TWO TAOIST TALES: Eureka Launches A Pair Of Yuen Clan Classics From Eureka This September
Eureka Entertainment is proudly launching the worldwide Blu-Ray debuts of Yuen Clan actioners, Two Taoist Tales (Taoism Drunkard and The Young Taoism Fighter) on September 24.
Directed by and starring Yuen Cheung-yan (The Miracle Fighters), Taoism Drunkard follows a man with a love for wine who accidentally damages a sacred statue. To atone for this blunder, he is asked by an enraged Taoist priest (Hsiao Hou-tao) to find a virginal boy (Yuen Yat-chor) to aid in defending his temple from a demonic sorcerer (Yuen Shun-yi).
In The Young Taoism Fighter (directed by Police Story’s Chen Chi-hwa), a practitioner of Taoist kung fu (Yuen Yat-chor) manages to separate his soul from his body before teaming up with a vengeful young woman (Hilda Liu Hao-yi) to take on a sinister sorcerer (Kwan Chung) and the evil leader of a rival kung fu school (Yen Shi-kwan).
Both films will be presented with brand new 2K restorations and made available from the Eureka Classics. The first print run of 2000 copies only will exclusively feature a limited edition O-card slipcase, and a collector’s booklet.
Filled with imagery both fantastical and thrilling – not least Taoism Drunkard’s banana monster – and featuring some of the most jaw-droppingly inventive fight sequences in the history of martial arts cinema, Taoism Drunkard and The Young Taoism Fighter are cult classics from the celebrated Yuen Clan that need to be seen to be believed. Both films are presented on Blu-ray for the first time ever from brand new 2K restorations.
Catch the details below along with an official trailer and box art.
SPECIAL EDITION TWO-DISC BLU-RAY FEATURES*:
• Limited edition O-card slipcase (First print run of 2000 copies only) featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling
• Both films presented in 1080p HD from brand new 2K restorations
• Original Cantonese audio and optional English dub tracks (original mono presentations)
• Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release
• Brand new audio commentaries on both films by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
• Brand new audio commentaries on both films by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• Brand new interview with director and actor Yuen Cheung-yan
• Brand new interview with critic Andrew Heskins (easternKicks)
Trailers
• PLUS: A limited edition collector’s booklet (First print run of 2000 copies only) featuring new writing on the film by Southeast Asian horror expert Dr. Katarzyna Ancuta, and Spooky Encounters author Daniel O’Brien
* All extras subject to change
