, and popular in the U.S. underground grindhouses that specialized in low-budget films.
One-Armed Swordsman saw two sequels, Return of the One-Armed Swordsman in 1969, in which Wang reprised his role,...
- 4/7/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
“Golden Swallow” is, technically, a follow-up to King Hu’s 1996 gem “Come Drink With Me” in which Chang Pei Pei played Xie Ru Yan, nicknamed Golden Swallow. Two years later, Chang Cheh cast her in the titular movie, which was named after her character, although Xiao Pang, the Silver Roc (Jimmy Wang Yu) is now the main focus. However, she still gets a fair share of screen time and there is even a love triangle among her, Xiao Pang and the righteous swordsman Han Tao.
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Poisoned by a dart during a combat at the start of the movie, Xie Ru Yan is lucky to escape death as Han Tao, the Golden Whip, comes to her rescue and nurses her back to life in his mountain hideout and he even teaches her a few swordplay moves. One day, Han’s best friend Flying Fox, Hu Zhen...
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Poisoned by a dart during a combat at the start of the movie, Xie Ru Yan is lucky to escape death as Han Tao, the Golden Whip, comes to her rescue and nurses her back to life in his mountain hideout and he even teaches her a few swordplay moves. One day, Han’s best friend Flying Fox, Hu Zhen...
- 12/28/2021
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
The Chinese Boxer (1970) is Coming to Blu-ray on November 9th from 88 Films
Check out this amazing fight scene from the film:
From the golden age of Kung Fu movies, the legendary Shaw Brothers bring you an action-packed tale of revenge, mayhem and flying fists. When his martial arts school is viciously attacked by a rival gang of Japanese thugs, Lei Ming swears to bring them down with violent justice. Written, starring and directed by Jimmy Wang Yu, The Chinese Boxer (1970) is a fabulously fast-paced feature full of exquisite set-pieces and mind-blowing fight choreography.
A huge influence on the likes of Tarantino’s Kill Bill (2003) and Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury (1972) this entertainingly savage story of resilience, skill and a battle against the odds, is one of the first true modern classics of the genre, focussing as it does on physical prowess and athletic proficiency over the more mythical elements of the wuxia era.
Check out this amazing fight scene from the film:
From the golden age of Kung Fu movies, the legendary Shaw Brothers bring you an action-packed tale of revenge, mayhem and flying fists. When his martial arts school is viciously attacked by a rival gang of Japanese thugs, Lei Ming swears to bring them down with violent justice. Written, starring and directed by Jimmy Wang Yu, The Chinese Boxer (1970) is a fabulously fast-paced feature full of exquisite set-pieces and mind-blowing fight choreography.
A huge influence on the likes of Tarantino’s Kill Bill (2003) and Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury (1972) this entertainingly savage story of resilience, skill and a battle against the odds, is one of the first true modern classics of the genre, focussing as it does on physical prowess and athletic proficiency over the more mythical elements of the wuxia era.
- 10/14/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
With a career spanning over 6 decades and more than 100 credits to his name, Koji Yakusho is one of the most renowned Japanese actors, with his success being rather evident in both his home country and internationally, particularly after his roles in “Memoirs of a Geisha” and “Babel”. A true chameleon of acting, Yakusho has played all kinds of roles in his career, always being convincing whether in horror, comedies, social dramas or samurai movies, whether in blockbusters or independent productions, whether on TV or even voice acting in anime. As a tribute to this remarkable actor, we present 20 of his best roles throughout his career, in chronological order.
1. Dark Society in the East
How many actors do you think can walk up to a woman and say “I want to fondle your breasts” and be accepted, in the same film that begins with them literally scraping crap off freshly excreted cocaine bags?...
1. Dark Society in the East
How many actors do you think can walk up to a woman and say “I want to fondle your breasts” and be accepted, in the same film that begins with them literally scraping crap off freshly excreted cocaine bags?...
- 9/16/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Do you remember sitting down in the holidays and watching on television one of those all start cast epics such as “Around the World in 80 Days” that frequented Hollywood in the 1960’s. Well now imagine that with a cast of Hong Kong’s finest from the 1980’s and throw in a lot of martial arts amidst the comedy. Now imagine it in the style of a western-only set in the Orient. Sammo Hung certainly liked variety in his directorial career and at his creative peak in the late 1980’s, came up with this polar opposite to the more vicious war epic “Eastern Condors”. A more family friendly, action filled entertainer that throws everything into the mix and finds most of it sticking.
