Das Schwert des gelben Tigers (1971)

Bemerkungen:

*Kein Abspann. "The End - Another Shaw Production"-Tafel bei 102:22 Min.

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                    VOLUME TWO

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One-Armed Swordsman

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

The New One-Armed Swordsman

The Lady Hermit

Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan

The 14 Amazons

The Magic Blade

Clans of Intrigue

Jade Tiger

The Sentimental Swordsman

Avenging Eagle

Killer Constable

Buddha's Palm

Bastard Swordsman

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                                     A R R O W   V I D E O

                        Limited Edition Blu-ray Collection 

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14 Filme aus den Shaw-Brothers-Studios in einer Kollektion.

10-Disc-Set, bestehend aus 8 Film-Blu-rays, einer Bonus-Blu-ray und einer CD.

Verpackung:

• stabiler Hartkartonschuber im Breitwandformat mit rostroter Glanzfolie und partiellen Lackeffekten (B: 27,9 cm x H 17,5 cm x T 4,8 cm)
• Informationsblatt, gedruckt auf fester Pappe in L-Form (bedeckt die komplette Rückseite, die Unterseite und 4cm der unteren Vorderseite des Schubers), mit EAN-Code, Arrow- und Celestial-Logo, Freigabelogo, Inhaltsbeschreibung sowie technischen Spezifikationen zu allen Datenträgern
• Aufklappbares Buch im Breitwandformat mit festen Pappseiten, inklusive Einschubtaschen für die Discs auf einer Seite und Artworks auf der anderen Seite (B: 27,5 cm x H 16,7 cm x T 3,5 cm)
• geklebtes 56-seitiges Booklet im Breitwandformat (B: 27,5 cm x H 16,6 cm x T 0,6 cm) mit folgendem Inhalt: 
  • Contents (Seite 1)
  • One Hundred Years of Chivalry (Seite 4 - 10) 
  • Cast & Crew with Film Notes by Ian Jane
    • One-Armed Swordsman (Seite 14 - 15)
    • Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (Seite 16 - 17)
    • The New One-Armed Swordsman (Seite 18 - 19)
    • The Lady Hermit (Seite 20 - 21)
    • Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (Seite 22 - 23)
    • The 14 Amazons (Seite 24 - 25)
    • The Magic Blade (Seite 26 - 27)
    • Clans of Intrigue (Seite 28 - 29)
    • Jade Tiger (Seite 30 - 31)
    • The Sentimental Swordsman (Seite 32 - 33)
    • The Avenging Eagle (Seite 34 - 35)
    • Killer Constable (Seite 36 - 37)
    • Buddha's Palm (Seite 38 - 39)
    • Bastard Swordsman (Seite 40 - 41)
  • Drunken Master: Gu Long by Jonathan Clements (Seite 42 - 44)
  • The Legend of Five Station Mountain: Shaw Brothers' Conquest of the Television Jianghu by Dylan Cheung (Seite 48 - 52)
  • About the Restorations (Seite 54)
  • Production Credits / Special Thanks (Seite 55) 

Nach Einlegen der Disc erscheint ein Einspieler mit Copyright-Hinweisen, Arrow-Logo und rechtlichen Hinweisen zu geäußerten Meinungen (0:28 Min.) 

Das Menü ist stumm und musikalisch nicht untermalt.

Jeder Film auf der Disc verfügt über sein eigenes Menü mit eigenem Hintergrundbild und eigenen Extras. Über die "Choose Film"-Auswahl kann man zwischen den Menüs wechseln. 

Menüpunkte

• Choose Film
• Play Film
  
• Special Features
• Setup

Der Hauptfilm ist in 12 Kapitel unterteilt (kein Kapitelmenü).
Vor Filmstart erscheint ein Einspieler mit Celestial-Pictures-Logo (0:12 Min.)

Hinweise zur Schnittfassung:
"Abzüglich Logos/Celestial-Hinweisen ist die neue Arrow-Version 4:34 min länger als das Celestial-Master und damit 4:16 min länger als der Final Cut sowie 31 sec länger als die deutsche 35mm" (siehe Schnittberichte.com)

Informationen zur CD:

CD Tracklist

1. Jack Trombey - Rhythmical Interplay No. 1 (2:24 Min.) 
2. Jack Trombey - Waiting for the Man (5:17 Min.) 
3. Paul Ferris - Drama Sting No. 1 (0:07 Min.) 
4. Pierre Arvay - Suspense in the Night (3:02 Min.) 
5. Pierre Arvay - The Fountain of Merlin (2:03 Min.) 
6. Pierre Arvay - Blue Castle (1:59 Min.) 
7. Edward Michael - Murmures Du Vent (The Moaning of the Wind) (4:36 Min.) 
8. Edward Michael - Chant Plaintif (Song of Sorrow) (4:00 Min.) 
9. Edward Michael - Rite de la Terre (2:25 Min.) 
10. Edward Michael - Rite de L'air (3:05 Min.) 
11. Edward Michael - Rite du Feu (2:19 Min.) 
12. Edward Michael - Rite de L'eau (2:40 Min.) 
13. Eric Towren - The Elements 3 (2:19 Min.) 
14. Eric Towren - The Elements 4 (1:36 Min.) 
15. Eric Towren - The Elements 6 (1:52 Min.) 
16. Eric Towren - Zenith (1:32 Min.) 
17. Eric Allen & Frank Reidy - Madame Guillotine (2:07 Min.) 
18. Eric Allen & Frank Reidy - Drum Head Court Martial (2:18 Min.) 
19. Derek Laren - Dramatic Moments No. 2 (1:07 Min.) 
20. Pierre Arvay - Algues Rouges (Red Seaweed) (3:10 Min.) 
21. Basil Kirchin & John Coleman - Insert "C" (0:22 Min.) 
22. Basil Kirchin & John Coleman - Where the Action is (1:38 Min.) 
23. Johnny Hawksworth - Elegance (2:28 Min.) 
24. Peter Knight - Mellow Reflection (2:00 Min.) 
25. Peter Milray - Manoeuvres (2:12 Min.) 
26. M Kansara - Modern Rhythm No. 1 (2:12 Min.) 
27. Simon Park - Inca (2:31 Min.) 
28. Jack Trombey - Roving Report No. 3 (3:17 Min.) 
29. Pierre Arvay - La Mandragore (1:00 Min.) 
30. Johnny Hawksworth & Robin Artus - Duck & Blacker (2:02 Min.) 
31. Keith Papworth - Comic Capers 1 (1:16 Min.) 
32. Peter Reno - In Pursuit (3:12 Min.) 
33. Simon Park - Soul Ceremony (1:25 Min.) 
34. Reg Tilsley - Roller Drive (2:08 Min.) 
35. Tim Souster - Shark (1:49 Min.) 

