Revised Shaw Brothers Schedule
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The 2004 Shaw Brothers Schedule has been updated again:
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| Tuesday, 6/29/2004 |
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Revised Shaw Brothers Schedule
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The 2004 Shaw Brothers Schedule has been updated again:
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June 24 Shaw Brothers Photo Galleries | ||||||||
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June 24 Shaw Brothers DVD Covers | |
| Call Girls, The (1977) | Challenge Of The Masters (1976) |
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My Son (1969) | Winner Takes All (1982) |
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| Monday, 6/28/2004 |
Mei Ah June 30 Releases
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Jiang Hu (2004) (Regular Edition - DVD 679)
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Jiang Hu (2004) (Limited Edition - DVD 678)
Contains the regular edition (2 DVDs) plus:
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Mei Ah June 18 DVD Covers/Synopsis
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God Of Gamblers 2 (1991) (Remastered) Director: Wong Jing Cast: Stephen Chow, Andy Lau Synopsis A year has passed since the God of Gamblers asked Little Knife to be his disciple. Little Knife is following in his master's footsteps and rapidly rising in the gambling world, becoming so successful that he is dubbed, "The Knight of Gamblers". Sing Chi, the "Saint of Gamblers" would like to be the God of Gamblers' disciple, he asks Little Knife for help. At the same time, Mr. Chan's son-in-law, Hussein, attack them to gain revenge for the humiliation and imprisonment of Mr.Chan by Ko Chun...
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God Of Gamblers 3: Back To Shanghai (1991) (Remastered) Director: Wong Jing Cast: Stephen Chow, Gong Li Synopsis A group of challengers with "special gifts" return to Sing after a humilating defeat. By accident, their power create a time warp and bring Sing back to the heyday of 1937 Shanghai. Sing must return to the future but not before surviving gangster bloodshed and playing matchmaker to his grandmasters...
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| Monday, 6/21/2004 (Second Update) |
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IVL July 8 Shaw Brothers Releases
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Apartment For Ladies (1970) Director: Inoue Umetsugu Cast: Betty Ting Pei, Yang Fang (aka Yang Feng), Lily Li, Ou Yen-ching, Hsia Ping Genre: Drama Synopsis Who wouldn't want to visit an all-girl's dormitory? Certainly not Hong Kong audiences, who flocked to this mystery drama of life in an antic, frantic, fun, and fascinating residence house…handled with verve by writer/director Inoue Umetsugu, who made viewers rediscover Hong Kong's splendors - and dangers - with an outsider's eyes.
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Black Falcon, The (1967) Director: Tai Kao-mei Cast: Jenny Hu, Magaret Tu Chuan, Paul Chang Chung, Wang Hsia Genre: Action/Adventure Synopsis Novice star Jenny Hu and veteran co-star Margaret Tu Chuan join longtime matinee idol Paul Chang Chung in a battle against the notorious Black Falcon crime mob in Singapore. Together they face forgery, fire, and even poisoned needles to stop them. Watch for future famed director Wu Ma (The Dead and the Deadly) and award-winning actor Ku Feng (Avenging Eagles and Peking Opera Blues) in supporting roles as the fists fly and the bodies fall.
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Golden Swallow (1968) aka The Girl With The Thunderbolt Kick Director: Chang Cheh Cast: Jimmy Wang Yu, Cheng Pei-pei, Lo Lieh, Chao Hsin-yen, Yang Chih-ching Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis The indomitable martial arts team of director Chang Cheh and stunt choreographer Liu Chia-liang bring the Golden Swallow of King Hu's Come Drink With Me back to life again in this sequel of heartbreaking romance, intrigue and stunning action. Cheng Pei-pei's Golden Swallow finds her peaceful life shattered when an unrequited suitor starts a killing spree in her name. As she tries to clear her good name, the two men in her life also race towards a final showdown.