Ching Fong Tin (Sammo Hung) returns to his hometown after attempting to steal goods from Russian soldiers and nearly being captured by bounty hunter...
Ching Fong Tin (Sammo Hung) returns to his hometown after attempting to steal goods from Russian soldiers and nearly being captured by bounty hunter...
- 7/22/2021
- by Ben Stykuc
- AsianMoviePulse
High-quality chopsocky mayhem! Guest reviewer Lee Broughton returns with an assessment of Jimmy Wang Yu’s action-packed martial arts flick. The combat comes thick and fast when a team of deadly mercenaries are employed to wipe out the honourable pupils of the Zhengde School. Writer-director Jimmy Wang Yu is placed front and centre in most of these fights. Excellent fight choreography, commendable cinematography and a well-realised vengeance narrative make this fast-paced show a winner.
One Armed Boxer
Region B Blu-ray
Eureka Entertainment
1972 / Color / 2.35 widescreen / 93 min. / The Chinese Professionals, Du bei chuan wang / Street Date, 24 May 2021 / £17.99
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Ma Kei, Yeh Tien, Wong Feu-Lung, Hung Tsai, Wang Yung-Sheng, Tung Chiao Wu, Shan Mao, Yi-Kuei Chang, Jen-Ping Su, Chun Lin Pan, Hung Kuan, Blackie Shou-Liang Ko.
Cinematography: Mo Shen Ku
Art Director: Shu-Yu Hu
Film Editors: Chen Hung Min, Chang Yao Chung
Original Music: Wang Fu Ling
Produced by Raymond Chow...
One Armed Boxer
Region B Blu-ray
Eureka Entertainment
1972 / Color / 2.35 widescreen / 93 min. / The Chinese Professionals, Du bei chuan wang / Street Date, 24 May 2021 / £17.99
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Ma Kei, Yeh Tien, Wong Feu-Lung, Hung Tsai, Wang Yung-Sheng, Tung Chiao Wu, Shan Mao, Yi-Kuei Chang, Jen-Ping Su, Chun Lin Pan, Hung Kuan, Blackie Shou-Liang Ko.
Cinematography: Mo Shen Ku
Art Director: Shu-Yu Hu
Film Editors: Chen Hung Min, Chang Yao Chung
Original Music: Wang Fu Ling
Produced by Raymond Chow...
- 7/6/2021
- by Lee Broughton
- Trailers from Hell
As a child, you probably remember the phrase “I can beat you with one arm tied behind my back”. Well this is the film that technically tests that theory out. Released at the beginning of the modern martial arts movie era, it has director\star Jimmy Wang Yu once again losing limbs for the sake of entertainment. Whilst his contribution to the genre may have faded due to what was to follow, it cannot be denied that his work helped set up the template for others to enhance.
Tien Lung (Jimmy Wang Yu) unwittingly causes a feud to start between his Ching Te School and that of the Hook gang. Whilst Master Han (Ma Kei) tries to sooth things over by punishing him, Chao (Yeh Tien), the leader of the Hook Gang manipulates the situation to his advantage. After several confrontations, he brings in a group of...
Tien Lung (Jimmy Wang Yu) unwittingly causes a feud to start between his Ching Te School and that of the Hook gang. Whilst Master Han (Ma Kei) tries to sooth things over by punishing him, Chao (Yeh Tien), the leader of the Hook Gang manipulates the situation to his advantage. After several confrontations, he brings in a group of...
- 6/14/2021
- by Ben Stykuc
- AsianMoviePulse
A co-production of Shaw Brothers and the Nikkatsu Studio during the mid-60s, this James Bond inspired spy thriller stars a very young and less experienced Jimmy Wang Yu as secret agent Yang Ming Hsuan, who works for the Japanese brunch of Apss (Asia Police Secret Service). George (Jo Shishido) is a Japanese- Malaysian criminal who smuggles gold in Asia; furthermore, he wants to bring down the Japanese economy just because his Japanese father is responsible for the death of his mother. Upon learning about George’s evil plan, Apss promptly sends Agent Yang after him. Consequently, the cat-and -mouse game is on, sending him trotting from Japan to Hong Kong and finally a showdown in an ocean tanker full of gold in Macau. Yang also believes that the death of a wealthy businessman who might actually be his long- lost father is the doing of George’s outfit.
