Cast: Lam Chung, Lilly Ho Li Li, Loh Lieh, Jeanette Lin Tsui, and Fanny Fan Lai
Region: B
Label: Eureka
A Eureka Entertainment blu-ray two-disc boxset of super spy films from the Shaw Brothers Studio.
Following the success of DR. NO, Bondsploitation productions swept the globe. Here are three such movies in this special-edition set: The Golden Buddha, Angel with the Iron Fistsand The Singing Thief.
Directed by studio regulars Lo Wei (The Big Boss) and Chang Cheh (The One-Armed Swordsman), The Golden Buddha, Angel with the Iron Fists and The Singing Thief filter a craze for films centred on super-spies and master criminals through the inimitable style of the Shaw Brothers Studio. All three films are presented on Blu-ray for the first time from HD masters supplied by Celestial Pictures.
Limited edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling
1080p HD presentations on Blu-ray from masters supplied by Celestial Pictures
Original mono audio tracks
Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release
New audio commentaries by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
International Super Spies – A new interview with James Bond expert Llewella Chapman on global Bondmania in the 1960s
A new interview with Hong Kong cinema scholar Wayne Wong, editor of Martial Arts Studies | Reversible sleeve featuring individual sleeve artwork for each film
Original trailers
PLUS: A limited edition collector's booklet featuring new writing on all three films by Iain Robert Smith, author of The Hollywood Meme: Transnational Adaptations in World Cinema
