145 - Executioner From Shaolin (opening scene; Lo Lieh vs. Lee Hoi-San. Lo Lieh plays Pai Mei/Bak Mei, the white eyebrow priest, which would become one of his best roles).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41j8fDU97_Y
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145 - Executioner From Shaolin (opening scene; Lo Lieh vs. Lee Hoi-San. Lo Lieh plays Pai Mei/Bak Mei, the white eyebrow priest, which would become one of his best roles).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41j8fDU97_Y
146 - Heart of Dragon (end fight; Jackie Chan vs. D!ck Wei, etc.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCHCpGhgr5w
147 - My Lucky Stars (end fight; Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Lau Kar-Wing, D!ck Wei, Sybelle Hu, Michiko Nishiwaki, Yuen Biao, Lam Ching-Ying, Charlie Chin, Richard Ng, etc.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0UZ3...eature=related
148 - Mystery of Chess Boxing (Jack Long & Li Yi-Min vs. Mark Long, playing the original Ghost-Faced Killer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8JX6ce0DTU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYBFDQJPPwQ&NR=1
149 - Righting Wrongs
(Cynthia Rothrock vs. Karen Sheperd)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpM6eByMCfk
(Cynthia Rothrock & Yuen Biao vs. Melvin Wong).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytmWFtpt44U
150 - Struggle Through Death (end fight, w/John Liu)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VZSzppKSz4
151 - Dance of Death (starring Angela Mao)
(opening credits)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELQdtV3NSfw
(Angela Mao vs. Chia Kai, with Wang Tai-Lang & Hsu Bu-Liao)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS5q3Vmn0is
152 - Enter the Fat Dragon (starring Sammo Hung)
(opening credits)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlIPH...eature=related
(end fight: Sammo Hung vs. Lee Hoi-San, Leung Kar-Yan, and ?) I always thought it weird that they chose to put Lee Hoi-San in blackface.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR-GPbc-A9s
153 - Kung Fu Executioner (opening credits w/Billy Chong & Carl Scott)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yf49...eature=related
154 - The Man From Nowhere (final battle and knife fight; Won Bin vs. Thanayong Wongtrakul) WARNING: some offensive language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8LooQRJcYI
155 - The Miracle Fighters (Yuen Yat-Chor vs. Yuen Shun-Yee)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NASpV...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VwKCnjv6So
156 - The Royal Warriors (a.k.a., In The Line of Duty). (Michelle Yeoh vs. Pai Ying. Co-starring Hiroyuki Sanada).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDjkj6KzpZ0
157 - No Retreat No Surrender (Jean-Claude Van Damme vs. Kurt McKinney, Pete "Sugarfoot" Cunningham. etc.) Also featuring Tong Lung, a.k.a., Kim Tae-Chung (Game of Death II) as "Bruce Lee's ghost."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LIp4ioPjOY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9_kC...eature=related
158 - No Retreat No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (Loren Avedon & Keith Vitali vs. Mark Russo & Rion Hunter)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVooqbXQZZ0
#157 was Van Damme's first U.S. film, and director Corey Yuen's first American movie. Mostly notable because, although Van Damme's best movie is JCVD, he was more entertaining here than in any of his later films. Plus the '80s cheesiness of the whole thing. Ditto on the '80s cheesiness for #158.
They probably shouldn't have hired such a tall referee in #157. Van Damme is supposed to be a tank, but he and the other fighters are dwarfed next to the ref.
*On a side note, these were two of the movies made for the U.S. market by Hong Kong's Seasonal Film Corp., which also released movies like American Shaolin, No Retreat No Surrender II: Rolling Thunder, King of the Kickboxers, etc., none of which got a major theatrical release like #157. They were the earliest efforts to bring HK "new wave" martial arts action films to the American market. In Asia, many stars, including Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang-Lee, John Liu, Wong Tao, Hiroyuki Sanada, Conan Lee, etc., either got a career boost/increased exposure, or their starts, in Seasonal Films, like:
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
The Secret Rivals
Ninja in the Dragon's Den
etc., etc.
159 - A Book of Heroes
(end fight, featuring Laam Sam-Mei, Eugene Thomas, Yukari Oshima, Yasuaki Kurata, Elsa Yeung, David Tao Tai-Wai, David Wu Tai-Wai, etc., etc.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moKPq...eature=related
(friendly "fight" between Yukari Oshima and Laam Sam-Mei)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8sjW...eature=related
This was one of the better Taiwanese martial arts/comedies when it came out in 1986, and it still stands up today. IMO, Eugene Thomas was one of the all-time best Westerners in Asian action films; he has been vastly underrated.
