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Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater with RZA Kicks Off with Heroes of the East and Kung Fu Bob

April 23, 2021
Panos Kotzathanasis

This Saturday, 36 Cinema is relaunching with a screening of the 1978 martial arts masterpiece ““, with live commentary by the ! This poster was specially made to honor the film and our one-of-a-kind live event. Artwork by Robert P. “Kung Fu Bob” O’Brien

Heroes of the East (aka Shaolin Challenges Ninja) (1978) Gordon Liu stars as a Chinese kung fu student who weds a Japanese woman (Yuka Mizuno) who turns out to be a martial artist as well. When he accidentally insults her family, he’s forced to duel seven Japanese martial arts masters, who each specialize in a different style, to prove how good his kung fu really is. Directed by the great Lau Kar Leung (36th Chamber of Shaolin), this Shaw Brothers classic is one of the greatest kung fu movies of all time!

Live commentary provided by RZA and Dan Halsted. Viewers will be able to type in questions during the show.

We are also offering a limited edition version of the poster signed by the RZA himself. Only 36 available, get yours before it’s gone!

This is a pre-order item. Expected shipping 2-4 weeks.

Heroes of the East – Saturday, April 24th at 6pm PT / 9pm ET

Tickets available here

Also check out 36styles.com for more martial arts merchandise

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Panagiotis (Panos) Kotzathanasis is a film critic and reviewer, specialized in Asian Cinema. He is the owner and administrator of Asian Movie Pulse, one of the biggest portals dealing with Asian cinema. He is a frequent writer in Hancinema, Taste of Cinema, and his texts can be found in a number of other publications including SIRP in Estonia, Film.sk in Slovakia, Asian Dialogue in the UK, Cinefil in Japan and Filmbuff in India.

Since 2019, he cooperates with Thessaloniki Cinematheque in Greece, curating various tributes to Asian cinema. He has participated, with video recordings and text, on a number of Asian movie releases, for Spectrum, Dekanalog and Error 4444. He has taken part as an expert on the Erasmus+ program, “Asian Cinema Education”, on the Asian Cinema Education International Journalism and Film Criticism Course.

Apart from a member of FIPRESCI and the Greek Cinema Critics Association, he is also a member of NETPAC, the Hellenic Film Academy and the Online Film Critics Association.

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