Swordsman of All Swordsmen, The (Limited Edition Region B BLU-RAY)
UK Import. Blu-Ray is Region B locked. Will only play on an All Region Blu-Ray player.
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 violent revenge 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 that stand in the way of his righteous vengeance, 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 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.
*Please note that due to the only surviving materials available being a release print, The Mystery of Chess Boxing is presented with burnt-in-subtitles. To the best of our knowledge these are the best surviving materials.*
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE - THE SWORDSMAN OF ALL SWORDSMEN
- 2K RESTORATION COMPLETED BY THE TAIWAN FILM INSTITUTE
- 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
- Original Mandarin audio
- Optional English Subtitles
- High-definition transfer from the only known surviving print of the film supplied by collector Dan Halsted (Head Programmer at the Hollywood Theatre, Oregon)
- NEW feature length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng and martial artist / filmmaker Michael Worth
- NEW feature length audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
- Original Cantonese and "Classic" English dubbed audio options
- Limited edition reversible artwork by Darren Wheeling