*Note: The two guys (male lead in blue and the guy w/the glasses) showing off 'shapes' to each other, I seem to remember them as TV variety show hosts in Taiwan. This movie was the only time I remember them performing anything remotely MA-related.
160 - The Fighting King (opening credits & brief dojo scene; Yasuaki Kurate vs. Kane Kosugi. Kane is the son of Sho Kosugi)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbwu9NTN99w
161 Hope this hasn't already been posted - Twin Warriors - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4kB6KVXWHY
Glad you liked it, Hebrew Hammer.
162 - Mad Monkey Kung Fu
(training scene; Lau Kar-Leung teaching Hsiao Hou)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eZnQhEyTh0
(end fight; Hsiao Hou & Lau Kar-Leung vs. Lo Lieh)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZw0Mgd7Dps
*edit to add:
Added the link to #162's training scene.
163 - Dirty Ho (okay, no jokes about the title, please) :p
(end fight; Gordon Liu and Wang Yue vs. Lo Lieh & co.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33u6ZZz7cJE
164 - Dreadnaught (end fight; Kwan Tak-Hing vs. Phillip Ko; Yuen Biao vs. Yuen Shun-Yee)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82_iUNBDQng
165 - 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (end fight; w/Gordon Liu, Kara Hui, Wang Lung-Wei, Chu Tieh-Ho, Phillip Ko, etc.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRviomGhXUQ
166 - The Treasure Hunters (large-scale fights; Gordon Liu, Fu Sheng, Chang Chan-Peng & co. vs. Wang Lung-Wei & Yang Ching-Ching)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMXYuy5rmz8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPY-AV15tio&NR=1
Chang Chan-Peng is Fu Sheng's younger brother, who appeared in only a few movies, prior to Fu Sheng's passing. This was Chan-Peng's first movie, and Fu Sheng's comeback film after suffering serious injuries on the set of The Deadly Breaking Sword about 2 years previous.
167 - The Spiritual Boxer (1975). Opening scenes.
Though it actually stars Wang Yue, the opening scenes feature Chen Kuan-Tai and Ti Lung as trainees in "shen da." If memory serves me correctly, this is the only time CKT or TL appear in the movie. The Spiritual Boxer, and Spiritual Boxer Part II, are among the rarest of director Lau Kar-Leung's films. This movie (part 1) was Lau's first full credit as a director, after he split from Chang Cheh, under whom Lau (together with Tang Chia) had worked as martial arts choreographer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX7dhqIKx_k
168 - Showdown at the Cotton Mill
(end fight. Chi Kuan-Chun vs. Tan Tao-Liang)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SUpL...eature=related
169 - Opium & the Kung Fu Master
(End fight; Ti Lung vs. Chen Kuan-Tai, Phillip Ko, & Lee Hoi-San)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjQssGNU9E0
170 - Shaolin Intruders
(End fight; Derek Yee vs. Phillip Ko)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flv7FMysBMU
171 - Fearless Young Boxer (alt. title: Method Man)
(End fight in the barn: Peter Chang vs. Casanova Wong)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfxnnoMIpUg
172 - Shaolin Prince
(end fight; Ti Lung & Derek Yee vs. Pai Piao)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBPme...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMuYc...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkNH8...eature=related
IMO, the wirework and other pre-CGI effects and props of these old-school movies far outstrips those in the recent Chinese movies like Crouching Tiger, House of Flying Daggers, etc. The more complex choreography only added to the difficulty factor. The skill of the performers and the clear cinematography are almost a lost art in MA films nowadays.
173 - The Gang Master
(End fight; Austin Wai & Bruce Leung vs. Pai Piao. Also featuring Chen Kuan-Tai & Ku Feng)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBLblXH7CgU
Bruce Leung was at one time the youngest stuntman in HK in the 1960s; he made numerous movies over the decades, and is still active in films today, most familiar to Westerners as the villain in Kung Fu Hustle. Austin Wai is the brother of Kara Hui.
Jimbo,
The honor of the 100th post belonged to you. I had a sense you were waiting. You have contributed so much to this thread.,,,,it really belongs to you, now. If I am to contribute anything, it had BETTER be good. So, here it goes:
174- Carlos Saura's "Carmen" 1983, Tobacco Factory Fight
The violent current of energy flowing in this scene is what is missing from so many of the fighting movies today. The women are totally bringing it through posture, step, and rhythm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6D12QttFXk
Here is one without subtitles but with much better sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-csly3dWYTU
mickey
Hey thanks, mickey. Glad to have you back!
