Horrible History: Four Historical Epics By Chang Cheh

Often described as the "Godfather of Hong Kong Cinema," Chang Cheh made nearly a hundred films during a long and storied career spent at the Shaw Brothers Studio, where he directed such landmark films as The One-Armed Swordsman, Five Deadly Venoms and The Heroic Ones. Many of his films drew upon Chinese history for inspiration - and many of them were based on real people and events. Eureka Classics presents four of his best historical epics in this limited-edition set: Marco Polo, The Pirate, Boxer Rebellion and Four Riders. In Marco Polo, the eponymous Venetian explorer (Richard Harrison) becomes embroiled in a battle between the Mongol Empire and Chinese rebels in the thirteenth century. In The Pirate, the infamous nineteenth-century raider Cheung Po Tsai (Ti Lung) must evade agents of the Imperial Court while attempting to aid the downtrodden residents of a coastal village. In Boxer Rebellion, a group of Chinese patriots use kung fu to protect their nation against invading forces at the turn of the twentieth century. Finally, in Four Riders, a Chinese veteran of the Korean War enlists three comrades to help him escape the South Korean Military Police Command after he is falsely accused of murdering an American soldier. Marco Polo, The Pirate, Boxer Rebellion and Four Riders are all fascinating examples of the rewriting of history common in popular genre cinema, directed with aplomb by a veteran of Shaw Brothers in Chang Cheh - one of the most celebrated and prolific filmmakers in Hong Kong. All four films are presented on Blu-ray from HD masters supplied by Celestial Pictures.

Special Features

Commentary: Two new commentaries by Frank Djeng (East Asian film expert) and Michael Worth (martial artist/filmmaker); Two new commentaries by Mike Leeder and Arne Venema (action cinema experts), Documentaries: 'Rewriting History', Interviews: Wayne Wong (Hong Kong cinema scholar)

Actors: Alexander Fu Sheng, Fan Mei-Sheng, Kurata Yasuaki, Wang Chung, Gordon Liu, Chen Kuan-Tai, Ching Li, Leung Kar-yan, Tien Ching, Chi Kuan-Chun, Lily Li, Li Tung-Chun, Carter Wong, Ti Lung, Richard Harrison, David Chiang

Audio Languages: Mandarin chinese

Duration: 459 minutes

Number of Discs: 2

Subtitle Languages: English

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