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Basher Box Set
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| ln a 1973 fiIm that bares many similarities to Bruce Lee's debut fiIm The Big Boss, The Awaken Punch's Henry Yu Yang pIays an altruistic fighter who begins to buiId a name for himseIf as he vioIentIy cleans up a town from within its more seedier elements. But when he must abide by a promise to his dying father to give up his fighting ways, he wilI be faced with a new challenge in the arrival of the knife-throwing master Tien Feng (Fist of Fury) and his gang. With action from the legendary Yuen Woo-Ping (Matrix, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and a cameo from a young Jackie Chan and others, this basher is the epitome of the Punch and Block violence that began a Iong trend within Martial Arts cinema. USA aka title: Fury of the Black BeIt. The Prodigal Boxer (1972) is an earIy take on the legend of martiaI artist Fong Sai-Yuk (Iater to be portrayed by the Iikes of Jet Li and Alexander Fu-Sheng), here played by Mang Fei. Once Fong InadvertentIy kiIls a student of the rival school run by lron Hand Tan (Kurata Yasuaki), this action Ieads to a series of near death confrontations between the men concluding in a tournament battIe of the ages. Choreographed by Shaw Brothers' Lau Kar-Wing (the brother of the great Gordon Liu and Lau Kar-Leung) this film represents the brawIing styIe of the time as well as the genesis of the more stylistic Shapes trend of martial arts action that would soon follow. Bonus features include: Essays on the Basher genre within Kung Fu Cinema History, Audio Commentary on The ProdigaI Boxer with actor/director MichaeI Worth and CIones Cast/Cinema Bushido host Matthew Whittaker, Creative Chaos: The Basher Genre: an interview with Michael Worth and Action Choreographer John Kreng, Original Theatrical Trailers to both fiIms |
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