I'm not sure I'm worthy. :) Like you and others, I just like to share some favorite scenes from movies I've liked over the years, if I can find them on youtube. Some of these films I hadn't seen in decades. Several of the ones posted have since been removed from youtube, which is esp. unfortunate, since many are rare and exceedingly hard to find.
I agree about the mood of violence in the Carmen clip. It's clear that the dancers have been very well-trained to convey the emotions/intent of their characters to the audience/camera.
175 - The Dragon the Hero (a.k.a., Dragon on Fire)
(John Liu & Tino Wong vs. Phillip Ko. Phillip Ko playing an over-the-top villain who can 'absorb' other fighters' kung fu by merely watching them, thus his constant style-switching, including a form of Shen Da. IMO, this was by far the best movie to be directed by schlockmeister "Godfrey Ho," most of whose movies are far more schlocky than this. Which probably had to do with John Liu's presence in it, and making it worth his time/travel, since at that time Liu lived in Paris)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUX_dKHfbLQ
176 - The Protector (Jackie Chan, 1985)
This movie was the fourth effort to bring JC to the U.S. market. Directed by James Glickenhaus, who was a terrible director for JC. It was so bad that JC re-edited and re-shot (or added) some scenes for its release in Asian countries. This clip is the HK reshot version of the end fight, which is vastly better than the original U.S. version. Some of the changes were subtle, others very obvious. The lighting is darker, the angles are better, and the pace is faster and smoother. JC supposedly did this and other reshoots without Glickenhaus's consent, but JC clearly knew FAR more about movies in general and fight scenes in particular than Glickenhaus did.
(Jackie Chan vs. Bill "Superfoot" Wallace. Also featuring Roy Chiao. Although Bill Wallace's style of movement still did not mesh very well onscreen with JC, this was as good as the scene was going to get)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD1E7...eature=related
Hi Jimbo,
Thank you fo rthe greeting.
I am actually going through a serious shift. I am letting go of those things that no longer serve me. I have watched KFM forums from afar and saw how it was/is deteriorating. Participation here will be lessened considerably. I no longer have an interest in MA mags either. Same old sh!t. I' will probably be getting a subscription to KFM just to minimize cost. I am hoping that somewhere down the line I don't stop in my tracks and say, "What in the f@ck did I just do?"
Take good care,
mickey
I totally see where you're coming from, mickey.
I also have moved away from the MA mags. Although I still like KFM, the one big store that still carried it has closed, and the remaining stores that used to have it no longer carry it...the only MA mags they carry are those MMA rags. So I suppose circumstances have helped me along. I'd long ago stopped buying Black Belt, IKF, etc. And I don't feel like subscribing to a mag, even KFM, at this point. Though I'd probably still buy it in person if it were still available.
As for the forums, I enjoy participating, but keep it fairly limited, too. It hit a REALLY low point around a month ago; I was considering leaving for good, but it has cleaned up considerably, for now. My # of posts don't amount to much anyway; been here since '99 and still have low post numbers. The bulk of my interests now concern other interests and aspects of life besides only MA.
You take care too, and see you around when you check in here.
Jim
177 - Master of the Flying Guillotine
(End fight; Jimmy Wang Yu vs. Kam Kong)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHRPBQsY1Co
178 - Secret Rivals 2
(End fight; John Liu & Tino Wong vs. Hwang Jang-Lee)
In this sequel, once again the "Northern Leg" must team with a "Southern Fist" against a white-haired villain who can defeat either fighter in a one-on-one fight...in this case, the brother of the villain in part 1. Choreography by the Yuen Clan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-DFvPY6XmY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILbjcB3vlKg
179 - The Secret Rivals
(End fight; John Liu & Wang Tao vs Hwang Jang-Lee. I should have put this one before entry #178, but probably didn't because IMO part 2 has noticeably superior choreography - personal bias. :) Though each of these actors had at least one movie credit apiece prior to this, this was the film that really launched their careers. It also popularized the white-haired "Silver Fox" villains that were so prevalent in mid-late 1970s kung fu films)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo519...eature=related
180 - Kid with the Golden Arm
(End fights; featuring Lo Meng, Wei Pai, Kuo Chui, Sun Chien, etc.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmzQGBGH028
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74GW54VqW_w
181 - Two on the Road, a.k.a., Fearless Dragons
(End fight; Phillip Ko & Leung Kar-Yan vs. Wang Lung-Wei)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqsCD...eature=related
182 - Gorgeous
(Two fights between Jackie Chan and Brad Allen. The fights in this movie were probably the last of Jackie Chan's great onscreen fights)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTPzh0f18cA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exbNB...eature=related
183 - Jackie Chan's Who Am I?
Chan vs. Ron Smoorenburg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H53rU...eature=related
Brad Allen doubled in this fight for Ron Smoorenburg because he couldn't get the timing down.