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That Fiery Girl (1968) Director: Yen Chun Cast: Cheng Pei-pei, Chen Liang, Lily Li, Ku Feng Genre: Action/Adventure Synopsis Queen Of Swords Cheng Pei-pei more than lives up to the name of That Fiery Girl as a bandit's daughter who falls in love with a knight (Chen Liang) who infiltrates the bandit gang, much to the distress of her suitor Hsieh Kuang (Cheng Lei). Things come to a head when Chun-chu learns from the maid that the man she thought was her father was actually the murderer of her real parents. Nothing can stop her from exacting revenge now.
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Thirteen (1974) Director: Sung Tsun-shou Cast: Ling Yun, Chin Han, Tien Niu, Wang Yu, Huang Shu-yi Genre: Drama Synopsis Shih Hsin-chiao (Ling Yun) is a journalist who trained under mentor Lu Tao-jan (Chin Han). Lu's daughter, Chih-pai (Tien Niu) is infatuated with the good-looking and intelligent Shih, but Shih sees her only as a child. When he returns from a long stay abroad, he finds that things have changed. Chih-pai is now an attractive young woman in a relationship with rich boy (Wang Yu). A miscarriage and Lu's death throw Shih and Chih-pai back together again.
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June 10 Shaw Brothers DVD Covers | |
| Mad World Of Fools, A (1974) | Mr. Funnybone Strikes Again (1978) |
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Shaolin Mantis (1978) | Thundering Sword, The (1967) |
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| Monday, 6/21/2004 (First Update) |
IVL July 15 Releases
The Master is not included. Specs:
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| Friday, 6/11/2004 |
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Mei Ah June 18 Releases
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God Of Gamblers 2 (1991) (Remastered)
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God Of Gamblers 3: Back To Shanghai (1991) (Remastered)
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| Wednesday, 6/9/2004 |
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Mei Ah June 3 DVD Covers/Synopsis
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Hope To Have A Home (2004) Director: Wu Lan Ta Na Cast: Tian Chen-ri, Zhang Yin, Hao Yang, Yu Wei Jie Synopsis This is a simple story filled with strong and touching sentiments, which has induced the long-forgotten love and emotions of the audience. The story is about an orphan who goes a long away to look for a home with love. With the heart-touching scenario, director Wu Lan Ta Na successfully creates a tears-deriving atmosphere and brings this complicated world a breeze with the innocence of this little girl. This movie has won wide acclaims of the education and different sectors of society. With the swiping box office in China, the movie has become a focus in the mainland movie industry.
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Butterfly Murders, The (1979) Director: Tsui Hark Cast: Lau Siu-Ming, Michelle Mee, Zhang Guozhu Synopsis Fong is a writer who records all kinds of marital arts events and sells them to make a living. As he heard that there are victims killed butterfly, induced by his curiosity, he heads for Shum castle where he believes helding the key to the secret of these fatal attacks. However, master of the castle Shum Ching and other guests invited also become the victims of the butterfly during the investigation. It turns out that it is the conspiracy of Shen Cing, who wants to kills all the leaders and become the King of the martial art world… This is Tsui's directory debut, which becomes a breaking example of romanticized swordplay with the most fantasizing imagery and story in the late 70's.
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Kung Fu Cult Master, The (1993) (Remastered) Director: Wong Jing Cast: Jet Li, Sammo Hung, Chingmy Yau, Sharla Cheung, Francis Ng Synopsis The Yee Tien Sword and Toh Long Knife are two rare masterpieces crafted out of gold and symbolises supremacy in the world of martial arts. As such, every one is eager to gain posssession of them, even to the extent of being ruthless.
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Recent Universe Releases
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Enter The Phoenix (2004) Director: Stephen Fung Cast: Daniel Wu, Eason Chan, Karen Mok, Chapman To, Law Kar Ying, Stephen Fung Synopsis Georgie Hung (Daniel Wu) is handsome, stylish and charming but he hides a secret that his old-fashion father, Hung who is a Triad leader, can never forgive... He has been sent to Thailand since he was a child and never returned. After Hung's death, his right-hand Cheung intends to bring back Georgie to take over. However, Cheung finds Sam (Eason Chan), Georgie's flat-mate, whom he mistakes for Georgie. Because of this mistaken identity, Sam becomes a Triad leader and Georgie become his right-hand. On their return, their rival, Chow (Stephen Fung), learns Georgie's secret and reveals it to the rest of the Triad hoping to become Godfather himself...
