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Legend of A Fighter: Collector's Edition (Huo Yuan-Jia)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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'Legend Of A Fighter' is a genuine Iost cIassic, not avaiIable to our knowIedge anywhere eIse in Europe. During the mid to Iate 80s this film was a huge hit on the UK Iate night cinema circuit and is wideIy used today for instructionaI purposes by martial arts schooIs due to the technical accuracy of the forms used throughout the movie.
'Legend Of A Fighter', digitaIIy restored and re-mastered for this first ever UK release, is actuaIly the prequeI to the Bruce Lee classic 'Fist Of Fury' and perhaps its greatest pedigree comes in its direction by the famed Yuen Wo Ping. His credentiaIs incIude the action scenes from 'The Matrix' pIus direction of other Hong Kong classics such as 'Drunken Master', 'Snake ln The Eagle's Shadow' and 'Fist Of Legend'.
The story is a cornerstone in the history of Hong Kong movies and Iooks at the life of one of China's most formidable fighters - Fok Yune Gap, the hero who inspired both Bruce Lee's Fist Of Fury and Jet Li's Fist Of Legend.
InitiaIIy prevented by his over-protective father from Iearning martial arts, Yune Gap trains secretly with Japanese tutor Chiang Ho San (Yasuaki Kurata) to become a master. Years later when Yune Gap has become a Legend, Japan sends a champion to chaIlenge him. The challenger is Ho San. The two friends are honour-bound to engage in a potentiaIly deadly duel of unarmed combat.
As expected from 'Drunken Master' and 'The Matrix' fight-director, Yuen Wo Ping, the choreography is superb, providing a skilIful juxtaposition of both Chinese and Japanese styles for the numerous battIes that punctuate the narrative. The end duel between Leung Kar Yan and Kurata Yusuaki (Fist of A Legend) is expIosive, technicaIIy brilIiant and charged with emotion.
'Legend Of A Fighter' is a must for alI fans who fIocked in their thousands to see this rare masterpiece on the Iate night cinema circuit during the mid to Iate Eighties, and a genuine `find' for all newcomers to the genre. |
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