{"product_id":"aba-blu-basher001-08985","title":"Basher Box, The (The Prodigal Boxer \u0026 The Awaken Punch) (BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003ch3 itemprop=\"description\"\u003eBasher... the brawling style of action that paved the way for both Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan!\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a 1973 film that bares many similarities to Bruce Lee's debut film The Big Boss, The Awaken Punch's Henry Yu Yang plays an altruistic fighter who begins to build a name for himself as he violently cleans up a town from within its more seedier elements. But when he must abide by a promise to his dying father to give up his fighting ways, he will be faced with a new challenge in the arrival of the knife-throwing master Tien Feng (Fist of Fury) and his gang. With action from the legendary Yuen Woo-Ping (Matrix, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and a cameo from a young Jackie Chan and others, this basher is the epitome of the Punch and Block violence that began a long trend within Martial Arts cinema. USA aka title: Fury of the Black Belt. \u003c\/span\u003eThe Prodigal Boxer (1972) is an early take on the legend of martial artist Fong Sai-Yuk (later to be portrayed by the likes of Jet Li and Alexander Fu-Sheng), here played by Mang Fei. Once Fong Inadvertently kills a student of the rival school run by Iron Hand Tan (Kurata Yasuaki), this action leads to a series of near death confrontations between the men concluding in a tournament battle of the ages. Choreographed by Shaw Brothers' Lau Kar-Wing (the brother of the great Gordon Liu and Lau Kar-Leung) this film represents the brawling style of the time as well as the genesis of the more stylistic \"Shapes\" trend of martial arts action that would soon follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBonus Materials\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio Commentary on The Prodigal Boxer with actor\/director Michael Worth and Clones Cast\/Cinema Bushido host Matthew Whittaker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreative Chaos: The Basher Genre: an interview with Michael Worth and Action Choreographer John Kreng\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal Theatrical Trailers to both films\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssays on the Basher genre within Kung Fu Cinema History\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MVD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41280879755464,"sku":"VCI9073","price":37.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/products\/basherbox.jpg?v=1637975822","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/aba-blu-basher001-08985","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}