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- 3/28/2021
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Written, starred and directed for the first time by Jimmy Wang Yu, “The Chinese Boxer” is undeniably a landmark. Highly considered as the forerunner of unarmed combat martial arts movies, it even features a kung fu training sequence and besides, it’s the last time Jimmy stars in a Shaw Brothers production.
The story concerns Lei Ming (Jimmy Wang Yu), a top student from the Chung Yi Chinese kung fu school seeking revenge after some Japanese karate experts for hire destroy it and kill just about everyone there. Badly hurt and knock unconscious during the attack, Lei Ming is luckily nursed back to health by his Master’s daughter Li Hsiao Ling (Wang Ping). All this destruction is actually the result of a failed challenge by a judo combatant, Diao Erh (Chao Hsiung), which leads him to recruit the help of those karate masters.
However, recalling what his Master once said,...
The story concerns Lei Ming (Jimmy Wang Yu), a top student from the Chung Yi Chinese kung fu school seeking revenge after some Japanese karate experts for hire destroy it and kill just about everyone there. Badly hurt and knock unconscious during the attack, Lei Ming is luckily nursed back to health by his Master’s daughter Li Hsiao Ling (Wang Ping). All this destruction is actually the result of a failed challenge by a judo combatant, Diao Erh (Chao Hsiung), which leads him to recruit the help of those karate masters.
However, recalling what his Master once said,...
- 3/11/2021
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Fang Kang the One-Armed Swordsman, the iconic wuxia character from the Shaw Brothers studios, travels to Japan and crosses swords with the blind masseur in this 22nd chapter of the long-running Zatoichi film series. However, this is a different character even though he too has only one arm; his name is Wang Kang and he’s played by Jimmy Wang Yu nevertheless.
Since this is very much a Zatoichi movie, again starring Shintaro Katsu, we see him dispatch three unfortunate samurai effortlessly just before the opening credits. Next up, we meet the new arrival to Japan, Wang Kang (Jimmy Wang Yu) who’s on his way to the Fukuryuji temple near Mamada. While on the road, he comes across a Chinese roadside performer, Li Xiang Rong (Chang Yi), his wife Yu Mei (Wan Ling), and their young son Xiao Rong. The Li family decides to take him...
Since this is very much a Zatoichi movie, again starring Shintaro Katsu, we see him dispatch three unfortunate samurai effortlessly just before the opening credits. Next up, we meet the new arrival to Japan, Wang Kang (Jimmy Wang Yu) who’s on his way to the Fukuryuji temple near Mamada. While on the road, he comes across a Chinese roadside performer, Li Xiang Rong (Chang Yi), his wife Yu Mei (Wan Ling), and their young son Xiao Rong. The Li family decides to take him...
- 3/9/2021
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Eureka’s May 2021 line-up was announced and it will feature Jimmy Wang Yu’s spectacular, action-packed grindhouse flick One Armed Boxer and Tsui Hark’s Time and Tide, an exhilarating opera of Hong Kong action cinema.
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One Armed Boxer (Blu-ray)
Featuring a multitude of inventive fight scenes against opponents from around the world including Japanese karate experts, Tibetan monks, Thai kick-boxers, and Indian Yoga experts, One Armed Boxer is one of the most influential martial arts films of the 70s.
Limited Edition Slipcase, Poster and Booklet
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Time and Tide (Blu-ray)
A noir infused Hong Kong action thriller from Tsui Harkstarring Nicholas Tse and Wu Bai, Time and Tide was nominated for six Hong Kong film awards and remains one of Hark’s most acclaimed features.
Limited Edition Slipcase and Booklet
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One Armed Boxer (Blu-ray)
Featuring a multitude of inventive fight scenes against opponents from around the world including Japanese karate experts, Tibetan monks, Thai kick-boxers, and Indian Yoga experts, One Armed Boxer is one of the most influential martial arts films of the 70s.
Limited Edition Slipcase, Poster and Booklet
More Info
Time and Tide (Blu-ray)
A noir infused Hong Kong action thriller from Tsui Harkstarring Nicholas Tse and Wu Bai, Time and Tide was nominated for six Hong Kong film awards and remains one of Hark’s most acclaimed features.
