The Swordsman Of All Swordsmen (blu ray) Limited Edition slipcase version

The Swordsman of All Swordsmen (1968) PLUS The Mystery of Chess Boxing (1979)

A tale of honour and revenge by a celebrated master of wuxia cinema, Joseph Kuo!

Having witnessed the brutal slaying of his entire family as a small child, Tsai Ying-jie (Tien Peng, A Touch of Zen) spends several years wandering in search of those responsible. After years in training, he intends to use his expert swordsmanship to exact vengeance on Yun Chun-chung (Tsao Tsien, Dragon Inn) and his four accomplices, who murdered his father in order to obtain a legendary weapon known as the Spirit Chasing Sword. But after dispatching several rival swordsmen who incur his wrath, Tsai comes to contemplate the futile nature of revenge after Yun Chun-chung’s daughter, Flying Swallow (Polly Shang-Kuan Ling-Feng, Back Alley Princess), saves his life.

Followed by The Bravest Revenge and The Ghost Hill, The Swordsman of All Swordsmen is the first entry in Joseph Kuo’s Tsai Ying-jie trilogy and a landmark work in the wuxia genre. Eureka Classics is proud to present the film for the first time ever in the UK, on Blu-ray from a new 2K restoration, along with Kuo’s influential kung fu masterpiece The Mystery of Chess Boxing, available ONLY in this Limited-Edition set.

Special Features:

• Strictly limited to 2000 copies ONLY
• O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Grégory Sacré (Gokaiju)
• A set of facsimile lobby cards
• Double-sided poster featuring original release posters
• Bonus Disc featuring The Mystery of Chess Boxing
• PLUS: A collector’s booklet featuring new writing on both films by James Oliver

DISC ONE - THE SWORDSMAN OF SWORDSMEN – FEATURES

• 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a 2K digital restoration completed by the Taiwan Film Institute
• Original Mandarin audio
• Optional English Subtitles
• Brand new feature-length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng and film writer John Charles (The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977–1997)
• Archival interview with director Joseph Kuo

DISC TWO (BONUS DISC) - THE MYSTERY OF CHESS BOXING** – FEATURES

• Strictly limited to 2000 copies ONLY
• 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray, scanned from the only known surviving print of the film supplied by collector Dan Halsted (Head Programmer at the Hollywood Theatre, Oregon)
• Original Cantonese and “Classic” English dubbed audio options
• Brand new feature-length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng and martial artist / filmmaker Michael Worth
• Brand new feature-length audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• Sleeve artwork by Darren Wheeling