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[quote=āLindberg, post:520, topic:368ā]Another good kung fu movie is Hapkido (aka Lady Kung Fu) from 1972, with Angela Mao Ying
This movie resembles Fist of Fury and was produced by the same company in Hong Kong, Golden Harvest the smaller competitor to Shaw Brothers
Recommended by me
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Iāll keep an eye out for this.
By coincidence I just picked up another Angela Mao flick, Broken Oath, from ebay based on Yodās recommendation. Should be receiving it any day now.
Watched the H.K. Blu ray disc of THE BIG BOSS, great looking transfer but iām stuck with a dilemma, although i thought it was better to watch it in itās original language i much prefer the soundtrack to the English speaking version.
Hi ā¦ I thought of contributing to this thread as my first post. I watch the Movie āIP MANā few days ago. (I am not sure it is Kung Fu) but great movie to watch. At the end of the movie I heard an interesting phrase "Ip man is the (or a ) teacher of Bruce Lee 8)
[quote=āKwan Lee, post:525, topic:368ā]Hi ā¦ I thought of contributing to this thread as my first post. I watch the Movie āIP MANā few days ago. (I am not sure it is Kung Fu) but great movie to watch. At the end of the movie I heard an interesting phrase "Ip man is the (or a ) teacher of Bruce Lee 8)
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Havenāt seen the film yet, but I read (donāt know exactly where, maybe on Angel Faceās site?) that this film is about the man who is called, in Fist of Fury, the teacher of the character played by Bruce Lee. If Iām not mistaken Bruce returns to Hong Kong after he heard his master was killed by the Japanese
Iām pretty sure Angel Face has all the details
[quote=āKwan Lee, post:525, topic:368ā]Hi ā¦ I thought of contributing to this thread as my first post. I watch the Movie āIP MANā few days ago. (I am not sure it is Kung Fu) but great movie to watch. At the end of the movie I heard an interesting phrase "Ip man is the (or a ) teacher of Bruce Lee 8)
[/quote]Great film, a lot of Donnieās films are hit and miss, this one is definately a hit, iām looking forward to part 2.
Welcome to the site Kwan.
Ip Man (or Yip Man) was Bruce Leeās martial arts teacher as Kwan mentions above. He taught him Wing Chun kung fu which Bruce practiced from a young boy. I have seen videos of Lee demonstrating the styles devastating āone inch punchā on participants which I would assume can be seen on youtube. The style is also seen in detail in the classic movie SHAOLIN MARTIAL ARTS (1974) from director Chang Cheh.
Supposedly, Donnie Yen is prepping an upcoming movie based on the character Bruce Lee played in FIST OF FURY, Chen Zhen. Jet Li played the character in FIST OF LEGEND.
[quote=āAngel Face, post:528, topic:368ā]Supposedly, Donnie Yen is prepping an upcoming movie based on the character Bruce Lee played in FIST OF FURY, Chen Zhen. Jet Li played the character in FIST OF LEGEND.[/quote]Letās hope itās better than the FIST OF FURY Donnie had done already, that was shit!
Iāve never liked Donnie Yen at all. The only reason I bought SPL was because he dies in the end, at least in the version I picked up. Was that the FIST OF FURY tv series he did? I remember Tai Seng releasing it some years ago.
[quote=āAngel Face, post:530, topic:368ā]Was that the FIST OF FURY tv series he did? I remember Tai Seng releasing it some years ago.[/quote]Yeah, it was diabolical, i couldnāt finish it. Evreything was cranked up to the max!
They had a review of this in a Video Watchdog issue I have. They mentioned the commentary with Yen where he pretty much praised himself to no end as usual, but laid blame for the series failure on everyone else. I do actually one or two movies of his, but he is only a supporting player. DRAGON INN from '93 and BUTTERFLY & SWORD from the same year. The latter is supposed to be a remake of KILLER CLANS (1976). BUTTERFLY & SWORD is totally bonkers, Aarron. If you havenāt already seen it, you should track it down. Itās got a guy who flies through peopleās bodies, a human bow and arrow team, a headless man who continues to fight and other crazy shenanigans. Thereās two versions, though. One has a āhappyā ending and the other has a gloomy one.
