Credits from accompanying book.

Originally released between 1972 and 1979.

Wide screen (2.35:1).

Accompanying book: An explanatory note on names & languages; "A brief history of the Shaw Brothers Studio" by David Desser; Cast & crew with film notes by Simon Abrams; "The stars of Shawscope: Volume one" by Terrence J. Brady; "Lip flaps & high kicks" by James Flower; About the restorations.

In Mandarin or English with optional English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) on English dubbed versions. Cantonese version available for 'Challenge of the masters,' 'The Five Venoms,' 'Heroes of the East,' 'Dirty Ho.' 'Chinatown kid' available in Cantonese or English (International version) and Mandarin (Alternate version).

After an undisputed reign at the peak of Hong Kong's film industry in the 1960s, Shaw Brothers (the studio founded by real-life brothers Run Run and Runme Shaw) found their dominance challenged by up-and-coming rivals in the early 1970s. They swiftly responded by producing hundreds of the most iconic action films ever made, revolutionizing the genre through the backbreaking work of top-shelf talent on both sides of the camera as well as unbeatable widescreen production value, much of it shot at 'Movietown', their huge, privately-owned studio on the outskirts of Hong Kong. This inaugural collection by Arrow Video presents twelve jewels from the Shaw crown, all released within the 1970s. From kickass kung fu killers to crazy kaiju knockoffs to culture clash comedies, this carefully curated selection of Shaw Brothers classics merely represents the tip of the iceberg of the studio's rich output.

King boxer: Two martial arts schools prepare for an important tournament.

The boxer from Shantung: Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.

Five Shaolin masters: Five students escape from the destruction of their beloved Shaolin Temple. Now each must take revenge and train in their own separate fighting styles.

Shaolin temple: The Shaolin Temple is the last place to resist defeat by the Manchu Dynasty, mostly because of their unique fighting style. As the Abbot becomes older, he realizes that the Manchus are determined to destroy the temple and eradicate the Shaolin fighting techniques. To this end, he decides that it is time at last to admit worthy men into the temple as students, to learn the way of Shaolin.

The Mighty Peking Man: A giant Himalayan beast tries to save a beautiful woman from a sleazy show-biz promoter.

Challenge of the masters: After his father refuses to teach him kung fu and he is constantly being beaten by rival school students, a young Wong Fei Hung must train under Luk Ah Choy to avenge the evils being done by the rival school.

Executioners from Shaolin: A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, but the boy's father is killed by the evil eunuch Bai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom trains him in crane style while he secretly learns tiger style from his father's training manual.

Chinatown kid: After getting in trouble with local gangs, a young man flees to San Francisco, where the same gangs are still causing problems. He becomes a part of one gang, and eventually decides to play them against each other in order to clean up the town.

The Five Venoms: The final student of a dying martial arts master is instructed to locate the previous five students and defeat any evil ones among them.

Crippled avengers: Three men, crippled by an evil warlord, become friends and learn kung fu with the help of an old teacher and his brain-damaged pupil.

Heroes of the East: A Chinese man marries a Japanese woman through an arranged marriage and manages to insult all of her Japanese martial arts family by issuing a challenge to her that is misinterpreted by the others. He must then prove how good Chinese Kung Fu really is through a series of duels with the seven Japanese martial artists who come to meet the challenge.

Dirty Ho: A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.

Shaw scope. Volume 1.

Tianxia diyi quan (Motion picture)

Ma yongzhen (Motion picture)

Shaolin wu zu (Motion picture)

Shaolin si (Motion picture)

Xingxing wang (Motion picture)

Lu Acai yu Huang Feihong (Motion picture)

Hong Xiguan (Motion picture)

Tangrenjie gongfu xiaozi (Motion picture)

Wu du (Motion picture)

Canque (Motion picture)

Zhonghua zhangfu (Motion picture)

Lantou He (Motion picture)

King boxer.

Five fingers of death.

Invincible boxer.

Boxer from Shantung.

Killer from Shantung.

Five Shaolin masters.

Five masters of death.

Shaolin temple.

Death chamber.

Mighty Peking Man.

Goliathon.

Challenge of the masters.

Executioners from Shaolin.

Executioners of death.

Chinatown kid.

Five Venoms.

Five Deadly Venoms.

Crippled avengers.

Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms.

Heroes of the East.

Challenge of the ninja.

Shaolin challenges ninja.

Dirty Ho.

