Catalogue
- All Men Are Brothers
- DVD / Martial Arts / M / $19.95
- Shaw Brothers presents: The long-awaited sequel to "The Water Margin" finds theperennial cast of kung-fu favourites on another epic adventure,this time attempting to scale and take over a walled city.There is lots of action and intrigue in a film that moves ata dizzying pace, with great fight scenes involving all sortsof exotic weapons and an all-star cast. Essential viewingfar all martial arts fa… more
- An Amorous Woman Of Tang Dynasty - …
- DVD / Martial Arts / R / $19.95
- Shaw Brothers presents: A landmark movie in the history of Hong Kong erotic cinema, AN AMOROUS WOMAN OF TANG DYNASTY boldly goes where no Chinese movie went before. Whether in the boudoir or the monastery, the amorous woman of the title – a literary scholar turned Taoist nun, pursues lust and love in a manner that shows the Tang Dynasty was light years ahead of the West when it comes to sexual e… more
- Assassin, The
- DVD / Martial Arts / M / $19.95
- Shaw Brothers presents: In the same year director/writer Chang Cheh and star Jimmy Wang Yu revolutionized Hong Kong kung-fu cinema with One-Armed Swordsman, they also collaborated on this epic of the Six Kingdoms era. Here, Yu is a two-armed swordsman who is also a Wei Empire patriot. Inside the Han Empire, Han Kuei who comes from the royal family, is actually assumed full power and he wants to el… more
- Challenge of the Masters
- DVD / Martial Arts / M / $19.95
- Shaw Brothers presents: Unarguably the greatest character in kung-fu film history is Huang Fei-Hong. Arguably the greatest director of pure kung-fu films is Liu Chia-Liang. Putting the two together was natural, since Liu started his career working on the classic Huang, and his family was trained by students of the real Huang Fei-hong! So after his first film as director, The Spiritual Boxer, was a… more
- Golden Lotus, The - Repackaged
- DVD / Martial Arts / R / $19.95
- Shaw Brothers presents: There have been many film versions of The Golden Lotus, the most erotic novel in Chinese history, but none have combined artistry with sensuality as successfully in this 1974 classic. Director Li Han-Hsiang, already famous for his historical epics and modern sex comedies, outdoes himself in this recounting of the sexual exploits of a Sung Dynasty Lothario 900 years ago. Hsi… more
- Human Lanterns - Repackaged
- DVD / Martial Arts / R / $19.95
- Shaw Brothers presents: Part horror, part Kung-fu, 100% outrageous, HUMAN LANTERNS, has a special place in the Cult Film Hall of Fame. Some of the biggest stars in Hong Kong martial arts movies enter the twilight zone in this over-the-top bloodfest, with Lo Lieh an insane swordsman who comes up with a unique way to avenge past humiliations. He opens a lantern workshop with the lampshades made from… more
- Illicit Desire
- DVD / Martial Arts / R / $19.95
- Shaw Brothers presents: Three pictures for the price of one, Illicit Desire takes three erotic and mystic chapters from classic Chinese legends and brings them to the screen as only Li Han-hsiang knows how. Li is the undisputed master of the Hong Kong costume epic, and with Illicit Desire he distils the essence of his directing skills into a trio of gems with some of the top names in Mandarin film… more
- Intimate Confessions Of A Chinese C…
- DVD / Martial Arts / R / $19.95
- Shaw Brothers presents: The most notorious erotic film in the history of Hong Kong cinema, Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan shocked Chinese audiences in 1972, and even today exerts a raw power. Lily Ho, in her most daring role, is an aristocratic maiden abducted and sold to the Four Seasons Brothel. Quickly becoming the brothel’s most desirable courtesan, she finds herself caught up i… more
- Kung Fu Dunk
- DVD / Martial Arts / PG / $24.95
- Orphan Jay (Taiwanese pop sensation Jay Chou) was born into Kung Fu. Left on the doorstep of a famed martial arts school as a baby, he is trained in the ways of the ancient art. Jay becomes a bonafide Kung Fu master but still shoulders the agonising mystery of his past and his family every day. So when a small-time crook, Wang (Eric Tsang) offers to help find his parents in exchange for Jay playin… more
- Legendary Weapons of China
