Horrible History: Four Historical Epics by Chang Cheh

Horrible History: Four Historical Epics by Chang Cheh (1972-1976)
de Cheh Chang, Hsueh-Li Pao, Wu Ma

Eureka Entertainment - 10 décembre 2024
(édition avec fourreau non contractuelle après la période de précommande)

Titre Original : 
Audio : Mandarin, English
Sous-titres : English
Durée : 7h39
Format : Blu ray / 4 movies / Import UK 
Zone : B
Genre : Action, Biopic, Aventure

Synopsis
Marco Polo / The Pirate / Boxer Rebellion / Four Riders
Often described as the “Godfather of Hong Kong Cinema,” Chang Cheh made nearly a hundred films during a long and storied career spent at the Shaw Brothers Studio, where he directed such landmark films as The One-Armed Swordsman, Five Deadly Venoms and The Heroic Ones. Many of his films drew upon Chinese history for inspiration – and many of them were based on real people and events. Eureka Classics presents four of his best historical epics in this limited-edition set: Marco Polo, The Pirate, Boxer Rebellion and Four Riders.

In Marco Polo, the eponymous Venetian explorer (Richard Harrison) becomes embroiled in a battle between the Mongol Empire and Chinese rebels in the thirteenth century. In The Pirate, the infamous nineteenth-century raider Cheung Po Tsai (Ti Lung) must evade agents of the Imperial Court while attempting to aid the downtrodden residents of a coastal village. In Boxer Rebellion, a group of Chinese patriots use kung fu to protect their nation against invading forces at the turn of the twentieth century. Finally, in Four Riders, a Chinese veteran of the Korean War enlists three comrades to help him escape the South Korean Military Police Command after he is falsely accused of murdering an American soldier.