Track 1 von "The Sentimental Swordsman"

Track 2 von "Killer Constable"

Track 3 von "The Avenging Eagle"

Track 4 von "Bastard Swordsman"

Track 5 von "Mighty Peking Man"

Track 6 von "Chinatown Kid"

Track 7 von "Invincible Shaolin"

Track 8 von "The Five Venoms"

Track 9 von "Mad Monkey Kung Fu"

Track 10 von "Five Superfighters"

Track 11 von "The Boxer's Omen"

Tracks 1-4, 6-12, 17-24, 26-36 published by De Wolfe Ltd.

Tracks 5, 25 published by Hudson Music Co Ltd.

Tracks 13-16 published by Sylvester Music Co Ltd.



All music © De Wolfe Ltd.

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Herstellerbeschreibung:

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Before Hong Kong's mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema, one that channelled the blood-soaked widescreen violence of Japanese samurai epics and Italian spaghetti westerns into a uniquely Chinese form: the wuxia pian. With their enthralling tales drawn from historical myth and legend of sword-wielding (and often gravity-defying) noble heroes, the wuxia films housed in this next instalment of Arrow Video's best-selling Shawscope series demonstrate the sweeping stylistic evolution of the genre, from the righteous stoicism of the late-60s Mandarin period, right through to the wild-and-weird anarchism of the early-80s Cantonese explosion.

The iconic One-Armed Swordsman trilogy, directed between 1967 and 1971 by wuxia cinema godfather Chang Cheh, made household names of stars Wang Yu and David Chiang and set the gory template for many of the films to come. Contrary to Chang's tales of loyal brotherhood, many wuxia films focused on female protagonists, three very different examples of which we see next: Ho Meng-hua's The Lady Hermit, with the great Cheng Pei-pei (Come Drink with Me) as a virtuous swordswoman called upon to stop a vicious warlord; Chor Yuen's scandalous Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan in which the titular lady of the night masters every deadly skill she can to get revenge on those who enslaved her; and Cheng Kang's all-star epic The 14 Amazons, in which Shaws' finest starlets play the real-life women of the Yang dynasty, avenging their fallen menfolk in battle.

Next, Chor Yuen adapted several beloved novels by consummate wuxia storyteller Gu Long to the big screen, four of which are collected here: The Magic Blade, Clans of Intrigue, Jade Tiger and The Sentimental Swordsman, all starring the redoubtable Ti Lung. As kung fu overtook wuxia at the box office, the genre evolved into unexpected new directions, with its chivalrous knights-errant replaced by conflicted antiheroes, as seen in Sun Chung’s breathlessly exciting The Avenging Eagle and Boxer's Omen goremeister Kuei Chih-hung's fatalistic masterpiece Killer Constable. Finally, just when it seemed the wuxia film had nowhere left to turn, Eighties excess reigned supreme in the special-effects-soaked, fourth-wall-breaking fantastical delights of Taylor Wong's Buddha's Palm and Lu Chun-ku's Bastard Swordsman.

Back with all-new exclusive restorations and hours of insightful bonus material, if you thought the previous two Shawscope sets showed the Shaw Brothers at its strongest, you ain't seen nothing yet!

Product Features

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY COLLECTION CONTENTS

• High Definition (1080p) presentations of all fourteen films, including thirteen new 2K restorations by Arrow Films
• Illustrated 60-page collectors' booklet featuring new writing by David West, Jonathan Clements and Dylan Cheung, plus cast and crew listings and notes on each film by Ian Jane
• New artwork by Chris Malbon, "Kung Fu Bob" O'Brien, Tom Ralston, Ilan Sheady, Tony Stella and Jolyon Yates
• Hours of illuminating bonus features, including feature commentaries and several cast-and-crew interviews from the Frédéric Ambroisine Video Archive
• Exclusive CD of music from the De Wolfe Music Library as heard in several Shaw Brothers classics

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Zu den Fassungseinträgen der weiteren Filme:

• The One-Armed Swordsman (Disc 1)
• Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (Disc 2)
• The New One-Armed Swordsman (Disc 2)
• The Lady Hermit (Disc 3)
• Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (Disc 3)
• The 14 Amazons (Disc 4)
• The Magic Blade (Disc 5)
• Clans of Intrigue (Disc 5)
• Jade Tiger (Disc 6)
• The Sentimental Swordsman (Disc 6)
• Avenging Eagle (Disc 7)
• Killer Constable (Disc 7)
• Buddha's Palm (Disc 8)
• Bastard Swordsman (Disc 8)