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Hongkong
Actie / Drama
90 minuten

geregisseerd door Yu Wang
met Yu Wang, Lieh Lo en Ping Wang

Diao Er wordt van zijn kung fu-school getrapt voor slecht gedrag. Hij verlaat de streek om wat later terug te komen met bijgeschaafde gevechtstechnieken om wraak te zoeken. Hij kan zijn leraar niet verslaan en trekt zich opnieuw terug met enkele Japanse experts op het vlak van karate. Met hulp van de Japanse vechters vernielen ze de school van Diao Er. Alleen de jonge Lei Ming overleeft het. Diao en zijn drie Japanse kompanen openen een casino en worden rijk. Ondertussen traint Lei Ming zijn technieken om sterker te worden en wraak te nemen...

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Before Bruce Lee became a superstar and before the kung fu movie genre exploded into a phenomenon, there was one-time swimming ace Jimmy Wang Yu, Shaw BrothersÆ first ômillion dollarö star who helped to revitalize the swordplay genre by starring in Cheng ChehÆs ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN. Three years later and with only a handful of movies under his belt, Wang Yu stepped out from the shadow of his mentor Chang Cheh to write, direct and star in the one movie that sparked Hong KongÆs kung fu movie boom in the Æ70s. THE CHINESE BOXER is hardly the greatest kung fu movie ever made, but it ably holds its place in film history as the first of its kind to mix stylized elements of Spaghetti Westerns and samurai flicks with hard, boxer-style kung fu. Jimmy Wang Yu was a bit of a rebel, both on and off screen, who possessed a unique vision for how kung fu should be seen on screen. But it just so happens that Bruce Lee came on the scene at rival studio Golden Harvest with a similarly unique vision of emphasizing the power of kung fu, yet while possessing far greater charisma, a Hollywood-level of professionalism and real martial arts skill to back it up. Although LeeÆs career as a kung fu star was painfully short, his popularity was more than enough to unseat the non-martial arts-trained Wang Yu and leave him in a downward-spiraling career as the industry became dominated by more accomplished martial arts and stunt acting talent like Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan. That, however, does not diminish the significance of this movie.

 Thanks...........: Mastameta@ADC
 IMDb Link........: imdb.com/title/tt0065999/
 Cast Gallery.....: hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=583#trombi

 Genre............: Martial Arts
 Distributor......: Wild Side (France)
 Year.............: 1970
 Country..........: Hong Kong
 Director.........: Jimmy Wang Yu

 Source...........: DVD9 Bootleg
 DVD Format.......: PAL
 DVD Size.........: DVD9
 Programs used....: PgcEdit

 Screen Format....: Anamorphic Widescreen
 Frame Type.......: Progressive
 Audio Language...: Mandarin
 Audio Format.....: DD 1.0
 Subtitles........: French, English, Chinese (T)

 Menu.............: Untouched
 Video............: Untouched
 DVD Extras.......: Untouched

Uploader's Comments:

Thanks to 9264546 @ OurDiSC. I bypassed several previews and crap, so the main menu appears first on DVD insert.  I recommend ImgBurn for burning this DVD9.

There is a hidden button in the top-left corner of the main menu that accesses bonus features added from the R3 IVL. The button didn't have any dimensions to be clickable with the mouse (but probably works on a standalone player), so I expanded its clickable area. The IFO refers to a French audio track that is not on the DVD, so I assume it was stripped.

The untouched IVL DVD9 was never uploaded to the site, but there's no comparison to the quality of this progressive PAL transfer by Wild Side.

wildside.fr/video/fiche,vengeancetigre,1233