Now available from Arrow Video
And now for part two!
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Shawscope Volume Two (released fall 2023) [Arrow Video]
Now available from Arrow Video
This box set is a big one, almost THE big one (but that may actually go to Volume Three, review of that one posting shortly). This set has 14, yes 14, Shaw Brothers martial arts films and 2 discs of music from these films, all in this beautiful box. The number of special features in this set is staggering and will take any dedicated fan days, weeks even, to watch through. Here are our thoughts on this set:
The Tai Chi Master (aka Zhang San Feng) (2022)
Now available from Well Go USA
During the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, a man searches for a new sect after his is destroyed leading him to create the art of Tai Chi.
Super Spies and Secret Lies box set [Eureka Classics]
Now available from Eureka Classics
This set of three Shaw Brothers film represents their Bondsploitation era where they produced a bunch of spy films in their style, bringing the stories to their land and their studio. This new set from Eureka Classics includes The Golden Buddha, Anger with Iron Fists, and The Singing Thief.
To Kill a Mastermind (aka Qi sha) (1979) [88 Films]
Now available from 88 Films
A spy is sent to gather information and take down the Qi Sha clan who have been terrorizing their land for far too long. Will they catch him, or will he be able to report back and end their tyranny?
Tomie (1998) [Arrow Video]
Now available from Arrow Video
A woman who has forgotten her traumatic experience in high school is thrown back into it when a new string of killings starts happening.
Japan Organized Crime Boss (aka Nihon boryoku-dan: Kumicho) (1969) [Radiance Films]
Now available from Radiance Films
While two yakuza factions are at war to get control of Yokohama, a local gang head is released from jail and forced back into the life he wanted to leave behind.