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OSKFF 2023 Review: Joseph Kuo’s THE SWORDSMAN OF ALL SWORDSMEN (1968)

While I’ve known the name Joseph Kuo, his 1968 wuxia feature, The Swordsman Of All Swordsmen, is a freshman venture for me into classic Taiwanese cinema. It delves into the time-honored revenge tale of a child orphaned at a young age when his parents are murdered by a quartet of killers looking to acquire his father’s sword, all leading up to our protagonist’s key story kicking off twenty years later when he arrives in a village and ultimately acquires his first of four targets who just happened to be harassing a street performer and his daughter at the time. Accommodating the film’s pristine digital restoration, the cinematography is fantastic from top to bottom, and with a story and pacing steady enough to keep the viewer interested. Tien Ping’s portrayal of Tsai Ying-Jie lends the audience an anti-hero you can root for and empathize with, and who emotes really well on […]

9TH OLD SCHOOL KUNG FU FEST: JOSEPH KUO EDITION Joins NYC’s Subway Cinema & Museum Of The Moving To Celebrate A Thrilling Line-Up Of Kung Fu Greats

Lee B. Golden III

Now’s as good a time as any for UK residents to make note of the latest arrival of Eureka’s 8×4 Limited Edition Joseph Kuo collection, Cinematic Vengeance. Alas, Subway Cinema, in partnership with the Museum Of The Moving Image and NYC’s Taipei Cultural Center, are stepping up to share the wealth, and then some, with an 8-day semi-virtual series hosting the 9th Old School Kung Fu Fest: Joseph Kuo Edition from December 6. The eighth edition was held in the summer of 2019, so it’s actually been more than a year since Subway Cinema could pull its next festivities off all due to the crippling pandemic. Fortunately the organization has found a way to adapt to the times as the tri-state area improves in its current standing as far as health and safety goes, allowing in-person and virtual screenings for its selections. All titles, nine in total, will be presented […]