Limited Edition Slipcase and Booklet
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- 3/3/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
One-armed Boxer released on Blu-ray (the worldwide debut of a brand-new restoration on home video) as part of the Eureka Classics range on 24 May 2021. First print run will feature a Limited-Edition Slipcase, Collector’s Booklet and Reversible Poster.
Jimmy Wang Yu stars as Yu Tien Lung, a top martial artist who after incurring the wrath of a local gang leader, is attacked by a team of deadly mercenaries and has his right arm violently severed. Yu Tien soon trains his remaining arm to be stronger than ever, and goes on a rip-roaring rampage of revenge!
Featuring a multitude of unique and inventive fight scenes against opponents from around the world including Japanese and Okinawan karate experts, Tibetan monks, Thai kick-boxers, and Indian Yoga experts, One-armed Boxer is one of the most influential and exciting martial arts films of the 70s. Eureka Classics is proud to present the...
Jimmy Wang Yu stars as Yu Tien Lung, a top martial artist who after incurring the wrath of a local gang leader, is attacked by a team of deadly mercenaries and has his right arm violently severed. Yu Tien soon trains his remaining arm to be stronger than ever, and goes on a rip-roaring rampage of revenge!
Featuring a multitude of unique and inventive fight scenes against opponents from around the world including Japanese and Okinawan karate experts, Tibetan monks, Thai kick-boxers, and Indian Yoga experts, One-armed Boxer is one of the most influential and exciting martial arts films of the 70s. Eureka Classics is proud to present the...
- 2/28/2021
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Robert P. O’Brien is an American self-taught artist/illustrator that works in various mediums, creates shirt designs for 36styles.com and helps run the Kung Fu Fandom Forum hosted by that site. Nicknamed “Kung Fu Bob” because of his love of that cinema genre, in recent years he has created a lot of new, original artwork for DVD and Blu-ray film releases, in addition to book and CD cover art. In 2020 he recorded his first audio commentary for 88 Films’ release of Jet Li’s The Master and also joined Hong Kong cinema expert Brandon Bentley for a commentary on 88’s Blu-ray for New Fist Of Fury.
We speak with him about how he begun martial arts, drawing how he combines the two, the procedure he follows every time he deals with an artwork, his work with 88 Films, Midori Implus and Arrow, and many other topics.
How did...
We speak with him about how he begun martial arts, drawing how he combines the two, the procedure he follows every time he deals with an artwork, his work with 88 Films, Midori Implus and Arrow, and many other topics.
How did...
- 1/28/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The 3rd Taiwan Film Festival in Berlin is launching online on 21st August. During the pre-show talk on 7th August, the Taiwanese Ambassador to Germany- Prof. Dr. Jhy-Wey Shieh, speaks of the enduring success of Black Movies in the decades under martial law. Their popularity indicated a desperate demand for violence, bloody scenes, and thrills from the audience at the time, due to the many years of oppression, suffering, and struggle. He explains that although the movies themselves are seemingly devoid of politics, they subtly imply the highly oppressed Taiwanese
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Despite the global pandemic, the Taiwan Film Festival in Berlin continues to bring top-quality visual art to its audience. Rather than having to travel to the cinema, you can now sit back and enjoy nine handpicked masterworks at home. There will also be two pre-show talks: the first features Taiwan’s Ambassador Jhy-Wey Shieh, and its very own Tff curator- Jaye.
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Despite the global pandemic, the Taiwan Film Festival in Berlin continues to bring top-quality visual art to its audience. Rather than having to travel to the cinema, you can now sit back and enjoy nine handpicked masterworks at home. There will also be two pre-show talks: the first features Taiwan’s Ambassador Jhy-Wey Shieh, and its very own Tff curator- Jaye.
- 8/15/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
After seeing Jimmy Wang Yu in so many swordplay wuxia movies, it’s a bit odd to see him in a suit, without a sword, living in a big modern brick house and driving a convertible sports car. “My Son” is an early 70s song and dance, family tragedy about an angry young man, Yang Kuo Liang (Jimmy Wang Yu), the rebel son of Detective Yang.
Kuo Liang lives with his father whom he blames for the death of his mother. The two of them are forever arguing and behaving like enemies. He doesn’t have a job, spends his time playing pool in night clubs and gets into fights all the time. Actually he behaves like a spoiled kid with no future. One night, he rescues Mei Lin (Margaret Hsing Hui), a young girl, from being raped and they become worthy friends. Mei Lin comes from a poor family,...
