Member iron flag Posted February 25, 2014 Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 Dont know if there's already a thread about this but I was curious what movies you want to see uncut, remastered, widescreen, etc. I'm going to say The Heroes with Ti Lung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted February 25, 2014 Administrator Share Posted February 25, 2014 PEDICAB DRIVER (1989) DRUNKEN MASTER 2 (1994, aka. Legend of Drunken Master) THE THUNDERING MANTIS (1980, aka. Mantis Fist Fighter) AVENGING EAGLE (1978, aka. Cold Blooded Eagles; Shaolin Hero; The Twelve Deadly Assassins) THE CHINATOWN KID (1977) A FISTFUL OF TALONS (1983, aka. A Fist Full of Talons; Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain) HOLY WEAPON (1993, aka. Seven Maidens; 7 Maidens) BLADE OF FURY (1993) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member iron flag Posted February 25, 2014 Author Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 I thought the Celestial Avenging Eagle was uncut except for 30 seconds from the final fight.. Is there more missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tex Killer Posted February 25, 2014 Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 Of course all martial arts movies from shaw ziieagle box and in oldskool movies there is too many to mention... NORTHERN KICKS, SOUTHERN FISTS aka SECRET RIVALS 3 I bought vengeance video dvd by mailorder. I took it off from player after 1 min, I saw better quality vhs copies back in days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cold Bishop Posted February 25, 2014 Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 Practically all of them? The very few films that were ever released in optimal conditions (original language, proper aspect ratio) are mostly out of print. A few off the top of my head I'd love to see (not strictly kung-fu): The Killer - Chor Yuen's noir-basher extraordinaire. Escort Over Tiger Hill - Supposedly Cathay's greatest wuxia pian, the recent "remastered" release is downright offensive. One Armed-Boxer - The Spanish release is as good as it's ever looked... now if only someone could put Mandarin audio and English subs on it. Deaf and Mute Heroine - Wu Ma's pastiche/subversion of Chang Cheh swordplay is almost as good as the master. Also best available in German and Spanish dubs. The 18 Bronzemen - Because come the &*^* on already! The Mystery of Chess-Boxing- For *$*$% sake! Bank-Busters - Proto-New Wave heist film that was buried by Shaw for being too bleak, too political and too uncommercial. Sword of Justice and A Massacre Survivor - God bless the collector's for reviving these films... now if we could only expose them to the rest of the world. Man on the Brink and The Club - Landmark New Wave crime classics pointing the way toward Heroic Bloodshed. Long Arm of the Law - You can get a "blu ray" from Hong Kong, but someone needs to introduce this masterpiece to the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tantao3-son of tantao2 Posted February 25, 2014 Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 The Stranger, 1973 The Devils, Emperor Films The Hand, 1973 Dragon Den A Fascinating Avenger Girl Insanity Being Dauntless Bumpkin The Shadow Chaser The Spice Of Life A Group Of Awful Tigresses The Dangerous Guy The Killer Must Pay The Blood Sucker, 1972 Love And Vengeance, 1973 The Daredevil Debt Of Crime Dragon And Tiger, 1974 Sleeping Dragon A Woman Boxer Mysterious Snake Woman The Iron Panther Chase Down The Beauty Heroine The Patriots 60 Minutes To Terror Black Guide!!!!!!!!!! Two Dragons a.k.a. The Dragon Brothers, 1973 Man Of No Nerve Left Hand Of Death Hong Kong Criminal Crimes Little Killer a.k.a. 7 Year Old Murder, Fu Chin Hua Canton Cowboy, 1973 72 Hours In Green Town Acupuncture and Kung Fu, 1974 Blood Promise Wild As The Waves, 1974 Blood Revolted Blood King Of The Forest, 1974 The Emerald Horse, 1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member iron flag Posted February 25, 2014 Author Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 >Practically all of them? The very few films that were ever released in optimal conditions (original language, proper aspect ratio) are mostly out of print.< True, Kung Fu is probably the most neglected genre of all.. Most of the Shaw Bros. movies are out (some with bad Audio, some cut but at least good picture & widescreen) and there have been a lot of Spaghetti Westerns released in good quality the past few years, there are lots of good upcoming releases of 60s,70s & 80s horror coming up from companies like Shout Factory so its not impossible that we'd eventually see more old school kung fu remastered. At least I like to think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tex Killer Posted February 25, 2014 Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 there have been a lot of Spaghetti Westerns released in good quality the past few years In germany lots of good releases, expensive tho. But I will rather pick 1 decent widescreen