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The Magnificent Chang Cheh is a Blu - Ray of two pic from the beginning of his career and the later years of his career , coming on April 29th
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Legendary kung fu directorChang Cheh , who wasJohn Woo ’s mentor , is getting a two - film Blu - Ray set from the offset of his career and the later years of his vocation . Eureka Entertainment has announcedThe Magnificent Chang Cheh , two ' magnificent ' films from the maestro of warriorlike arts cinema . The 2 - film hardening will be available on Blu - ray as part of the Eureka Classics range from 29 April 2025 in North America . The Blu - Ray comes in a Limited edition of 2000 copies ( per dominion ) , exclusively sport an O - notice slipcase and gatherer ’s brochure .
The Director of the Most Macho Kung Fu Films That Defined the Genre
One of the Shaw Brothers Studio ’s most fecund directors , Chang Cheh – or the " Godfather of Hong Kong Cinema " – is the film maker behindFive Deadly Venoms , Chinatown Kid , andBoxer Rebellion . pull together here are two movie by this maestro of soldierlike artwork movie house that showcase his considerable talent at both end of his career : The Magnificent Trio , produced when wuxia films ruled the Hong Kong box office in the mid-1960s , andMagnificent Wanderers , made at the height of the kung fu craze at the end of the 1970s .
In an early role that pre - dates his wizard - make turn in Chang’sThe One - Armed Swordsman , Jimmy Wang Yustars inThe Magnificent Trioas fencer Lu Fang , who – along with fellow warriors Yen Tzu - ching ( Lo Lieh ) and Huang Liang ( Cheng Lui ) – impart his martial liberal arts art to a radical of oppressed farmers when they nobble the daughter of their local magistrate . Then , in the kung fu comedyMagnificent Wanderers , the three nomads Lin Shao You ( Fu Sheng ) , Shi Da Yong ( Chi Kuan - chun ) , and Guan Fei ( Li Yi - Hokkianese ) attempt to join Formosan patriots in their struggle against invade Mongol armies with the assistance of the loaded Chu Tie Xia ( David Chiang ) .
From straight - faced wuxia pian to farcical kung fu comedy , The Magnificent TrioandMagnificent Wanderersdisplay the full orbit ofChang Cheh , a filmmaker who sit around in the director ’s chair for over three decennium . Eureka Classics is proud to present both films on Blu - ray for the first time in the UK and North America .
The Magnificent Chang Cheh Blu-Ray Details
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The Magnificent Chang Chehwill be released in the US on twenty-ninth April on Eureka Video fromMVP Entertainment .
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