Kuo Liang lives with his father whom he blames for the death of his mother. The two of them are forever arguing and behaving like enemies. He doesn’t have a job, spends his time playing pool in night clubs and gets into fights all the time. Actually he behaves like a spoiled kid with no future. One night, he rescues Mei Lin (Margaret Hsing Hui), a young girl, from being raped and they become worthy friends. Mei Lin comes from a poor family,...
- 8/7/2020
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
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On Saturday, August 1 at 9:15 Edt, 36 Cinema, the cinematic platform arm of lifestyle brand 36 Chambers, will host a special online screening of 1975 kung fu movie The Man From Hong Kong, which stars Jimmy Wang Yu (of the brilliant Master of the Flying Guillotine) and George Lazenby (the underrated James Bond who played the iconic role only once in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service).
The virtual screening will be accompanied by live commentary by Dan Halsted (head programmer at the Hollywood Theater) and Man From Hong Kong director Brian Trenchard Smith. The screening will be moderated by Mustafa Shaikh, the co-founder of 36 Chambers.
Here’s the official synopsis for The Man From Hong Kong, courtesy of 36 Cinema:
“When Australian police discover a massive drug smuggling ring with connections to Hong Kong, they fly in master...
On Saturday, August 1 at 9:15 Edt, 36 Cinema, the cinematic platform arm of lifestyle brand 36 Chambers, will host a special online screening of 1975 kung fu movie The Man From Hong Kong, which stars Jimmy Wang Yu (of the brilliant Master of the Flying Guillotine) and George Lazenby (the underrated James Bond who played the iconic role only once in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service).
The virtual screening will be accompanied by live commentary by Dan Halsted (head programmer at the Hollywood Theater) and Man From Hong Kong director Brian Trenchard Smith. The screening will be moderated by Mustafa Shaikh, the co-founder of 36 Chambers.
Here’s the official synopsis for The Man From Hong Kong, courtesy of 36 Cinema:
“When Australian police discover a massive drug smuggling ring with connections to Hong Kong, they fly in master...
- 7/31/2020
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
In 1967, Shaw Brothers released “One-Armed Swordsman”, a new style of swordplay wuxia film, starring Jimmy Wang Yu and directed by Chang Cheh. It became the first film in Hong Kong to rag in Hk $1 million and Jimmy became a huge star overnight. Two years later, Jimmy picked up his broken sword and again under the direction of Chang Cheh, was back in “Return of the One-Armed Swordsman” (“One-Armed Swordsman King”in Chinese) with more bloodletting action.
This time around, our hero Fang Kang (Jimmy Wang Yu) is a happily settled down farmer and has little interest in the affairs of jianghu (the Martial arts world). In the meantime, the evil Eight Sword Kings clan has emerged; they set up a tournament to challenge all rival schools to decide who the best in swordsmanship is. However, this turns out to be a cover-up so they can kill off all the rival schools members.
This time around, our hero Fang Kang (Jimmy Wang Yu) is a happily settled down farmer and has little interest in the affairs of jianghu (the Martial arts world). In the meantime, the evil Eight Sword Kings clan has emerged; they set up a tournament to challenge all rival schools to decide who the best in swordsmanship is. However, this turns out to be a cover-up so they can kill off all the rival schools members.
- 6/21/2020
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
“Of course it’s a loss,” commented executive committee chairman, Ang Lee, on the lack of mainland Chinese entries.
Two Taiwanese titles, Chung Mong-hong’s A Sun and John Hsu’s Detention, were the big winners at the 56th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei on Saturday night (November 23), each taking five prizes.
Chung’s drama, about a family torn apart when the youngest son is sent to a juvenile detention centre, won in both the best narrative feature and best director categories and also took prizes for best leading actor (Chen Yi-wen), best supporting actor (Liu Kuan-ting) and best film...
Two Taiwanese titles, Chung Mong-hong’s A Sun and John Hsu’s Detention, were the big winners at the 56th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei on Saturday night (November 23), each taking five prizes.
Chung’s drama, about a family torn apart when the youngest son is sent to a juvenile detention centre, won in both the best narrative feature and best director categories and also took prizes for best leading actor (Chen Yi-wen), best supporting actor (Liu Kuan-ting) and best film...