movie than compilation of full screen movies with sub-par quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member iron flag Posted February 25, 2014 Author Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 Yes, most of the SW DVDs I'm thinking of are from Germany but we all have region free DVD players right? We get MA movies from Hong Kong..Prices vary. Some are not expensive at all. Lately there have been some very expensive releases though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator thekfc Posted February 25, 2014 Moderator Share Posted February 25, 2014 "Complete" version of Ten Tigers of Kwangtung with all the "old" & "new" footage together - Sun Chien destroying the bridge, Wei Pei scenes, Lo Mang cut fight scene, etc, etc, etc,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tex Killer Posted February 25, 2014 Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 I would take even unofficial version of "tiger boy". Russian dubbed and fullscreen, still fine:bigsmile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted February 25, 2014 Administrator Share Posted February 25, 2014 I thought the Celestial Avenging Eagle was uncut except for 30 seconds from the final fight.. Is there more missing? It's more like a minute, and that's a substantial amount to be missing from a climactic battle. "Complete" version of Ten Tigers of Kwangtung with all the "old" & "new" footage together - Sun Chien destroying the bridge, Wei Pei scenes, Lo Mang cut fight scene, etc, etc, etc,. Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member yojimbo Posted February 25, 2014 Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 PEDICAB DRIVER (1989) DRUNKEN MASTER 2 (1994, aka. Legend of Drunken Master) THE THUNDERING MANTIS (1980, aka. Mantis Fist Fighter) AVENGING EAGLE (1978, aka. Cold Blooded Eagles; Shaolin Hero; The Twelve Deadly Assassins) THE CHINATOWN KID (1977) A FISTFUL OF TALONS (1983, aka. A Fist Full of Talons; Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain) HOLY WEAPON (1993, aka. Seven Maidens; 7 Maidens) BLADE OF FURY (1993) I second Pedicab Driver. I watched it last week and it was a pretty good movie. The Blade (Tsui Hark, Vincent Zhao) Reign of Assassins Mr Vampire (cleaned up and updated 1080p release would be nice) Made in Hong Kong Kenshin 1 (live action) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member iron flag Posted February 25, 2014 Author Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 It's more like a minute, and that's a substantial amount to be missing from a climactic battle. Yes! I didnt know 10 Tigers was cut either! Learning a lot on this topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member the moose Posted February 25, 2014 Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 Too many to mention. I think it would be great for many old skool kung fu movies that were neither Shaws or Golden Harvest productions to have a polished up remastered release, we in the uk were promised that with secret rivals 1 and 2, but soulblade never delivered on their promise. Especially with secret rivals 2 where the picture was so bad in places it was green and you could make out blotches of mould, not to mention all the black dust splotches. It was as bad as the worst vengeance video transfers. I guess When the original source tape reel is so badly damaged and poorly looked after over years (as with many many old skool movies of this era that weren't shaw bros or GH) then it is an epic mission trying to restore and remaster them. But soulblade didn't even make any attempt on that secret rivals 2, even though it states on the case that it is "Digitally remastered". I was watching the 1976 Iron Monkey on vengeance video DVD just the other day with atrocious quality picture and with the same problems as secret rivals 2 and then some. I was thinking how amazing the shaws-esque movie Iron Monkey would be if the picture was of the quality of one of those IVL shaw releases, It would have looked amazing. -Rant Over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member the moose Posted February 25, 2014 Member Share Posted February 25, 2014 . Man on the Brink and The Club - Landmark New Wave crime classics pointing the way toward Heroic Bloodshed. I picked up Man on the brink from Chinatown Manchester on VCD about 9 years ago now. I did not know what the movie was but thought the cover looked good. Glad I got it, it's a great film. It was made in 1981 or 82 by new wave director Alex Cheung who came on the scene around the same time as Tsui Hark, Kirk wong. I like the way it explores the main character's transformation as he experiences life on both sides of the law (an undercover cop) in a way that was realistic and powerful, which made the ending of the movie all the more tragic. And this was about 5 years before Ringo Lam's similer formula - City on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member kevenz Posted February 26, 2014 Member Share Posted February 26, 2014 "Complete" version