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Trick - The Movie (2002) Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi Cast: Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe, Katsuhisa Namase, Yoko Nogiwa, Naoto Takenaka Synopsis In a tiny village, disaster befalls its inhabitants every 300 years, or so they say. A popular self-styled magician named Naoko (Yukie Nakama) is summoned as a deity to rid the people of their anxiety. But there are many would-be deities there, one who can materialize anything, one with eyes in his feet... each posing as a god. When a series of bizarre incidents occurs, Naoko is cornered with a genius physicist (Hiroshi Abe) and Detective Yabe (Katsuhisa Namase). Do deities actually exist, or are they charlatans?
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| Saturday, 6/5/2004 (Second Update) |
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20 30 40 (2004) Director: Sylvia Chang Cast: Angelica Lee, Rene Liu, Sylvia Chang
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Untold Scandal (2003) Director: Lee Jae-yong Cast: Bae Yong-joon, Lee Mi-suk, Jeon Do-yeon Synopsis This is the end of the Chosun dynasty. Lady Cho, a devoted wife on the surface, secretly entertains herself with sexual conquests. Her younger cousin Cho-won, accomplished both as a scholar and in martial arts, indulges in the pleasures of the flesh with as many women as he can seduce. One day, Lady Cho asks Cho-won to deflower the innocent young Soh-ok, who is to become her husband's concubine, but his attentions are elsewhere: the graceful Lady Sook who has remained chaste for nine years since her husband's death. Cho-won becomes obsessed with seducing her, however, it proves to be more difficult than he expected when Chosun's greatest playboy sets out to conquer the most virtuous woman in the land...
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| Saturday, 6/5/2004 (First Update) |
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IVL June 10 Shaw Brothers Releases
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Mad World Of Fools, A (1974) Director: David Chiang Cast: David Chiang, Tina Chin Fei, Maggie Li, Lu Ti Genre: Comedy Synopsis Now here's a special surprise! International kung-fu film star David Chiang both stars and directs this crazy comedy where anything can happen…and often does! Using a cast of dozens, Chiang reveals a cock-eyed world of exhibitionists (both male and female), wives, mistresses, pimps, prostitutes, perverts, corrupt cops, rich pickpockets, a traditional Chinese family facing their son's new Western wife, and more. The result is certainly the funniest, and maybe fastest, film of David Chiang's career.
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Mr. Funnybone Strikes Again (1978) Director: Wang Feng Cast: Wang Sha, Fanny, Ngai Tung-kwa Genre: Comedy Synopsis The beloved king of Hong Kong comic book characters, Old Master Q, is back in live action again by popular demand. This hilarious sequel to Mr Funny-bone finds him, and his delightful sidekick "Big Potato", opening an old-fashioned healing clinic - leading to a fun and fascinating clash (cultural and otherwise) when the old ways smack face first into ultra-modern Hong Kong. But, this being the great Mr Funny-bone, he triumphs in spite of himself and his large-cranium companion.
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Shaolin Mantis (1978) Director: Liu Chia-liang Cast: David Chiang, Liu Chia-hui, Lily Li, Huang Hsing-hsiu Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis Arguably the best film director for traditional style kung-fu action, Liu Chia-liang (aka Lau Kar-leung) was a pioneer in exploring authentic martial arts technique and training procedures in kung-fu films. So although David Chiang is a kung-fu film veteran, it's no wonder that in The Shaolin Mantis, where he plays a man who learns martial arts from a praying mantis then seeks revenge for his wife's death, the movie features some of his best kung-fu fights to date.
