Member AlbertV Posted September 15, 2014 Member Share Posted September 15, 2014 Dragon Lee and Hwang Jung Lee did a few films together back in the day: MARTIAL MONKS OF SHAOLIN TEMPLE (1983) FIVE PATTERN DRAGON CLAWS (1983) Hwang played the good guy in a Korean film HARD BASTARD, which had Bruce Cheung (Chang Il-Shik) as the lead villain. Elton Chong (Jeong Jin-Hwa) INVINCIBLE OBSESSED FIGHTER (1981) THE SNAKE STRIKES BACK (1982) SHAOLIN DRUNKEN MONKEY (1981) Benny Tsui (Seo Byeong-Hyun) 7 STAR GRAND MANTIS (1983) Kwak Mu-Seong (Mario Chan/Bruce Pak) EAGLE VS. SILVER FOX (1982) (w/ Hwang Jung Lee) WARRIORS OF KUNG FU (1982) (w/ Casanova Wong) Kim Tae-Jeong (Kim Tai-Chung/Tong Lung) PLEASE MISS BE PATIENT (1981) (modern day action film) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jesse Smooth Posted September 15, 2014 Member Share Posted September 15, 2014 Bruce Le (Huang Chien Lung) movies: BRUCE AND SHAOLIN KUNG FU BRUCE AND SHAOLIN KUNG FU 2 ENTER THE GAME OF DEATH RETURN OF RED TIGER MY NAME CALLED BRUCE BRUCE AND DRAGON FIST Others released through PT Insantra: RETURN OF FIST OF FURY THE FIERCE ONE aka JAWS OF THE DRAGON Others: THE MAGNIFICENT FIST MARTIAL MATES DEADLY KICK DEADLY ROULETTE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thegoldenstate Posted September 15, 2014 Member Share Posted September 15, 2014 Wow, thank you guys! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jesse Smooth Posted September 15, 2014 Member Share Posted September 15, 2014 Oh yeah, THE REAL BRUCE LEE is a Dragon Lee movie called LAST FIST OF FURY. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted September 15, 2014 Member Share Posted September 15, 2014 You serious on Bruce and Shaolin Kung Fu? I think we talked about this before Jesse. Those movies are so bad that I feel dirty watching them. But I do remember lots of cheese. The villain:bigsmile:. I really don't remember these movies so I shouldn't even try, but I think the villain is the same in both movies? And I think he kills a goldfish. Here's some others- Kill the Shogun Kung Fu Fever Thunder Ninja Kids in the Golden Adventure Dynamite Shaolin Heroes Fury in the Shaolin Temple Duel of Ultimate Weapons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cold Bishop Posted September 15, 2014 Member Share Posted September 15, 2014 I'll frogleap on the OPs thread and ask if anyone can paint a clearer picture of the whole period of Korean Kung-Fu films as far as their production goes. I've heard it said that it was simply a way for Hong Kong producers to get past the local quota… yet this can't account for all of them. Plus, they all seem to have their own distinct feel and identity… Not to mention a grungy, even exploitative atmosphere which makes most impoverished Chinese indies seem tasteful. Is Korean Kung-Fu it's own distinct national thing, or simply a minor offshoot of the greater Chinese genre? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted September 15, 2014 Member Share Posted September 15, 2014 It does feel like they were just trying to cash in on what China was doing. But I think that it is Korea's own thing and that they had their own style of doing choreography. There's much more emphasis on kicking in their movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted September 15, 2014 Member Share Posted September 15, 2014 We cannot forget Charles Han, who starred in LEFT FOOT OF WRATH as well as RETURNED SINGLE-LEGGED MAN aka KOREAN CONNECTION (which featured Hwang Jung Lee in both). There was also Bobby Kim, who starred in WANGRYONG (DEADLY KICK) featuring Lo Lieh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Secret Executioner Posted September 15, 2014 Member Share Posted September 15, 2014 Movies that were originally Korean but were completely messed up when distributed worldwide: Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave (late 1970s, dates given are usually 1976 or 1978) Originally a film called The Stranger that became a Bruceploitation somehow. The trailer is a little gem, the film itself... Not so much. Secret Executioners (1982) A Korean film with extra scenes added by Godfrey Ho - these scenes feature epic Gwailo Jim Norris, but they take up like five to ten minutes of the film. The rest is some Korean film with Hwang Jang Lee, some gang war... It's a very confusing film, watch it just for HJL and the Godfrey Ho sequences. You also get a shot of HJL's butt at a point (!!!) as a scene takes place some kind of public baths (and yes, you get a brawl in the changing room - HJL basically kicks everybody else's butt). