Hot on the heels of their first collection of Shaw Brothers movies, Shout! Factory’s Shaw Brothers Classics Vol. 2 continues the ongoing, multi-label effort to restore and release notable entries in the Hong Kong studio’s vast catalog. As it did with their previous collection, Shout! limits the selections for this second box set to a concentrated period of the studio’s productions. Whereas the 1967-69 range of the first box showed the studio frantically capitalizing on the breakout success of The One-Armed Swordsmen with a slew of like-minded wuxia films, the broader selection here among the first half of the ’70s finds Shaw Brothers both setting and chasing after trends.
Shout!’s first volume demonstrated how the Shaw Brothers studio made so many functionally identical movies, between the revenge-based plots, sword-based action, and reused sets, that within two years of The One-Armed Swordsmen’s paradigm shift, the house brand was already getting stale.
Shout!’s first volume demonstrated how the Shaw Brothers studio made so many functionally identical movies, between the revenge-based plots, sword-based action, and reused sets, that within two years of The One-Armed Swordsmen’s paradigm shift, the house brand was already getting stale.
- 8/31/2023
- by Jake Cole
- Slant Magazine
A Shaw Brothers production, this movie is about Wu Sung, a famous character from the classic novel ‘Outlaws of the Marsh’ or ‘The Water Margin’. Often described as a muscular and respectable man, Wu Sung also likes his wine; however, he’s greatly renowned for killing a tiger with his bare hands.
At the start of “The Delightful Forest”, Wu Song is out to avenge his brother, upon learning that he was killed by his adulteress sister-in-law Pan Jin Lian and her lover Ximen Qing. Since he has already killed Pan, it’s time to settle the score with Ximen Qing. Being a righteous man who owns up to whatever he does, Wu Song is sent to prison after killing Ximen. Interestingly, with the help of an officer Shih En, he is treated exceedingly well there and even escapes the traditional punishment. In return, Wu Song agrees...
At the start of “The Delightful Forest”, Wu Song is out to avenge his brother, upon learning that he was killed by his adulteress sister-in-law Pan Jin Lian and her lover Ximen Qing. Since he has already killed Pan, it’s time to settle the score with Ximen Qing. Being a righteous man who owns up to whatever he does, Wu Song is sent to prison after killing Ximen. Interestingly, with the help of an officer Shih En, he is treated exceedingly well there and even escapes the traditional punishment. In return, Wu Song agrees...
- 8/6/2021
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
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