The Heroic Cinema Of Chang Cheh 10-Film Set (Shaw Bros. / Eureka Entertainment)

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Eureka have just announced a huge 10-film Chang Cheh set of Shaw Brothers films from 1967 to 1983, releasing on September 23rd October 21st! Please note, this will now be a single pressing release, with no Standard edition planned.

Furious Swords And Fantastic Warriors: The Heroic Cinema Of Chang Cheh 10-Film Set

Please also note that this set will be strictly limited to a single pressing of 2,000 copies, with no reissues or standard editions planned once they sell out!

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SPECIAL FEATURES

• Limited edition double-walled slipcase, with 2 amaray cases, featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling [2000 copies]
• Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on all films in this set by film critic and writer James Oliver [2000 copies]
• 1080p HD presentations of all 10 films on Blu-ray
• Optional English subtitles, newly revised for this release
• New audio commentaries on Men from the Monastery, The Trail of the Broken Blade and The Weird Man by film critic David West
• New audio commentaries on King Eagle, The Wandering Swordsman, Trilogy of Swordsmanship and The Fantastic Magic Baby by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• New audio commentaries on Shaolin Martial Arts, Iron Bodyguard and New Shaolin Boxers by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and martial artist and filmmaker Michael Worth
• New audio commentary on The Fantastic Magic Baby by Frank Djeng
• New interview with Hong Kong cinema scholar Wayne Wong on the life and work of Chang Cheh
• New video essay by Jonathan Clements (author of A Brief History of China) on Iron Bodyguard
• New video essay by Jonathan Clements on Chang Cheh’s Shaolin film

The following films will have English Dubs:

Men from the Monastery, Shaolin Martial Arts, Iron Bodyguard, The Weird Man, Trail of the Broken Blade
New Shaolin Boxers

FURIOUS SWORDS

Disc 1: Men from the Monastery & Shaolin Martial Arts
Disc 2: King Eagle & Iron Bodyguard

FANTASTIC WARRIORS

Disc 3: Fantastic Magic Baby & The Weird Man
Disc 4: Trail of the Broken Blade & Wandering Swordsman
Disc 5: Trilogy of Swordsmanship & New Shaolin Boxers

SYNOPSIS

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 worked in a multitude of genres, from Chinese opera to kung fu films via wuxia pian, historical epics and tales of the supernatural.

Presented here are ten films that reveal the range and versatility of Chang’s career as a filmmaker. Traditional wuxia pian is represented by King Eagle, Trail of the Broken Blade and Wandering Swordsman; choreographed by Lau Kar-leung, Men from the Monastery and Shaolin Martial Arts are both drawn from Chang’s Shaolin cycle, included here alongside New Shaolin Boxers; Iron Bodyguard, released at the dawn of the kung fu era, is representative of changing trends in Hong Kong cinema; and some of Chang’s more esoteric work is represented by the opera film The Fantastic Magic Baby and the supernatural fantasy The Weird Man. Also included is the anthology film Trilogy of Swordsmanship, to which Chang contributed a segment alongside his contemporaries Yueh Feng and Cheng Kang.

All produced during Chang Cheh’s tenure at Shaw Brothers, these ten films are a testament to the director’s distinct aesthetic style and his recurring thematic preoccupations. Eureka Classics is proud to present this selection of Chang’s work for the first time on Blu-ray in the US.

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