- 11/24/2019
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Chung Mong-hong’s Taiwanese family drama A Sun scooped the best narrative feature prize at the 2019 Golden Horse Awards, which were held today in Taipei. Scroll down for the full list of winners.
Chinese authorities boycotted this year’s ceremony, provoked by political fallout from last year’s ceremony, meaning no Chinese actors, directors and producers were entered into the nominations pool. As such the winners are primarily from Taiwan, as well as other Asian nations including Malaysia and Singapore.
A Sun, which premiered at Toronto, follows a family of four that fractures under the weight of unmet expectations, unexpected tragedy, and uncompromising pride. It also won best director for Chung Mong-hong – his second win in the category after he triumphed for The Fourth Portrait in 2010 – as well as best leading actor for Chen Yi-wen, and the supporting actor and editing prizes.
John Hsu’s psychological horror-thriller Detention was also...
Chinese authorities boycotted this year’s ceremony, provoked by political fallout from last year’s ceremony, meaning no Chinese actors, directors and producers were entered into the nominations pool. As such the winners are primarily from Taiwan, as well as other Asian nations including Malaysia and Singapore.
A Sun, which premiered at Toronto, follows a family of four that fractures under the weight of unmet expectations, unexpected tragedy, and uncompromising pride. It also won best director for Chung Mong-hong – his second win in the category after he triumphed for The Fourth Portrait in 2010 – as well as best leading actor for Chen Yi-wen, and the supporting actor and editing prizes.
John Hsu’s psychological horror-thriller Detention was also...
- 11/23/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Starring Jimmy Wang Yu, best known for his 1967 Shaw Brothers movie, “One-Armed Swordsman”, “Soul” netted him a Best Actor Award at the 15th Taipei Film Festival in 2013.
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The story begins with Ah Chuan (Joseph Chang), a chef who works in a Japanese restaurant and suffers from fainting spells and blackouts. Unable to work anymore, he is sent home to recover in the rural mountain home of his father, Wang (Jimmy Wang Yu), who lives alone and grows orchids for a living. During his stay, Ah Chuan hardly talks, seems to be possessed and behaves as if being totally lost. That’s when strange, violent things begin to happen, including a murder. Ah Chuan tells his father that he sees this empty body, so he just settles in and the real Ah Chuan is gone. Wang is willing to protect and look after him at any cost, thus...
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The story begins with Ah Chuan (Joseph Chang), a chef who works in a Japanese restaurant and suffers from fainting spells and blackouts. Unable to work anymore, he is sent home to recover in the rural mountain home of his father, Wang (Jimmy Wang Yu), who lives alone and grows orchids for a living. During his stay, Ah Chuan hardly talks, seems to be possessed and behaves as if being totally lost. That’s when strange, violent things begin to happen, including a murder. Ah Chuan tells his father that he sees this empty body, so he just settles in and the real Ah Chuan is gone. Wang is willing to protect and look after him at any cost, thus...
- 8/23/2019
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Love in a Fallen City. Photo courtesy of Celestial Pictures.Almost as long as there’s been a Chinese cinema, there have been Shaw Brothers. The three oldest brothers, Runje, Runde, and Runme, founded the Tianyi Film Company in Shanghai in 1925. Shortly thereafter, Runme and the youngest brother, Run Run, opened a branch of the company in Singapore, eventually expanding to Hong Kong. The Shaw empire crashed with the Japanese invasions, first in Shanghai in 1937 and then Singapore and Hong Kong in 1941. But after the war, thanks to the “more than $4 million in gold, jewelry and currency (they buried) in their backyard”1 they were able to re-open, first in Singapore and then, in the late 1950s, in Hong Kong. Shaw Brothers, with its massive Movietown production lot, became the dominant movie production house in the colony, vanquishing its rival MP & GI (later named Cathay) by the end of the 60s.
- 8/22/2019
- MUBI
During the late Ming Dynasty in China, a minor coastal village is besieged by Japanese pirates. Hsiao Feng, a wondering swordsman is caught in the ordeal; he kills a few pirates and decides to stay and help those defenceless villagers. This is the basic setup for “Beach of the War Gods”, an anti-Japanese, patriotic movie written and directed by Jimmy Wang Yu for Golden Harvest studios.