Disc 1. King boxer (also known as Five fingers of death, and, The invincible boxer) / [produced by Run Run Shaw] ; written by Chiang Yang ; directed by Chang Chang-wha (cast: Lo Lieh, Wang Ping, Wang Chin-feng, Nan Kung-hsun, Tien Feng, Chao Hsiung, Tung Lin, Chen Feng-chen, Ku Wen-tsung, Fang Mien, Chan Shen, Chin Chi-chu, Yu Lung, Yang Shih, Hung Hsing-chung) (1972, 106 min.). Special features: commentary by David Desser; Tony Rayns on 'King boxer'; interview with Chung Chang-wha (2003-2004); interview with Wang Ping (2007); interview with Cho Young-jung (2005); "Cinema Hong Kong: Kung fu," the first in a three-part documentary (2003); US opening credits; trailer gallery; image gallery.

Disc 2. The boxer from Shantung (also known as The killer from Shantung) / produced by Runme Shaw ; written by Ni Kuang, Chang Cheh ; directed by Chang Cheh, Pao Hsueh-li (cast: Chen Kuan-tai, Ching Li, Tien Ching, Ku Feng, Chiang Nan, Feng I, Milano, Cheng Kang-yeh, Chen Hao, Liang Shang-yun, Tang Yen-tsan, David Chiang, Wang Chung, Wang Kuang-yu) (1972, 134 min.). Special features: interview with Chen Kuan-tai (2007); interview with David Chiang (2003); interview with John Woo (2004); Double masters with Ku Feng and Chen Kuan-tai (2007); alternate opening credits; trailer gallery; image gallery.

Disc 3. Five Shaolin masters (also known as 5 masters of death) / written by Ni Kuang ; directed & produced by Chang Cheh (cast: David Chiang, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan-chun, Meng Fei, Feng Ko-an, Liang Chia-jen, Kong Do, Tsai Hung, Wang Lung-wei) (1974, 109 min.)

Shaolin temple (also known as Death chamber) / produced by Runme Shaw ; written by Ni Kuang, Chang Cheh ; directed by Chang Cheh (cast: David Chiang, Ti Lung, Yueh Hua, Wang Chung, Liu Yung, Wang Lung-wei, Alexander Fu Sheng, Frankie Wei Hung, Philip Kwok, Shan Mao, Shih Szu, Ku Feng, Li Yi-min, Tang Yen-tsan, Chi Kuan-chi, Kang Kai, Tsai Hung, Ku Wen-tsung) (1976, 120 min.). Special features: Tony Rayns on Chang Cheh; interview with Kong Do (2003); Elegant trails (2003); alternate standard-definition version of 'Shaolin temple'; alternate US opening credits of 'Five Shaolin masters'; trailer gallery; image gallery.

Disc 4. Mighty Peking Man (also known as Goliathon) / produced by Runme Shaw, Vee King Shaw ; written by Ni Kuang ; directed by Ho Meng-hua (cast: Danny Lee, Evelyne Kraft, Hsiao Yao, Ku Feng, Lin Wei-tu, Norman Chu, Wu Hang-sheng, Chen Ping, Ted Thomas, Steve Nicholson) (1977, 90 min.). Special features: commentary by Travis Crawford; interview with Keizo Murase (2021); interview with Ho Meng-hua (2003); interview with Ku Feng (2004); behind the scenes Super 8 footage; unrestored standard-definition version; alternate US credits; trailer galllery; image gallery.

Disc 5. Challenge of the masters / produced by Run Run Shaw ; written by Ni Kuang ; directed by Lau Kar-leung (cast: Chen Kuan-tai, Gordon Liu, Wong Yue, Lily Li, Kong Do, Chiang Yang, Lau Kar-wing, Cheng Kang-yeh, Feng Ko-an, Lau Kar-leung, Shih Chung-tien) (1976, 97 min.)

Executioners from Shaolin (also known as Executioners of death) / produced by Runme Shaw ; written by Ni Kuang ; directed by Lau Kar-leung (cast: Chen Kuan-tai, Lo Lieh, Wong Yue, Lily Li, Cheng Kang-yeh, Gordon Liu, Tien Ching, Kong Do, Shen Lao, Lao Hai-shen) (1977, 100 min.). Special features: Tony Rayns on Lau Kar-leung; interview with Gordon Liu (2002); interview with Chen Kuan-tai (2007); textless opening credits for 'Challenge of the masters'; alternate English credits for 'Executioners from Shaolin'; trailer gallery; image gallery.

Disc 6. Chinatown kid / produced by Mona Fong, Run Run Shaw ; written by Ni Kuang, James Wong, Chang Cheh ; directed by Chang Cheh (cast: Alexander Fu Sheng, Sun Chien, Philip Kwok, Lo Meng, Tsai Hung, Wang Lung-wei, Jenny Tseng, Shirley Yu, Susan Shaw) (1977, 115 min. (International version)/90 min. (Alternate version)). Special features: commentary by Terrence J. Brady; interview with Susan Shaw (2021); Elegant trails: Fu Sheng (2005); trailer gallery; image gallery.

