Member DrNgor Posted February 1, 2023 Member Share Posted February 1, 2023 Does anyone know what was the first South Korean martial arts one--not to be confused with a Hong Kong one filmed in Korea with local talent in cast--to get a US release? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Member DrNgor Posted March 1, 2023 Author Member Share Posted March 1, 2023 Sifting through FilmRatings.com, the first example of a South Korean chopsockey film getting an MPAA rating is The Fierce One (1974), released stateside as Jaws of the Dragon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Member DrNgor Posted March 1, 2023 Author Member Share Posted March 1, 2023 No help here? Does the MPAA keep a record of movies that passed through its slimy mits to get an official rating? Maybe I can find out through them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Member dionbrother Posted March 1, 2023 Member Share Posted March 1, 2023 Was gonna guess THE KOREAN CONNECTION. JAWS OF THE DRAGON was one of the first chopsockeys to be heavily promoted on videotape in the US when we rented video tapes at hobby stores. I would see it, along with EXIT THE DRAGON, ENTER THE TIGER, listed in the video catalogs in 1981. Strangely, I never bothered to rent it, despite the great title. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Member DrNgor Posted March 2, 2023 Author Member Share Posted March 2, 2023 6 hours ago, dionbrother said: JAWS OF THE DRAGON was one of the first chopsockeys to be heavily promoted on videotape in the US when we rented video tapes at hobby stores. I would see it, along with EXIT THE DRAGON, ENTER THE TIGER, listed in the video catalogs in 1981. I wonder if that explains the sudden flood of Shaw Brothers movies passing through the MPAA ratings system in 1981, even ones as far back as 1973 (i.e. The Savage Five): the advent of VHS and home video. Or was there a sudden Drive-In revival of kung fu movies in the early 1980s? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Member dionbrother Posted March 2, 2023 Member Share Posted March 2, 2023 World Northal had come up with a strategy of releasing Shaw movies in fleapits and drive ins and then selling them to tv stations via Black Belt Theater packages in 1981. Strangely, video releases were not part of the strategy and there was little more than a short-lived deal with Embassy Home Video in 1983. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Was gonna guess THE KOREAN CONNECTION. JAWS OF THE DRAGON was one of the first chopsockeys to be heavily promoted on videotape in the US when we rented video tapes at hobby stores. I would see it, a
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Does anyone know what was the first South Korean martial arts one--not to be confused with a Hong Kong one filmed in Korea with local talent in cast--to get a US release?
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I wonder if that explains the sudden flood of Shaw Brothers movies passing through the MPAA ratings system in 1981, even ones as far back as 1973 (i.e. The Savage Five): the advent of VHS and home vid
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