"Actor: Yuen Yat Chor"

• TWO TAOIST TALES (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Two-disc Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (23/09/2024) from £27.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release TWO TAOIST TALES (TAOISM DRUNKARD and THE YOUNG TAOISM FIGHTER), a couple of crazy kung-fu extravaganzas from the first family of Hong Kong martial arts, the Yuen Clan. Presented in their worldwide debuts on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restorations. Available from 23 September 2024 as part of the Eureka Classics range, the first print run of 2000 copies only will exclusively feature a limited edition O-card slipcase, and a collector's booklet. In the wake of Encounter of the Spooky Kind, the Hong Kong film industry launched headlong into a prolific genre cycle that drew upon Taoist folklore. Popular throughout the 1980s and into the next decade, these films combined elements of horror, fantasy, comedy, and martial arts as they pit their protagonists against hopping vampires, vengeful ghosts, and evil sorcerers. Here, Eureka Classics is proud to present two of the most mind-bending tales of Taoist magic ever committed to film: Taoism Drunkard and The Young Taoism Fighter! Directed by and starring Yuen Cheung-yan (The Miracle Fighters), Taoism Drunkard follows a man with a love for wine who accidentally damages a sacred statue. To atone for this blunder, he is asked by an enraged Taoist priest (Hsiao Hou-tao) to find a virginal boy (Yuen Yat-chor) to aid in defending his temple from a demonic sorcerer (Yuen Shun-yi). Then, in The Young Taoism Fighter (directed by Police Story's Chen Chi-hwa), a practitioner of Taoist kung fu (Yuen Yat-chor) manages to separate his soul from his body before teaming up with a vengeful young woman (Hilda Liu Hao-yi) to take on a sinister sorcerer (Kwan Chung) and the evil leader of a rival kung fu school (Yen Shi-kwan). Filled with imagery both fantastical and thrilling - not least Taoism Drunkard's banana monster - and featuring some of the most jaw-droppingly inventive fight sequences in the history of martial arts cinema, Taoism Drunkard and The Young Taoism Fighter are cult classics from the celebrated Yuen Clan that need to be seen to be believed. Both films are presented on Blu-ray for the first time ever from brand new 2K restorations.Limited edition O-card slipcase (First print run of 2000 copies only) featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling | Both films presented in 1080p HD from brand new 2K restorations | Original Cantonese audio and optional English dub tracks (original mono presentations) | Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release | Brand new audio commentaries on both films by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) | Brand new audio commentaries on both films by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema | Brand new interview with director and actor Yuen Cheung-yan | Brand new interview with critic Andrew Heskins (easternKicks) | Trailers | PLUS: A limited edition collector's booklet (First print run of 2000 copies only) featuring new writing on the film by Southeast Asian horror expert Dr. Katarzyna Ancuta, and Spooky Encounters author Daniel O'Brien | * All extras subject to change

• THE MIRACLE FIGHTERS | Blu Ray | (24/06/2024) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Miracle Fighters is a comedic tale of taoist magic directed by the martial arts maestro behind Drunken Master, The Magnificent Butcher and Iron Monkey - the legendary Yuen Woo-ping! During the Quing dynasty, marriage between Manchu and Han people is outlawed. When it is discovered that high-ranking official Kao Hsiung (Eddy Ko) has taken a Han wife, the Emperor informs him that he will be forgiven - but only if he kills his beloved before the court. When he refuses, Kao Hsiung is marked for death by the powerful Sorcerer Bat (Yuen Shun-yee) and forced to watch as his wife is slain before his eyes. Kao Hsiung flees, kidnapping the Crown Prince during his escape - but soon the prince is dead, and Kao Hsiung is forced to silently replace him with another young boy. In adulthood, that innocent child - Shu Gut (Yuen Yat-chor) - finds himself relentlessly pursued by Sorcerer Bat, and turns to two quarrelling taoist priests in the hope of protecting himself with their magic. Made in the same mould as its contemporaries Encounter of the Spooky Kind and The Dead and the Deadly, this riotous kung fu fantasy was followed by two equally entertaining thematic sequels in Shaolin Drunkard and Taoism Drunkard. Eureka Classics is proud to present The Miracle Fighters on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration. Extras: Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling [First print run of 2000 copies only] | 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray of the original Hong Kong theatrical cut from a brand new 2K restoration | Original Cantonese mono audio and optional classic English dub | Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release | Brand new audio commentary on the Hong Kong theatrical version by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) | Brand new audio commentary on the export version by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema | Action Master: An Interview with Yuen Woo-ping - archival interview by Frédéric Ambroisine | John Kreng on Yuen Woo-ping - brand new documentary featurette by Michael Worth | Reversible sleeve featuring original poster artwork | Trailer | PLUS: A limited edition collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by James Oliver [First print run of 2000 copies only]

• In the Line of Duty | DVD | (24/12/2012) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  From the acclaimed action director of The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. In the Line of Duty is literally a non-stop roller-coaster ride of explosive fight action, starring Iron Monkey's Donnie Yen and fan favourites Cynthia Khan, Sunny Yuen and Michael Wong. When an immigrant Chinese dockworker comes into brief contact with secret evidence implicating American intelligence operatives and the Green Dragon Crime Syndicate in a major drug trafficking operation, he is marked for death. Now on the run and running out of time, his only hope for survival is two cops with nothing to hide and nothing to lose! In a number of incredible action-set-pieces leading man Donnie Yen shows off his fluid high-speed kicking and punching with an eclectic fighting style, which clearly owes much to the influences of Bruce Lee and legendary boxing champion, Sugar Ray Leonard. Fans of Yuen Woo-ping's recent ground-breaking work in the Ang Lee-directed box-office smash-hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon can now enjoy one of the most hi-impact and stunning action-adventures ever made on this unique feature-packed DVD presentation. Special Features: Audio Commentary with Hong Kong Cinema Expert Stefan Hammond and Co-star Michael Wong Animated Biography Showcase Original Theatrical Trailer UK Promotional Trailer Interview Gallery with Leading Man Donnie Yen Fully Animated Menus Production Photo Gallery

• Drunken Tai Chi | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Action master Yuen Wo-Ping and his family bring you their Hong Kong masterpieces! Drunken Tai Chi stars Yuen Family favorite Donnie Yen (Iron Monkey Once Upon A Time in China 2) in his very first starring role. See authentic training and Tai Chi action the way the Yuen's know best!

• Drunken Tai Chi (1995) | DVD | (27/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99