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• TWO TAOIST TALES (Eureka Classics) Special Edition Two-disc Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (23/09/2024) from £27.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release TWO TAOIST TALES (TAOISM DRUNKARD and THE YOUNG TAOISM FIGHTER), a couple of crazy kung-fu extravaganzas from the first family of Hong Kong martial arts, the Yuen Clan. Presented in their worldwide debuts on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restorations. Available from 23 September 2024 as part of the Eureka Classics range, the first print run of 2000 copies only will exclusively feature a limited edition O-card slipcase, and a collector's booklet. In the wake of Encounter of the Spooky Kind, the Hong Kong film industry launched headlong into a prolific genre cycle that drew upon Taoist folklore. Popular throughout the 1980s and into the next decade, these films combined elements of horror, fantasy, comedy, and martial arts as they pit their protagonists against hopping vampires, vengeful ghosts, and evil sorcerers. Here, Eureka Classics is proud to present two of the most mind-bending tales of Taoist magic ever committed to film: Taoism Drunkard and The Young Taoism Fighter! Directed by and starring Yuen Cheung-yan (The Miracle Fighters), Taoism Drunkard follows a man with a love for wine who accidentally damages a sacred statue. To atone for this blunder, he is asked by an enraged Taoist priest (Hsiao Hou-tao) to find a virginal boy (Yuen Yat-chor) to aid in defending his temple from a demonic sorcerer (Yuen Shun-yi). Then, in The Young Taoism Fighter (directed by Police Story's Chen Chi-hwa), a practitioner of Taoist kung fu (Yuen Yat-chor) manages to separate his soul from his body before teaming up with a vengeful young woman (Hilda Liu Hao-yi) to take on a sinister sorcerer (Kwan Chung) and the evil leader of a rival kung fu school (Yen Shi-kwan). Filled with imagery both fantastical and thrilling - not least Taoism Drunkard's banana monster - and featuring some of the most jaw-droppingly inventive fight sequences in the history of martial arts cinema, Taoism Drunkard and The Young Taoism Fighter are cult classics from the celebrated Yuen Clan that need to be seen to be believed. Both films are presented on Blu-ray for the first time ever from brand new 2K restorations.Limited edition O-card slipcase (First print run of 2000 copies only) featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling | Both films presented in 1080p HD from brand new 2K restorations | Original Cantonese audio and optional English dub tracks (original mono presentations) | Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release | Brand new audio commentaries on both films by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) | Brand new audio commentaries on both films by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema | Brand new interview with director and actor Yuen Cheung-yan | Brand new interview with critic Andrew Heskins (easternKicks) | Trailers | PLUS: A limited edition collector's booklet (First print run of 2000 copies only) featuring new writing on the film by Southeast Asian horror expert Dr. Katarzyna Ancuta, and Spooky Encounters author Daniel O'Brien | * All extras subject to change

• Magnificent Warriors | DVD | (21/05/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Michelle Yeoh stars in this rousing action adventure in the tradition of ""Raiders Of The Lost Ark."" Michelle is a daredevil airplane pilot/spy who fights against the occupying Japanese forces in World War II China. Her latest toughest mission: To rescue the ruler of the city of Kaal from the hands of a ruthless Japanese general (Matsui Tetsuya) and his advancing army. Filled with extraordinary fights and Michelle's trademark stunts (including her use of a bullwhip in the style of Ind

• Eternal Summer | DVD | (24/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Eternal Summer tells the story of Jonathan (Bryant Chang) a young man who finds himself in an enviable romantic predicament. On one hand he has pretty Hong Kong university classmate Carrie (Kate Yeung) after him. The two share an idyllic day away from academic study and spend a day in the big city after which they check into a love hotel. Jonathan calls it off when Carrie tries to get intimate with him. It turns out that he's in love with someone else namely his childhood friend Shane (Joseph Chang) a roguish and handsome troublemaker who excels at basketball and seems to be headed nowhere in particular after high school. Eventually their fragile triangle of mutual affection and painful attraction is tested to the limit of their friendship when it becomes clear to Carrie that Shane has also harboured the same desire and love for Jonathan all along.