Originally Posted by wongfeihung62 (Post 71840)

I have about 50 IVL Shaw movies, what titles have you got?

Originally Posted by BioZombie (Post 80085)

I saw One Armed Swords Man yesterday. I really enjoyed it but there wasnt as much sword play action as I thought there might be. I also have Opium and the Kung Fu Masters sitting at home to watch as well.

Originally Posted by Gigantor (Post 80790)

That came out 43years ago .Compared to movies now it's not as violent but back in the day.:woot:

Go watch Opium and the Kung Fu Masters now!!!!

Originally Posted by BioZombie (Post 80813)

I watched it the other night and it is one of the best kung fu films I have ever seen. The story is just fantastic and I love the fact that they dont just treat the issue of drug use as a black/white good/evil thing. Plus the fighting is top notch!!!!

Tonight I will be watching Five Deadly Venoms (I have high hopes for this one).

Originally Posted by Nanyang Man (Post 80802)

Shaws? On DVD? At last count I had 403 titles from what was commercially released. No bootlegs. No half-arsed PanMedia (nee: HK Flix) "grey market" editions...isn't "grey market" just another way of saying "pirated copy"? Yeah, I won't support piracy in any form.

Anyway, all originals -- majority thereof the HK IVL releases, but a good whack of Singaporean editions on the Scorpio East label as well (picked up for next to no money at all when I was in Malaysia a few months back).

I'm slowly getting through them all...but there's only so many hours in a day... ;)

Originally Posted by wongfeihung62 (Post 71840)

I have about 50 IVL Shaw movies, what titles have you got?

Originally Posted by Nanyang Man (Post 81084)

From memory, of the 760 titles that HK company Celestial Pictures own there's only about 500 odd out of the package that they made available to licence out for home video release to distributors like IVL, Scorpio East etc.

Originally Posted by Nanyang Man (Post 81086)

Yep! Although the Shaw Studios get gushed about by (predominantly kungfu) fanboys all over the internet, since the library finally started to see legitimate release on DVD commencing December '02, like any major studio they definitely harboured their fare share of turkeys -- and there's some of those selfsame kungfu "classics" that line up as prime examples.

Indeed, a lot of their late period productions from the eighties, before they folded their theatrical wing circa '85, were pretty dire (the late eighties through mid-nineties productions don't really count, as the majority of what ended up released on DVD were actually films from Mona Fong's Cosmopolitan Films company re-branded with the Shaw Brothers logo as "genuine" Shaw titles -- they weren't, but as Fong was Sir Run Run's business partner and spouse, her company's productions appear to have reverted ownership to Shaw once it, too, folded). Titles like Godfather from Canton and Carry On Doctors and Nurses are low-tier B-flicks that seem more like program fillers, as well as dated relics, when viewed from a contemporary standpoint.

I enjoyed a lot of the non-genre stuff from the sixties (ie: the operas, dramas, weepies, musicals etc.), but I readily admit that few of those really hold up for modern viewers unless you're really a diehard nostalgia buff or harbour a strong interest in HK cinema history of the era.

Originally Posted by Gigantor (Post 81330)

I have MOODS OF LOVE but haven't watched it yet

Originally Posted by Gigantor (Post 81346)

I seen that film not giving away any spilers away as it happens in the beginning but the second story is where she stabs the madam in the street several times yes?Decent film but I wanted a more brutal death for the lady.

Originally Posted by Inspector Tanzi (Post 81351)

Sure is, I really felt for Chen Ping though.

Originally Posted by 42ndStreetFreak (Post 81359)

I have these on VHS/DVD-R
"The Killer" (not Chow!)
"Chinese Boxer"
"Shanghai 13"
"The Assassin"
"One-Armed Swordsman"
"Deadly Duo"


And these on DVD:

"Return One-Armed Swordsman"
"New One-Armed Swordsman"
"The Water Margin"
"All Men Are Brothers"
"Eight Diagram Pole Fighter"
"Five Elemental Ninja"
"Golden Swallow"
"Heroes Two"
"Heroic Ones"
"The Magic Blade"
"Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan"
"Vengeance!"
"Bamboo House of Dolls"
"Killer Snakes"

Originally Posted by Gigantor (Post 81360)

Which ones have you watched?

Originally Posted by Gigantor (Post 81365)

Lots of fun movies on your list,I haven't seen Shanghai 13 though

Originally Posted by 42ndStreetFreak (Post 81359)

I have these on VHS/DVD-R

"The Killer" (not Chow!)

Originally Posted by 42ndStreetFreak (Post 81359)

"Bamboo House of Dolls"

Originally Posted by Gigantor (Post 81659)

Its weird after Celestial pictures announced that they were giing to be releasing the SB library I was certian there would be a lot of talk/mention of BAMBOO HOUSE OF DOLLS but i have heard absolutely nothing about it at all.


How are the WELLGO DVD Releases?
Are they any good?
Do they have any extras?

Originally Posted by Nanyang Man (Post 81897)

Bamboo House of Dolls is a great example of all of the above -- while it was obscure it was this legendary WIP shocker that pushed the envelope against all of its sub-genre, but once it was eventually released in legitimate form...well, no-one seemed interested in it anymore... ;)