RED (OR OTHER COLOR) BACKGROUND INTRO DEMO IN KUNG FU FILMS

[TibetanWhiteCrane]

Didn't remember, had to check, and yes, an opening demo against multi-colored backdrops does indeed count... despite them cutting to an outside shot in the middle there. Or was that also a studio set? The version on youtube is so crappy.

Edited August 19, 2020 by TibetanWhiteCrane

[ShawAngela]

The eagle's killer has a red background during the credits, showing John Chang training, and Hwang Jang Lee training with...a skeleton !!

 

[TibetanWhiteCrane]

Added.

 

[ChanKongSang]

Shaolin Wooden Men - black background
Half a loaf of Kung Fu - black background

Edited August 26, 2020 by ChanKongSang

[TibetanWhiteCrane]

3 hours ago, ChanKongSang said:

Shaolin Wooden Men - black background
Half a loaf of Kung Fu - black background

Wasn't SWM just a dark room, or am I misremembering?

[ChanKongSang]

Good point, it’s more of a dark room.

[TibetanWhiteCrane]

1 hour ago, ChanKongSang said:

Good point, it’s more of a dark room.

Half a Loaf goes on the list though.

[Secret Executioner]

I find this "gimmick" pretty cool. Especially considering it's used as the opening credits sequence, so throw in a good tune and you got a great scene to kick off your movie.

[DrNgor]

Sister Streetfighter probably goes on the list. I believe Return of the Sister Street Fighter does, too.

[TibetanWhiteCrane]

18 minutes ago, DrNgor said:

Sister Streetfighter probably goes on the list. I believe Return of the Sister Street Fighter does, too.

They would... but I just count Kung Fu films for this.

[CT KID]

Fighting Ace  starring John Liu has a red background opening credit sequence but it's almost completely cut out on the Xenon dvd except for a few seconds.

[HeavenSword]

Na Cha The Great with Fu Sheng 👍🏽

[DrNgor]

Ways of Kung Fu (1978) with Chi Kuan-Chun.

[Secret Executioner]

A personal fav' of mine: The Thundering Mantis

 

 

[Omni Dragon]

1 hour ago, Secret Executioner said:

A personal fav' of mine: The Thundering Mantis

"Watch out that guy's real crazy..."

[Zhan Gua Ren]

Tai Chi Shadow Boxing 1980

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[Shaolin Dragon]

Young Avenger (1980) have red background during the intro.

Crystal Fist (1979) have lots of different colors during the intro.

[Shaolin Dragon]

Here are some more films with colored background intro sequences 

 

Red - Master Killers (1980)

Black/purple - Challenge of Death (1978)

Black - Return of the Deadly Blade (1981)

Black - Kung Fu Girls (1978)

Orange/yellow - Deaf Mute Heroine (1971)

Grey - The Invisible Terrorist (1976)

Different colors - Monkey Kung Fu (1980)

[One Armed Boxer]

Pomson Shi does his thing in front of a red background during the opening of 1978’s ‘Two in Black Belt’.

[Cognoscente]

It's too bad that no-one lampooned the red background trope by having someone dressed up as a white blood cell taking on different kinds of bacteria.

[drees5761]

apparently an against the blue background opening was shot for Warriors Two but never used, would love to see that....

[Cognoscente]

You would think that Sammo would have learned something after the Knockabout experience.

[drees5761]

Perhaps it was just too cliché then, and they decided on a different approach...

I think Knockabout promo was shot as a teaser as opposed to being in the film...

 

 

Edited May 10, 2021 by drees5761

[Cognoscente]

It's a surprise that Sammo didn't go through with the monochrome intro for The Iron-Fisted Monk, although Enter the Fat Dragon was the exception to the rule.

[Drunken Monk]

It’s nice to see that Sifu, the recently releases video game, chose to homage classic kung fu cinema and include opening credits against a red background…