of Ten Tigers of Kwangtung with all the "old" & "new" footage together - Sun Chien destroying the bridge, Wei Pei scenes, Lo Mang cut fight scene, etc, etc, etc,. I'm very happy with Tokyo Shock dvd of Ten Tigers of Kwangtung, the picture is quite amazing for a 35 years old movie and I don't really mind 1 minute or 2 missing, especially if those are some boring dialog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member reason108 Posted February 26, 2014 Member Share Posted February 26, 2014 There are so many films that I would love to see remastered, uncut, etc. I think that it is a lost dream at this point. Fox released a lot of the FS catalog back in the day. However, Mr Vampire, Warriors Two and Dreadnaught have not yet seen an blu release. Though, they would more than likely be upscaled, at least they should look a little better than their previous release. But, honestly, someone with deep pockets that does not care about making their money back needs to redo the FS catalog. Pedicab Driver Fortune Star catalog remastered Shaw Brothers uncut The Bride with White Hair. Ninja in the Deadly Trap He Has Nothing But Kung Fu etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member yojimbo Posted February 26, 2014 Member Share Posted February 26, 2014 Tai Seng setup a US distribution arm and that was when I bought my Bride with White Hair 1 and 2. I was sort of surprised that they even got Ronny Yu to do a commentary track. A proper Blu-ray release of 1 would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted February 26, 2014 Member Share Posted February 26, 2014 It seems to me that I read on the now disappeared site shawborthersreloaded that there was probably bootleg vhs of Tiger boy somewhere... If only it was true and this movie could be found !!! Any language would do for me since I could be able to watch the movie !! Other titles I'd like to see : The bandits Imperial tomb raiders The boxers (Shaw Brothers) Every man for himself The swallow (Li Lihua or Linda Lin Dai, I don't remember ; it's a spy movie) The blank indictment A dark noctilucous ball An executioner's story 1968 Hellfighers Tiger and cliff The youthful delinquents Flying over grass Blood of the leopard and so on, and so on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member northern b Posted February 26, 2014 Member Share Posted February 26, 2014 These............. Shaolin Plot Showdown At the Cotton Mill Heroes of the wild aka Heroes of Shaolin Master Killers Ring of Death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Gwai LO Posted February 27, 2014 Member Share Posted February 27, 2014 i know the movie im about to mention is not from 20-85 but i would love to see an official dvd release of Nunchucks with Dragon Chen. ive been looking for that dvd for a long time. i actually ordered a burned copy from someone on this site but it was such bad quality it was un watchable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator thekfc Posted February 27, 2014 Moderator Share Posted February 27, 2014 I'm very happy with Tokyo Shock dvd of Ten Tigers of Kwangtung, the picture is quite amazing for a 35 years old movie and I don't really mind 1 minute or 2 missing, especially if those are some boring dialog.More than a minute or 2 is missing. Scenes were crapped as well as re-shots and the likes. We have a thread about it a few years back. http://www.kungfucinema.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8846 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted February 27, 2014 Administrator Share Posted February 27, 2014 i know the movie im about to mention is not from 20-85 but i would love to see an official dvd release of Nunchucks with Dragon Chen. ive been looking for that dvd for a long time. i actually ordered a burned copy from someone on this site but it was such bad quality it was un watchable I watched it anyway. I'm a hardcore nunchaku fan. LOL It did look horrendous though. But yes, can we please see a legit release of this? I'd even be happy to see it on VCD at this point. Anybody have any info on a good quality version of this movie? More than a minute or 2 is missing. Scenes were crapped as well as re-shots and the likes. We have a thread about it a few years back. http://www.kungfucinema.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8846 Oooo... I'm definitely going to read that thread. Thanks for the link brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chinatown Kid Posted February 28, 2014 Member Share Posted February 28, 2014 All of Billy Chong's Eternal films need to be remastered: Sun Dragon, Kung Fu Executioner, Super Power, Jade Claw and Kung Fu Zombie. As for Showdown at the Cottonmill, I would love to have a better print but I thought the print was so badly damaged that Rarescope cleaned it up the best they could but that was as good as it ever was gonna look. Is there still hope of a better print? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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