- DVD / Martial Arts / PG / $19.95
- Shaw Brothers presents: On a continent which reveres its martial arts, the director’s nickname Is ‘Kung-fu Liang’ – holder of a filmography unprecedented in its innovation of theme, ingeniousness of plot, and imagination of its astonishingly designed Kung-fu. This production is clearly the culmination of his initial Shaw Brothers work – the film which he used as a showcase for his and hi… more
- Master, The
- DVD / Martial Arts / MA / $19.95
- Shaw Brothers presents: Three gangsters make a surprise attack on Chin Tien-yun (Chen Kuan-tai), a renowned and skilled martial-artist of strange character. Chin is badly wounded and takes refuge with Ko Chien (Chiang Lin a.k.a. Yuan Te), who is already a pupil of Shih Cheng-chung (Liu Ho-nien). Chin nevertheless teaches his own martial skills to Ko out of gratitude. One day during practice at Shi… more
- Mighty Peking Man, The - Repackaged
- DVD / Martial Arts / MA / $19.95
- Shaw Brothers presents: King Kong comes to Hong Kong in The Mighty Peking Man, a uniquely Shaw Brothers spin on the ageless theme of beauty and the beast. The beast, seven stories high and hailing from the Himalayas, makes his way to the jungles of India in the wake of a violent earthquake. The beauty is Swiss starlet Evelyn Kraft, a sexy blonde Tarzanette who is the Mighty Peking Man’s best fri… more
- Shaolin Temple, The
- DVD / Martial Arts / MA / $19.95
- Based on a legend from Shaolin Temple folklore, Jet Li plays a vengeful youth, Chieh Yuan, who join the Shaolin Temple in order to acquire the necessary skills to fight a vicious warlord who murdered his father. After many years of training Chieh Yuan believes that he is ready to take revenge for his father’s death, but the warlord’s kung fu skills prove too mighty for the monk, who just manag… more
- Shaw Brothers Classics: Exploitatio…
- 5DVD / Martial Arts / R / $74.95
- The Shaw Brothers Studio was first in Asian and is credited with starting the cinema industry in the East. What most people don’t realise however is that their output went far beyond the kung-fu and martial arts offerings the West is familiar with. Like Hollywood in the USA, the Shaw Brothers mined a wide variety of styles and genres for their films. This five-disc collection highlights their ex… more
- Shaw Brothers Classics: Monkey - Jo…
- 2DVD / Martial Arts / PG / $39.95
- Shaw Brothers Classics: Monkey - Journey To The West
Born from an egg on a mountain top, the monkiest monkey there ever was...
Brought to popularity by the 1970s television show Monkey, the story of the Monkey King and his pilgrimage to India is a well-known tale. The show was based on the classic Chinese story Journey to the West, written in 1590s during the Ming Dynasty it is a fable that … more
- Shaw Brothers Classics: The Wuxia S…
- 5DVD / Martial Arts / R / $74.95
- Without the Shaw Brothers studio there would be no Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan or Kill Bill. They created the Martial Arts genre and their films represent arguably the most important slice of that part of cinematic history. This Box set represents the Wu Xia films: a subgenre that translates literally to “Martial Arts Hero.” Featuring the films: Twelve Golden Medallions; Clans of Intrigue; The Web … more
- Two Champions of Shaolin
- DVD / Martial Arts / R / $19.95
- Shaw Brothers presents: During the Ching Dynasty, there were two renowned martial-arts clans, Shaolin and Wutang. Shaolin, being anti-Ching, was in constant conflict with the hostile Wu Tang which supported Ching government. Tung Chien-chin (Lo Meng), a Manchu youth, is sent to Guangzhou to contact fellow Shaolin member, a skilled martial artist, Wu Hui-kan (Chiang Sheng) on an anti-Ching mission.… more
- Zatoichi - The Legend Begins
- 4DVD / Martial Arts / M / $39.95
- He seems to be a harmless blind man, a low-caste masseur. Few recognise him as master swordsman Zatoichi: a champion of the oppressed living by the honour code of the samurai, wielding his cane-sword with lethal accuracy in the name of justice.
One of the most enduring screen personas in Japanese culture, Zatoichi has seen 27 film adaptations and four television series. Presented in this collecti… more