The Cinema of King Hu: Volume One (1965 - 1973) - DVD

Chinese cinema would not be the same without the enormous impact of writer and director King Hu. Hu propelled wuxia films into mainstream consciousness by combining his passion for traditional Peking opera and Japanese samurai cinema, ushering in a new era of action filmmaking throughout the 60s and 70s and revolutionising the landscape of genre film for decades to come.

In this 6-disc DVD collection, go on a journey of fantasy, folklore, and supernatural spectacle with six Hong Kong and Taiwanese classics:

• Sons of Good Earth (1965)


• Come Drink With Me (1966)


• Dragon Inn (1967)


• Four Moods (1970)


• A Touch Of Zen (1971)


• The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
  
  

Special Features:

COME DRINK WITH ME 

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  Talk Story with Cheng Pei-pei – 2016 Q&A moderated by George Chun Han Wang at University of Hawaii at Mānoa 


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  Come Speak With Me – interview with actress Cheng Pei-Pei


• The King and I: Director Tsui Hark Remembers King Hu


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  Return of the Drunken Master – interview with actor Yueh Hua 


• Trailer

DRAGON INN 

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  Hostel Forces – video essay by critic David Cairns


• TV news clip of 1967 Taipei premiere 

THE FATE OF LEE KHAN 

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  Unmute Heroine – interview with actress Helen Ma by Frederic Ambroisine


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  The Name of the Game is Go – video essay by film critic David Cairns and film historian Anne Billson