If you start watching the classic Shaw Brothers movies, then at some point you encounter the work of director Chang Cheh. Quite simply you cannot avoid him. A...
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The first thing you associate with any Wong Fei-hung feature is the theme song “General marching under orders”. It's practically an unwritten law...
Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling wrote about ghosts, fox spirits and monsters in his novel Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. “The Enchanting Shadow” is an...
Back in my younger days I would once a month take a trip to London's Chinatown. Celestial had been re-releasing the whole Shaw Brothers back catalogue and so...
There is a certain irony in how modern day productions can date faster than those set in an earlier period. Fashions and styles change like the seasons so that...
In 1967, Shaw Brothers released “One-Armed Swordsman”, a new style of swordplay wuxia film, starring Jimmy Wang Yu and directed by Chang Cheh. It...
When is a cult movie cult? It's a question asked many a time with no real defining answer as everyone will have their own opinion. Does that also mean that a...
Chang Cheh made so many movies for Shaw Brothers that even now, I am discovering ones I've never heard of. Eventually, the curtains were pulled, the iconic...
Out of all the movies director Chang Cheh made in the late 60s, this is easily his best. “The Invincible Fist” is a manhunt movie which takes place...
In Kill Bill 2, we get the modern reimagining of one of martial arts cinema more iconic characters – Pai Mei, the white eyebrowed monk. It's the standout...