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A Japanese samurai movie (so not really Kung Fu), apparently the second part of a series about a wandering samurai, disgraced by his shogun, who travels the (very hostile) Japanese countryside as a hired killer, with his 2-year old son in a baby cart.
Saw this one on Arte, so expected a kind of thinking manās action movie. Apart from the fact that this disgraced, wandering samurai most probably symbolized the decay of the classic virtues of ancient Japanese culture (this is often the case), this seemed a pretty straightforward movie, well-crafted, beautifully shot, but rather slow. All in all a typical example of āstyle over contentā. Not too much action, but if there was any, it was as bloody and gory as it gets in these movies: chopped off limbs and heads, fountains of blood etc. I found actor Wakayama not very convincing in the lead. Maybe heās a good actor (he has a more stoic style than Mifune, whose style I often find irritating), but his heavy stature doesnāt suit the part of an invincible swordsman
As said it was beautifully shot: some striking scenes were clearly influenced by Leone. I know both Leone and Corbucci loved Japanese cinema and were influenced by it, but the love was mutual, Japanese cinema also learned a lot from Leone and Corbucci.
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A Japanese samurai movie (so not really Kung Fu), apparently the second part of a series about a wandering samurai, disgraced by his shogun, who travels the (very hostile) Japanese countryside as a hired killer, with his 2-year old son in a baby cart.
Saw this one on Arte, so expected a kind of thinking manās action movie. Apart from the fact that this disgraced, wandering samurai most probably symbolized the decay of the classic virtues of ancient Japanese culture (this is often the case), this seemed a pretty straightforward movie, well-crafted, beautifully shot, but rather slow. All in all a typical example of āstyle over contentā. Not too much action, but if there was any, it was as bloody and gory as it gets in these movies: chopped off limbs and heads, fountains of blood etc. I found actor Wakayama not very convincing in the lead. Maybe heās a good actor (he has a more stoic style than Mifune, whose style I often find irritating), but his heavy stature doesnāt suit the part of an invincible swordsman
As said it was beautifully shot: some striking scenes were clearly influenced by Leone. I know both Leone and Corbucci loved Japanese cinema and were influenced by it, but the love was mutual, Japanese cinema also learned a lot from Leone and Corbucci.[/quote]
I adore this series. And, I beg to differ, I find Wakayama entirely convincing. I like the contrast between his bulky physique and manual dexterity.
Itās somehow the wrong thread cause itās a Samurai Flick. I also like all those movies (and the TV Series). IMO Wakayama as Ogami Itto is very convincing as stoic Ronin.
Talking about Samurai Movies ARTE has somehow a Samurai Festival. Next to the Lone Wolf Movies they will show several other Samurai Movies.
Are they showing the entire Lone Wolf series? In that case I must have missed the first film, because every source calls this one no 2 (it was indeed a bit confusing at first)
Btw: I have the French language Arte, but I donāt think this makes any difference for the program schedule
No as far as I know there is no difference between the German and the French Arte (only the language). The first one explains a lot about the backstory of the Lone Wolf. (For me the first one Sword of Venegeance is the best) .
BTW ARTE gonna show Le salaire de la peur (aka The Wages of Fear) tonight which I cannot miss.
Great Montand, great film
Wakayama was a real martial artist, too. I forget the style. The Lone Wolf series is based, like a lot of these, from a manga series which is just as gory. I got most of the US translated versions of the manga. The films are very faithful. There really arenāt āmanyā chambara movies like these with all the exaggerated spurting blood. The TRAIL OF BLOOD series has the tone, the first LADY SNOWBLOOD and some of those pinky violence movies seem to have outrageous violence in them. Oh, and Teruo Ishiiās āJOY OF TORTUREā series as well.
Although itās not really a samurai movie in terms of action, this film here is quite an amazing piece of filmmaking. One of the bleakest movies I have ever seen. Itās a variation of THE 47 RONIN. Itās more horror than anything else, but itās one of the best films of its genre (and possibly ever) and was banned in the UK at one time. Not sure if it still is. Not many people seem to talk about it that much.
[quote=āAngel Face, post:539, topic:368ā]Wakayama was a real martial artist, too. I forget the style.[/quote]I remember my surprise a few years ago watching THE BAD NEWS BEARS GO TO JAPAN and he was the Japanese coach! ;D