However, before Hsiao Feng can face the Japanese, he sets out to recruit some fighters, all with different skills none the less. One recruit is a good knife thrower; one has a pair of iron shields as weapons and another uses twin spear. Altogether, they start preparing the villages for a heroic bloodshed showdown which eventually takes place on a beach. This plotline does recall the one from Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai”, but now we have the Ming Dynasty version, it’s Chinese against the Japanese.
However, before Hsiao Feng can face the Japanese, he sets out to recruit some fighters, all with different skills none the less. One recruit is a good knife thrower; one has a pair of iron shields as weapons and another uses twin spear. Altogether, they start preparing the villages for a heroic bloodshed showdown which eventually takes place on a beach. This plotline does recall the one from Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai”, but now we have the Ming Dynasty version, it’s Chinese against the Japanese.
- 6/23/2019
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Guest reviewer Lee Broughton offers an assessment of one of the Shaw Brothers’ quirkier and more idiosyncratic historical martial arts efforts: an action-packed Meng Hua Ho wuxia flick from 1976 that concerns an irredeemable killer sent on a mission to save the life of a despicable and hated tyrant. Outstanding fight choreography, unusual weaponry and unpredictable plot twists help make this frenetically paced show a winner.
The Dragon Missile
Region B Blu-ray
88 Films
1976 / Color / 2.35 / 82 min. / Fei long zhan / Street Date, 26 Mar 2018 / £12.99
Starring: Lo Lieh, Tony Liu, Nancy Yen, Feng Ku, Terry Liu, Chih-Ching Yang, Sha-Fei Ouyang.
Cinematography: Wai-Kei Cho
Film Editor: Hsing-Lung Chiang
Art Director: Chan-King Sam
Original Music: Fu-Ling Wang
Written by Kuang Ni
Produced by Runme Shaw
Directed by Meng Hua Ho
Guest Review by Lee Broughton
When his own physicians fail to provide him with any relief for the pain caused by the gigantic festering boil on his back,...
The Dragon Missile
Region B Blu-ray
88 Films
1976 / Color / 2.35 / 82 min. / Fei long zhan / Street Date, 26 Mar 2018 / £12.99
Starring: Lo Lieh, Tony Liu, Nancy Yen, Feng Ku, Terry Liu, Chih-Ching Yang, Sha-Fei Ouyang.
Cinematography: Wai-Kei Cho
Film Editor: Hsing-Lung Chiang
Art Director: Chan-King Sam
Original Music: Fu-Ling Wang
Written by Kuang Ni
Produced by Runme Shaw
Directed by Meng Hua Ho
Guest Review by Lee Broughton
When his own physicians fail to provide him with any relief for the pain caused by the gigantic festering boil on his back,...
- 9/25/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Guest reviewer Lee Broughton returns with coverage of two well-regarded wuxia films (period martial arts movies set in ancient China). One is an intense action flick from the Shaw Brothers Studio that places a heavy emphasis on bloody and gory depictions of swordplay. The second is a wuxia film with a difference: rather than fancy sword moves or flamboyant punching techniques, the mystical fighters attack each other with incantations and magical musical instruments.
One-Armed Swordsman
Region B Blu-ray
88 Films
1967 / Color / 2.35 / 111 min. / Du bei dao / Street Date, 26 March 2018 / £12.99
Starring: Yu Wang, Chiao Chiao, Ti Tang, Chih-Ching Yang, Feng Tien, Yin-Tze Pan, Feng Ku.
Cinematography: Yuan Chen San
Film Editor: Chiang Hsing-Loong
Art Director: Ching-Shen Chen
Original Music: Foo-Ling Wang
Written by Cheh Chang, Kuang Ni
Produced by Runme Shaw
Directed by Cheh Chang
Reviewed by Lee Broughton
The bandit leaders Long-Armed Devil (Chi-Ching Yang) and Smiling Tiger (Ti Tang) are determined...
One-Armed Swordsman
Region B Blu-ray
88 Films
1967 / Color / 2.35 / 111 min. / Du bei dao / Street Date, 26 March 2018 / £12.99
Starring: Yu Wang, Chiao Chiao, Ti Tang, Chih-Ching Yang, Feng Tien, Yin-Tze Pan, Feng Ku.
Cinematography: Yuan Chen San
Film Editor: Chiang Hsing-Loong
Art Director: Ching-Shen Chen
Original Music: Foo-Ling Wang
Written by Cheh Chang, Kuang Ni
Produced by Runme Shaw
Directed by Cheh Chang
Reviewed by Lee Broughton
The bandit leaders Long-Armed Devil (Chi-Ching Yang) and Smiling Tiger (Ti Tang) are determined...