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thegoldenstate Posted September 15, 2014 Member Share Posted September 15, 2014 RAGING RIVALS (aka HARD BASTARD) was released in the U.S. theatrically and on TV as HANDS OF LIGHTNING. Attempting to capitalize on both Chansploitation (for lack of a better term) and Brucesploitation, Wong Cheng Li was billed as "The Incredible Jacky Lee" on the U.S. poster. BUDDHIST FIST AND TIGER CLAW(S) is another Wong Cheng Li title from the same era in which he's cast as a good guy: Both titles were part of a television package which included many Asso Asia titles, including THE DYNAMITE SHAOLIN HEROES, EAGLE VS SILVER FOX, THE SNAKE STRIKES BACK and the incredible WARRIORS OF KUNG FU. For whatever reasons I don't think that package was picked up by any UHF stations near me. However, I do remember the Financial News Network or a similar cable station showing them at some point in the eighties -- complete with ticker showing latest the stock prices running at the bottom of the screen! (iirc the same channel also showed Italian Serie A soccer and various regional pro wrestling programs as well) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thegoldenstate Posted September 15, 2014 Member Share Posted September 15, 2014 Gotta say, I always used to rate True Game of Death as being the worst film I have ever seen, period (not just kf, in other words). Though after watching My Name Called Bruce and a couple of other sleazy Bruce Le flicks last night (Return of Bruce, Fist of Vengeance and Super Gang) I'm now thinking that TGoD has some hearty competition for that honor. Man, did Le ever get involved with some stinkers!! Between the disco soundtracks, stunningly incoherent plotlines, the riot of oversized sunglasses and other questionable fashion choices, they are still fun as hell to watch, though. Incompetent filmmaking at its best! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member masterofoneinchpunch Posted September 15, 2014 Member Share Posted September 15, 2014 I'll frogleap on the OPs thread and ask if anyone can paint a clearer picture of the whole period of Korean Kung-Fu films as far as their production goes. I've heard it said that it was simply a way for Hong Kong producers to get past the local quota… yet this can't account for all of them. Plus, they all seem to have their own distinct feel and identity… Not to mention a grungy, even exploitative atmosphere which makes most impoverished Chinese indies seem tasteful. Is Korean Kung-Fu it's own distinct national thing, or simply a minor offshoot of the greater Chinese genre? On co-productions: As a coincidence I read this just today in John Woo Interviews (Ed. Robert K. Elder): "... the Hong Kong studio liked to share production credit with the Korean film company, which would be responseible for half the production fee. ... The only condition was that we had to hire a Korean crew and hire a Korean actor in the film." "... I set up a long tracking shot, using a dolly. It was pretty new for a Korean producer. Usually they didn't shoot a movie using a dolly because of economic reasons. They also made films with a very low budget, so they only shot everything in static shots." My speculation: since there was money to be made in co-productions, I think they saw an opportunity to try things also on there own for the local market (like the similar situation in Taiwan.) As Mo stated: you see a lot more kicking in these films because of the Taekwondo and Hapkido influence. Of course sometimes it is hard to find a non-coproduction. When I was doing research for Shaolin Drunken Fight, I could only find South Korean connections to it, but nothing else. A pretty typical low budget kung fu movie filmed in South Korean with mainly a Korean cast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thegoldenstate Posted September 15, 2014 Member Share Posted September 15, 2014 I'm guessing that filming in S. Korea and Taiwan also presented advantages because they are simply bigger and on the whole less crowded than HK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thegoldenstate Posted September 17, 2014 Member Share Posted September 17, 2014 I have a feeling that you are really going to like Ninja Holocaust. !! Wtf this movie?? Haha, you were very right. The opening sequence (which I'm not even sure "belongs" to this film proper) is deadly dull, but following that there is something completely insane going on every five minutes. Wow... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted September 17, 2014 Member Share Posted September 17, 2014 The original movie is called Rocky's Love Affairs. I've never seen it but I imagine it is pretty good. But then Godfrey Ho got ahold of it and made it a masterpiece. I love the ending. One of the funniest endings ever. I was searching through old threads and I came across this- http://www.kungfucinema.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3729&highlight=opening+credits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jesse Smooth Posted September 20, 2014 Member Share Posted September 20, 2014 You serious on Bruce and Shaolin Kung Fu? I think we talked about this before Jesse. Those movies are so bad that I feel dirty watching them. But I do remember lots of cheese. The villain:bigsmile:. I really don't remember these movies so I shouldn't even try, but I think the villain is the same in both movies? And I think he kills a goldfish. Here's some others- Kill the Shogun Kung Fu Fever Thunder Ninja Kids in the Golden Adventure Dynamite Shaolin Heroes Fury in the Shaolin Temple Duel of Ultimate Weapons They're all bad movies. We probably did mention them before. The first part is the best, while "Return of Fist of Fury" has its moments of cheddar. The main villian plays in all three parts as well as some other Korean films. I don't think he was a martial artist. Many of those Korean films played on USA Network and released by Master Arts Video. