Shaw Brothres Basher Box + Four Films Chang Cheh + Lau Kar-Leung Reg B Blu-ray

Shaw Brothres Basher Box + Four Films Chang Cheh + Lau Kar-Leung Reg B Blu-ray

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Shaw Brothers Presents - The Basher Box Blu-Ray Triple bill of Shaw Brothers' martial arts action features. Chung Chang-wha directs 'King Boxer' (1972) in which martial arts student Chau Chih-Hao (Lo Lieh) has fallen in love with his master's daughter, Sung Ying Ying (Wang Ping). Her father sends Chih-Hao to train with a superior master so that he can learn the skills necessary to defeat a tyrant in an upcoming tournament, after which he will be granted permission to marry Ying Ying.

In 'The Boxer from Shantung' (1972), directed by Chang Cheh, Ma Yong Zhen (Chen Kuan-Tai) rises through the ranks of the Shanghai underworld. When crime boss Tan Si (David Chiang) is murdered, Ma Yong Zhen vows to exact revenge and arranges to meet with his killer, Boss Yang (Chiang Nan). However, Yang does not come alone...

Finally, Chang Cheh directs 'Chinatown Kid' (1977) in which street fighter Tan Tung (Alexander Fu Sheng) escapes Hong Kong and travels to San Francisco after getting into trouble with the mafia. After fighting his way to the top of the White Dragon gang and igniting a gang war for the control of Chinatown, he must decide if he will continue to use his skills for good or evil.

Shaw Brothers Presents - The Basher Box Blu-Ray Collection of four Shaw Brothers' martial arts action features directed by Chang Cheh. In 'Five Shaolin Masters' (1974), after Qing soldiers destroy the Shaolin temple, five survivors escape and swear vengeance. As they train hard to improve their skills before they must face their enemy again, they also seek to identify the traitor who betrayed them to the Qing forces.

The prequel, 'Shaolin Temple' (1976), sees new students undergoing training in Shaolin methods while elsewhere, the Qing scheme to destroy them. As a traitor inside the temple begins working with the Qing, thousands of Qing forces arrive to massacre those inside the temple. In 'The Five Venoms' (1978), Yang Tieh (Chiang Sheng) is sent on a mission by his dying master to locate five of his former students and ascertain whether they are using their skills for good or evil.

The Centipede (Lu Feng), The Snake (Wai Pak), The Scorpion (Sun Chien), The Lizard (Philip Kwok) and The Toad (Lo Mang) are each an expert in their own lethal combat style and Yang Tieh must decide who can be trusted to restore the reputation of their clan and who has betrayed its teachings. Finally, 'Crippled Avengers' (1978) sees Hu Ah-kue (Sun Chien), Chen Shuen (Philip Kwok), Wang Yi (Chiang Sheng) and Wei Jia-jie (Lo Mang) travel in search of Master Li Jing Ying (Ching Miao), hoping that he can train them so that they will be able to defeat the cruel and tyrannical Black Tiger Dao Tian-du (Chen Kuan-Tai) and his son Dao Chang (Lu Feng).

Shaw Brothers Presents - Four Films By Lau Kar-Leung Blu-Ray Collection of four Shaw Brothers' martial arts action thrillers directed by Lau Kar-Leung. 'Challenge of the Masters' (1976) explores the conflict between two rival schools. Wong Fei Hung (Gordon Liu) desperately wants kung fu lessons so that he can avenge his school's humiliation at the hands of its ruthless rival.

When his father refuses, Master Lu (Chen Kuan-Tai) agrees to train the young man and soon, he is ready to take on his enemies. In 'Executioners from Shaolin' (1977), Pai Mei (Lo Lieh) launches a devastating attack on the Shaolin temple. Hung Hsi Kwan (Kuan-Tai) leads the few survivors to safety and vows to one day have his revenge, working to become a master of the Tiger style of kung fu.

He falls in love with Wing Chun (Lily Li), who has mastered the Crane style. When they have a son, they both train him in their respective styles, until it is time for Hung Hsi Kwan to face Pai Mei again... In 'Heroes of the East' (1978) Ho Tao (Liu) marries a Japanese woman, Yumiko Koda (Yuka Mizuno), but when they argue about which country has the superior martial arts styles, she returns to Japan.

Ho Tao's efforts to reconcile with her backfire when he inadvertantly offends her sensei Takeno (Kurata Yasuaki), who brings a host of Japanese martial arts masters to China to face him one by one. Finally, in 'Dirty Ho' (1979), Master Wang (Liu), who is actually the eleventh son of the Emperor, is travelling incognito to his father's palace for the naming of the Emperor's successor when he crosses paths with jewel thief Dirty Ho (Wong Yue). He protects Ho from the police and begins to train him as his disciple and bodyguard.

As they journey to the capital together, they face multiple assassination attempts and must uncover who wants the prince dead.

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