- 6/19/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Craig Lines Dec 6, 2017
Christmas and martial arts movies? They rarely crossover. But amazing fights in the snow? Now we're in business...
I love martial arts movies and I love Christmas so I'm kinda sad that the two have never really come together (Kung Fu Panda Holiday doesn't count). I'd hoped to find at least one good example to write about, as we move into the festive period, but I guess since most martial arts films come from Buddhist countries and Christmas is a Christian holiday, I was destined for disappointment.
I did briefly consider making one up with the aid of Photoshop, but wasn't sure I could get away with it so, alas, The 25th Advent Chamber Of Shaolin is not to be. For what it's worth, I'd got as far as an apprentice monk named Ho, fighting his way through 25 'doors' of a giant temple designed to resemble an advent calendar.
Christmas and martial arts movies? They rarely crossover. But amazing fights in the snow? Now we're in business...
I love martial arts movies and I love Christmas so I'm kinda sad that the two have never really come together (Kung Fu Panda Holiday doesn't count). I'd hoped to find at least one good example to write about, as we move into the festive period, but I guess since most martial arts films come from Buddhist countries and Christmas is a Christian holiday, I was destined for disappointment.
I did briefly consider making one up with the aid of Photoshop, but wasn't sure I could get away with it so, alas, The 25th Advent Chamber Of Shaolin is not to be. For what it's worth, I'd got as far as an apprentice monk named Ho, fighting his way through 25 'doors' of a giant temple designed to resemble an advent calendar.
- 12/5/2017
- Den of Geek
What wuxia fan can forget the first time they saw the red cap land on an unsuspecting victim’s head, drop a net, latch razor sharp blades around his neck and pop off said head like a Ken doll with the tug of a chain? Not many, and thus was born one of cinema’s most memorably bonkers weapons ever. Equal part ludicrous and glorious, writer-director-star Jimmy Wang Yu’s 1976 Master of the Flying Guillotine may be a late entry in Hong Kong’s martial arts glory years, but its shadow looms large nonetheless.
Shot in Taiwan, MotFG is the sequel to Wang’s One...
Shot in Taiwan, MotFG is the sequel to Wang’s One...
- 3/14/2017
- by Elizabeth Kerr
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Quentin Tarantino‘s brand of fetishism — the non-foot kind, I mean — is, in some part, an exploration of the cinema on a genre-by-genre basis, and so his filmography has, to my mind, been missing a certain something without a documentary. While he’ll claim there are (maybe) only two features left in him, there’s a chance that one will take that path — or at least have a documentary-like reserve of research behind it.
The subject? 1970. No, not the cinema of the 1970s, a medium-specific topic that’s been covered as much as any, but 1970, a time Quentin Tarantino considers the takeover point for New Hollywood — and it’s fascinated him so much that he’s been poring over and pondering material for four years. So he revealed during a recent masterclass held at Lyon’s Lumière Festival, where the “work in progress” was given this noncommital classification: “Am I going to write a book?...
The subject? 1970. No, not the cinema of the 1970s, a medium-specific topic that’s been covered as much as any, but 1970, a time Quentin Tarantino considers the takeover point for New Hollywood — and it’s fascinated him so much that he’s been poring over and pondering material for four years. So he revealed during a recent masterclass held at Lyon’s Lumière Festival, where the “work in progress” was given this noncommital classification: “Am I going to write a book?...
- 10/14/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
While this weekend's "Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice" showed what action looks like when it costs hundreds of million of dollars and is aided by a lot of CGI, back in the day, martial-arts stars did even more with a lot less. And if you're in New York City, an upcoming film festival will allow you to feast on a terrific platter of golden-age kung-fu flicks on the big screen. Read More: Get In The Ring: 10 Underdog Combat Sports Movies New York City's Metrograph will host the 6th annual Old School Kung Fu Fest. This year, the focus will be on Hong Kong's Golden Harvest studio, which had the cream of the action crop through the '70s, '80s, and '90s. Bruce Lee, John Woo, Michael Hui, Stanley Kwan, Jimmy Wang Yu, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Angela Mao were some of the big-name talents that came through its doors,...
- 3/28/2016
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
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