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jesse Smooth Posted September 20, 2014 Member Share Posted September 20, 2014 Gotta say, I always used to rate True Game of Death as being the worst film I have ever seen, period (not just kf, in other words). Though after watching My Name Called Bruce and a couple of other sleazy Bruce Le flicks last night (Return of Bruce, Fist of Vengeance and Super Gang) I'm now thinking that TGoD has some hearty competition for that honor. Man, did Le ever get involved with some stinkers!! Between the disco soundtracks, stunningly incoherent plotlines, the riot of oversized sunglasses and other questionable fashion choices, they are still fun as hell to watch, though. Incompetent filmmaking at its best! Le (Huang Chien Lung) was good in kung fu, just back then the Koreans weren't good filmmakers for the most part. That is when it came to kung fu movies. Oddly enough I think his best movies were shot in Korea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thegoldenstate Posted September 20, 2014 Member Share Posted September 20, 2014 Yeah, I don't mean to bust on Le per se, (ooh, that almost rhymes!) but more just the production values of some of those films. It seemed like the filmmakers were incapable of coming up with a product that didn't seem ultra-cheapie plus with a good dose of sleaziness. Funnily they are fun to watch all these years later, at least for someone with my somewhat perverse sensibilities. I also like the Bruce Le film done in the Philippines where he is in charge of tracking down his sifu's golden coin or some such. So dumb and incompetently made but at the same time so much fun to watch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member stills Posted October 5, 2014 Member Share Posted October 5, 2014 Angry dragon aka dragon Lee vs. 5 brothers Not terrible. Is this Dragon Lee's masterpiece? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Secret Executioner Posted October 5, 2014 Member Share Posted October 5, 2014 Angry dragon aka dragon Lee vs. 5 brothers Not terrible. Is this Dragon Lee's masterpiece? I'd rather put either Five Pattern Dragon Claws or The Clones Of Bruce Lee as Dragon Lee's masterpieces - I think I actually prefer the Clones, no matter how outrageously OTT it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted October 5, 2014 Member Share Posted October 5, 2014 I would say Kung Fu Fever is Dragon Lee's masterpiece. 5 Patterns is enjoyable. No comment for Clones of Bruce Lee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member stills Posted October 11, 2014 Member Share Posted October 11, 2014 Eagle vs. silver fox Like most movies, needs more hwang jang lee. Less of the annoying chick sidekick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thankyouforfu Posted November 9, 2014 Member Share Posted November 9, 2014 Dragon Lee and Hwang Jung Lee did a few films together back in the day: MARTIAL MONKS OF SHAOLIN TEMPLE (1983) FIVE PATTERN DRAGON CLAWS (1983) Hwang played the good guy in a Korean film HARD BASTARD, which had Bruce Cheung (Chang Il-Shik) as the lead villain. Elton Chong (Jeong Jin-Hwa) INVINCIBLE OBSESSED FIGHTER (1981) THE SNAKE STRIKES BACK (1982) SHAOLIN DRUNKEN MONKEY (1981) Benny Tsui (Seo Byeong-Hyun) 7 STAR GRAND MANTIS (1983) Kwak Mu-Seong (Mario Chan/Bruce Pak) EAGLE VS. SILVER FOX (1982) (w/ Hwang Jung Lee) WARRIORS OF KUNG FU (1982) (w/ Casanova Wong) Kim Tae-Jeong (Kim Tai-Chung/Tong Lung) PLEASE MISS BE PATIENT (1981) (modern day action film) Bruce Le (Huang Chien Lung) movies: BRUCE AND SHAOLIN KUNG FU BRUCE AND SHAOLIN KUNG FU 2 ENTER THE GAME OF DEATH RETURN OF RED TIGER MY NAME CALLED BRUCE BRUCE AND DRAGON FIST RETURN OF FIST OF FURY THE FIERCE ONE aka JAWS OF THE DRAGON THE MAGNIFICENT FIST MARTIAL MATES DEADLY KICK DEADLY ROULETTE Kill the Shogun Kung Fu Fever Thunder Ninja Kids in the Golden Adventure Dynamite Shaolin Heroes Fury in the Shaolin Temple Duel of Ultimate Weapons I gotta check out some of these Hwang Jang Lee films. Hard Bastard aka Hands of Lightning sounds cool. Which HJL Korean film would be considered the best? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member stills Posted December 14, 2014 Member Share Posted December 14, 2014 Eagle vs silver fox is the best Godfrey ho that comes to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted December 14, 2014 Member Share Posted December 14, 2014 I think Godfrey Ho just did the dubbing on Eagle vs Silver Fox. But I've never really been sure on which oldschool movies he directed. So I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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