The sequence starting at 2:53 till 2:57 is obviously Allen (he is about the same height as Chan). Wiki lists incorrectly lists the double as Ken Lo.
Good info, wenshu. Although I'd seen that fight many times, I never noticed that Smoorenberg had had any doubling, much less by Brad Allen.
184 - Five Shaolin Masters
(End fight; Fu Sheng vs. Wang Lung-Wei; Ti Lung vs. Tsai Hung; David Chiang vs. Chiang Tao & the twins; Meng Fei vs. Leung Kar-Yan; Chi Kuan-Chun vs. Fung Hark-On)
*fight begins @ around 11:40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxIGp...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB4JF...eature=related
185 - Shaolin Temple a.k.a., Death Chamber (Shaw Brothers)
(End fight, featuring Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan-Chun, Ti Lung, David Chiang, Li Yi-Min, Kuo Chui, Tang Yen-Tsan, Wang Lung-Wei, Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng, Wang Ching, Shan Mao, etc.)
*fight begins @ around 2:25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsrbs83cYFA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfgGsF8UrD8
186 - The South Shaolin Master
(End fight; featuring Chiu Jianguo, et al. Fighting begins @ 19:55)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BxvcH4wMjg
187 - Martial Arts of Shaolin
(End fight; Jet Li, Yu Hai, Hu Jianqiang & Wong Chau-Yin vs. Yu Chenghui)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVT8qLJLZM4
This was Jet Li's third movie, and it was a noticeable step up from his first two...Shaolin Temple (not to be confused with Chang Cheh's movie of the same title) and Shaolin Temple 2. This had everything to do with this movie having been directed by Lau Kar-Leung. This movie features all the performers at their physical best, and Jet Li at his physical peak.
188 - The Master (a.k.a., Three Evil Masters)
(End fight; Yuen Tak vs. Wang Lung-Wei)
*end fight begins @ around 8:50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS1gLrUlMaI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7JJ-eTXbrg
189 - The New Kids in Town
(End fight; Lau Kar-Leung vs. Eddie Maher. Also featuring Chin Siu-Ho & Moon Lee vs. Karel Wong)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nETQN...7FB551EAD91978
190 - Shanghai 13
(End fight. Ti Lung vs. Chan Sing; Cheng Tien-Chi vs. Sonny Yu; Ti Lung vs. Cheng Tien-Chi)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvcgIzhSRAY
One of director Cheng Cheh's post-Shaw Brothers productions filmed in Taiwan.
191 - The Five Superfighters
End fight; Leung Siu-Hung, Austin Wai, Wu Yuan-Chun, and Hau Chau-Sing vs. Kuan Feng.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMHHt6BkmGQ
Kuan Feng was easily the most underrated kung fu movie villain, or performer period, of the old-school era. In spite of his skills, he was given mostly small roles, some even non-fighting(!). In a few films, like this one, he was allowed to shine. AFAIK, he was a Shaw contract player exclusively, and I don't remember him in any non-Shaw productions. I also don't recall seeing him in any movies after Shaw Bros ended movie production in 1985/86. Besides his excellent movement and regal-type mannerisms, Kuan Feng also had a tendency to make particularly funny, contorted facial expressions when his characters got killed off.
192 - The Boxer from the Temple
(End fight; Wu Yuan-Chun vs. Kuan Feng)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyfsf1uh_UE
193 - Drunken Dragon (a.k.a., The Exciting Dragon)
(Restaurant fight; Chow Mei-Yee and Suen Kwok-Ming, with Chiang Sheng, vs. thugs. In this scene, Chow Mei-Yee looks a lot like a female Sammo Hung)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ARV-PTx6Q
(Phillip Ko vs. Chiang Sheng)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADE5zPBlhPQ
(Fight, training sequences, and end fight; Suen Kwok-Ming & Leung Kar-Yan vs. Phillip Ko, Yang Hsiung, etc. Actual end fight begins at approx. 24:15, but the training scenes are fun in themselves. Although Leung Kar-Yan is in a non-fighting role, he practically steals the show as the eccentric old inventor)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycq5U0krfR8
194 - The New Shaolin Boxers
(opening scenes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pik5yKbk64
(Lead-up to and end fight; Fu Sheng vs. Leung Kar-Yan & Wang Lung-Wei)
*fighting begins @ around 5:20.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNWZDd7jnR0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI2AtA9kWSk
This was probably the first (and is still one of the very few) movies in which Choy Lee Fut was the featured art.
Just what I needed this morning. Thanks Jimbo.
Cool. Glad you enjoyed it, HH.