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Streaming Sleepers: In Lau Kar Leung’s HEROES OF THE EAST, Love, Honor And Respect In Any Language
One of the finer things of late about subscribing to Well Go USA’s in-house streaming platform, Hi-YAH!, is much ado with their output of classic kung fu titles. Lau Kar Leung’s Heroes Of The East is just one of them these days, making landfall this week with Gordon Liu and Yuko Mizuno headlining the cast. The 1978 film bodes as a classic staple from the Shaw Brothers catalog and currently residing in the library of Celestial Pictures in its preservation of legendary Hong Kong hit films. Written by Ni Kuang amid his sizeable studio resumé as screenwriter, the film follows another chapter in the age-old battle of the sexes when a pre-arranged marriage between Ho Tao (Liu) and Yumiko (Mizuno) ensues a competition of hijinks, hilarity, and martial skill between Chinese and Japanese styles. Liu is as charismatic in the role of Ho Tao, as he is skilled opposite the […]
Rossatron Talks DRUNKEN MASTER 2: The Best Fight Scene Ever?
For nearly fifty years, revered action cinema luminary Jackie Chan has dazzled the big screen with the kind of captivating, innovative and death-defying stuntwork that has made his career what it is today. His 1994 kung fu cinema diptych with Lau Kar Leung, Drunken Master 2, remains nothing short of one of his highest marks in this regard. YouTuber Rossatron took to his platform last week to highlight why in a new video essay discussing the film’s final fight scene and what makes it work so well for the film’s sake. Enjoy his insights on the matter, as well as the stellar footage enclosed. Also, click here to buy the movie.
I AM THE WHITE TIGER: Kung Fu Cinema Legend Mark Houghton’s New Doc Lands A Trailer
Among the cadre of longstanding kung fu thesps and experts of the last fifty years, martial arts master, ex-stuntman and Hung Gar successor Mark Houghton’s story is certainly one of interest. From traversing the world of martial arts starting at the age of 14 to battling life and death scenarios both on-screen and off, he’s since become one of the foremost figures in martial arts film and sport – his posterity further sustained in Lei Chiu’s new documentary, I Am The White Tiger, which has already circulated festivals aplenty with numerous awards and accolades in its wake. Stuntman, action director, and martial arts legend Mark Houghton tells his story of his martial arts journey, breaking into the Hong Kong film industry, his struggle with injuries and depression, and the promise he made his teacher, the legendary filmmaker Lau Kar Leung. Houghton, whose nominal film credits have seen him work among […]
Could The Late LAU KAR-LEUNG Get His Own Movie?
The past year saw a grave loss of a few notable, memorable and iconic film figures of the martial arts and film industry as a whole, including the passing of action cinema arbiter and late kung fu cinema legend Lau Kar-Leung. Before passing away on June 25 last year at the age of 78, the late master Lau earned his acclaim in part through the shared legacy of his kung fu lineage through his father’s training under Wong Fei-Hung disciple Lam Sai-wing. In the following years, this would ultimately take his own training from the age of seven into a lucrative career as a teacher, a stuntman and rising film figure through Shaw Brothers studios in the 1960’s and 70’s, and evidently it didn’t stop there. These articles of Lau‘s stellar history in the world of kung fu cinema could be part of what is now being formulated for a […]
The Noble Classics: VOL 1
Beginning today, Film Combat Syndicate contributor Graeme Noble will be host to wide array of short reviews for beloved old school Hong Kong kung fu and comedy films. Films will be listed in random groups of five depending on titles, actors and franchise, etc. Most of these titles you might be fortunate to find on DVD or Blu-Ray, including today’s list, the Sam Hui/Karl Maka five-film pair and subsequent part six outlining the Aces Go Places film series. Take a look! Aces Go Places – 4/5, a great entertaining and funny movie. Chemistry between Karl Maka and Sam Hui is fantastic and some of the fun action scenes are great. The movie drags in places and it’s old fashioned but it’s a good example of quality Hong Kong cinema! Style: Comedy, 80’s kickboxing The famous thief, King Kong, has stolen a bag of diamonds from a group of gangsters, and […]
Subway Cinema/NYAFF Presents: OLD SCHOOL KUNG FU FEST 2014!
New York City residents lucky enough to have three full days off this week can now share in the joy and wonderment to be experienced at this month’s Old School Kung Fu Fest to be held at the Anthology Film Archive. Now in its second year, the events will be hosted by Subway Cinema and The New York Asian Film Festival in conjunction with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office and The Korea Society, with a total of nine films, guest speakers and an artists’ poster exhibit paying tribute to legendary late great kung fu cinema auteur Lau Kar-Leung. Here are the list of all nine films, comprised of eight public titles with trailers in between, and a secret film to be announced midway through the festival, which lasts from April 18 through April 20. THE 36th CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (aka MASTER KILLER) 少林卅六房 (1978, 119 minutes, 35mm, with […]
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