The Magnificent Chang Cheh (1977)
2.9 of 5 from 45 ratings
3h 26min
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- Synopsis:
One of the Shaw Brothers Studio's most prolific directors, Chang Cheh - or the Godfather of Hong Kong Cinema - is the filmmaker behind 'Five Deadly Venoms', 'Chinatown Kid' and 'Boxer Rebellion'. Collected here are two films by this maestro of martial arts cinema that showcase his considerable talents at both ends of his career: 'The Magnificent Trio' (1966), produced when wuxia films ruled the Hong Kong box office in the mid-1960s, and 'Magnificent Wanderers' (1977), made at the height of the kung fu craze at the end of the 1970s. In an early role that pre-dates his star-making turn in Chang's 'The One-Armed Swordsman', Jimmy Wang Yu stars in 'The Magnificent Trio' as swordsman Lu Fang, who - along with fellow warriors Yen Tzu-ching (Lo Lieh) and Huang Liang (Cheng Lui) - lends his martial arts prowess to a group of oppressed farmers when they kidnap the daughter of their local magistrate. Then, in the kung fu comedy 'Magnificent Wanderers', the three nomads Lin Shao You (Fu Sheng), Shi Da Yong (Chi Kuan-chun), and Guan Fei (Li Yi-min) attempt to join Chinese patriots in their struggle against invading Mongol armies with the help of the wealthy Chu Tie Xia (David Chiang). From straight-faced wuxia pian to farcical kung fu comedy, 'The Magnificent Trio' and 'Magnificent Warriors' display the full range of Chang Cheh, a filmmaker who sat in the director's chair for over three decades. - Actors:
- Sheng Fu, David Chiang, Kuan-Chun Chi, Yi-min Li, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Feng Lu, Jamie Luk, Shu Lin Chang, Han Chiang, Sheng Chiang, Ji-Chi Chou, Po Wei Hou, Han Chang Hu, Ying Lee, Hui Huang Lin, Ming Min, Li-pao Ou, Mao Shan, Ting-Ken Shih, Shou-Shan Sun
- Directors:
- Cheh Chang
- Producers:
- Runme Shaw
- Writers:
- Tzu-Nan Chiang, Yung-Chang Li, Keiichi Abe, Cheh Chang, Hideo Gosha, Eizaburô Shiba, Gin'ichi Kishimoto
- Aka:
- Magnificent Trio (Bian cheng san xia) / (Jiang hu han zi / Magnificent Kung Fu Warriors / Magnificent Wanderers)
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Not available for rental
- Run Time:
- 206 minutes
- Languages:
- Mandarin LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New audio commentary on 'The Magnificent Trio' by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and martial artist and filmmaker Michael Worth
- New audio commentary on 'Magnificent Wanderers' by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
- Chang Cheh Style - new video essay by Gary Bettinson, editor-in-chief of Asian Cinema journal
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