Disc 7. The Five Venoms (also known as Five Deadly Venoms) / produced by Mona Fong, Runme Shaw ; written by Ni Kuang, Chang Cheh ; directed by Chang Cheh (cast: Chiang Sheng, Sun Chien, Philip Kwok, Lo Meng, Wei Pai, Lu Feng, Wang Lung-wei, Ku Feng, Tu Lung, Sun Shu-pei, Liu Huang-shih, Lin Hui-huang, Wang Ching-ho, Shen Lao, Wang Han-chen) (1978, 102 min.)

Crippled avengers (also known as Mortal combat and Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms) / produced by Mona Fong, Runme Shaw ; written by Ni Kuang, Chang Cheh ; director, Chang Cheh (cast: Chen Kuan-tai, Lu Feng, Philip Kwok, Lo Meng, Sun Chien, Chiang Sheng, Wang Lung-wei, Yang Huan, Ching Miao, Pan Ping-chang, To Lung) (1978, 107 min.). Special features: commentary on 'The Five Venoms' by Simon Abrams; interview with Lo Meng (2003); Chang Cheh: the master (2003); trailer gallery; image gallery.

Disc 8. Heroes of the East (also known as Challenge of the ninja and Shaolin challenges ninja) / produced by Mona Fong, Run Run Shaw ; screenplay by Ni Kuang ; directed by Lau Kar-leung (cast: Gordon Liu, Yasuaki Kurata, Yuka Mizuno, Hitoshi Ōmae, Takeshi Yamamoto [Riki Harada], Nobuo Yana, Yujiro Sumi, Manabu Shirai [Hayato Ryuzaki], Yasutaka Nakazaki, Naozo Kato, Lau Kar-leung) (1978, 105 min.)

Dirty Ho / produced by Mona Fong, Run Run Shaw ; written by Ni Kuang ; directed by Lau Kar-leung (cast: Wong Yue, Gordon Liu, Lo Lieh, Tang Wei-cheng, Ching Chu, Wang Lung-wei, Kara Hui, Hsiao Hou, Pan Ping-chang, Chen Szu-chia, Yu Tsui-ling, Marina Liao) (1979, 103 min.). Special features: commentary by Jonathan Clements on 'Heroes of the East'; Tony Rayns on 'Heroes of the east' and 'Dirty Ho'; interview with Yasuaki Kurata (2003); alternate opening credits for 'Heroes of the East'; trailer gallery; image gallery.

Disc 9 (CD). Music from Shaolin temple, Mighty Peking Man, and Chinatown kid. Victorian mystery C / Paul Lewis

Red mud / Danielle Thomas

Forces d'integration (Forces of integration) / Edward Michael

Pays de legende (Land of legend) / Edward Michael

Suppression / Jack Trombey

Revolt / Eric Towren

The jam / Frank McDonald & Chris Rae

Wheeling & dealing / Frank McDonald & Chris Rae

Always / Roger Webb

Smokin' Joe / Simon Park

Atlantis / Simon Park

Ooze / Simon Park

Cold funk / Steve Gray

Early rise / Keith Papworth

Wheel man / Keith Papworth

Hit link I / Keith Papworth

Hit link V / Keith Papworth

Race with time / Keith Papworth

Fun seeker / Keith Papworth

Hard hitter / Keith Papworth

No way / Keith Papworth.

Disc. 10 (CD). Music from The five venoms, Crippled avengers, and Dirty Ho. Complaint / Cham Staker (Pierre Arvay)

La planete noire / Pierre Arvay

Rosee d'espace 2 / Pierre Arvay

Wide horizons / Pierre Arvay

Ice floe 9 / Pierre Arvay

Snowbirds / Pierre Arvay

Black mist / Oliver Natal

Drama sting no. 3 / Peter Knight

Nightwalker / Paul Lewis

Guilty secret / Paul Lewis

Climax / Paul Lewis

Stab in the dark / Paul Lewis

Stairway to beyond / Paul Lewis

Moments of tension / Paul Lewis

Spinecharge / Paul Lewis

The long wait / Jack Trombey

Industrial project / Jack Trombey

Le Styx / Eric Towren

Space stinger no. 5 / Johnny Hawksworth

Jungle song / Pierre Arvay

Gun runner / Reg Tilsley

Underworld 1 / Reg Tilsley

Counterspy (main theme) / Reg Tilsley

Tension trip / Reg Tilsley

Crime club / Reg Tilsley

Violent payoff / Reg Tilsley

Violence link 1 / Reg Tilsley

Troubled mind / Don Harper

Fast moving stranger / Don Harper.

FCD2076 Arrow Video

AV390 Arrow Video

Martial arts > Drama.

Blu-ray discs.

Motion picture music.

Drama.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Martial arts films.

Martial arts films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Motion picture music.

Films d'arts martiaux.

Films de fiction.

Musique de film.

Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Limited, production company.

Arrow Video (Firm), film distributor.