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Thundering Sword, The (1967) Director: Hsu Cheng-hung Cast: Cheng Pei-pei, Chang I, Shu Pei-pei, Lo Lieh Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis The man the seminal Study Of The Swordplay Film declared "one of the key figures in the new style wu xia pian initiated by the Shaw Brothers" returns with another amazing epic of the "Martial Arts World." There's a touch of Romeo And Juliet here, as a student of the Grand Master falls for the daughter of the Poison Master, played by swordswoman superstar Cheng Pei-pei. She is as engaging and attractive here as she was powerful and evil years later in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
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Time For Love, A (1970) Director: Kuei Chih-hung Cast: Lily Ho, Cheng Chun-mien, Shirley Wang, Lin Feng Genre: Drama Synopsis In A Time For Love, one of Shaw's darlings of the screen, Lily Ho, gives a heart warming performance as Chef-chi, in this "class distinction" love story that turns Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet upside-down. Chef falls in love with the son of a rich man that her father chauffeurs for, making it impossible to openly reveal to the son who she or her father is. Yet in Cinderella fashion, all's well that ends well.
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IVL June 24 Shaw Brothers Releases
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Call Girls, The (1977) Director: Cheng Kang Cast: Chen Ping, Danny Li Hsiu-hsien, Shirley Yu, Antonio Ho (aka Szu Wei) Genre: Drama Synopsis The seamy side of the Hong Kong film industry is laid bare in The Call Girls. Based on the infamous starlets-for-sex vice scandal that rocked the 1970's movie world, the drama has a startlingly gritty sense of reality in the casting of two of the era's more prominent erotic stars, Chen Ping and Shirley Yu. The scandal arouses the sense of justice of the young cop played by Danny Li (aka Li Hsiu-hsien), and the movie went on to become a top ten box office hit in 1977.
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Challenge Of The Masters (1976) Director: Liu Chia-liang Cast: Gordon Liu Chia-hui, Chen Kuan-tai, Wang Yu, Lily Li Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis After Lui Chia-liang's (aka Lau Kar-leung) first film as director, The Spiritual Boxer, was a huge hit, Liang decided to make the greatest tale of Wong and his "sifu" (teacher) ever filmed. He made a star of his adoptive brother, Gordon Liu, in the leading role, and filled the cast with family members, friends, students, and the best Shaws had to offer. He even played the villain himself. The result was more Liang magic, with an honorable message of righteousness that rings true through the decades.
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My Son (1969) Director: Lo Chen Cast: Jimmy Wang Yu, Margaret Hsing Hui, Tien Feng, Tang Ching, Lin Ching Genre: Drama Synopsis Jimmy Wang Yu (The One-Armed Swordsman) gets to flex his dramatic muscle in this Lo Chen drama. Wang plays Kuo-liang, a detective's son who seems to have little or no interest in anything but Mei Lin (Margaret Hsing Hui). Faced with financial problems having to look after Mei Lin and her sister, Kuo-liang gambles and is cheated by a swindler. The hot-headed Kuo-liang tries to exact revenge and his actions leave father and son in a final face-off.
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Winner Takes All (1982) Director: Wong Jing Cast: Chen Hui-min, Wang Yu, Mai Tak-lo (aka Mai Te-lo) Genre: Comedy Synopsis An early comedy from Wong Jing, one of Hong Kong's most prolific and popular filmmakers. 1982's Winner Takes All is a slapstick laugher about a pair of bumbling private detectives hired by a Japanese girl to uncover the truth behind her father's death and the family fortune stolen by her evil uncle. Much wackiness ensues with a bizarre game of mahjong with a robot, a band of ninjas who hunt and chase our heroes and director Wong himself showing up as the detectives' cranky boss.
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| Tuesday, 6/1/2004 |
Mega Star June 4 Releases
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Eye 2, The (2004) Director: Pang Brothers Cast: Eugenia Yuan, Shu Qi, Jesdaporn Pholdee, Philip Kwok, Rayson Tan
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