10 Essential Shaw Brothers Films for Shawtember 2020 | Classic Old School Kung Fu Movies

[@EastAsianCinemaHistory]

This is a perfect introduction to Shaw. It covers so many of their different approaches. Black Magic is a great appetiser for SB’s horror output too. Your number one gets massively overlooked as well, especially considering how innovative it was.

[@hkcinemasociety]

Wow! This is is high praise! Thanks!

[@Timelord007]

Great picks Will, Legendary Weapons is batshit insane that final fight jaw dropping, Gordon Liu is amazing in Eight Diagram Pole Fighter what cracks me up is the ending when the monk says "were driving away wolves" it just always cracks me up. Kingboxer i only recently watched on Shawscope Vol 1 & i loved it, i hope future Shawscope releases include One Armed Swordsman films & Brave Archer its such a shame Alexander Fu Shang passed away he was able to combine martial arts, humour & drama so effortlessly. I also just watched Mighty Peking Man on Shawscope Vol 1, i thought i mixed up my bipolar meds it was mental in a good way 😂😂😂

[@80snerdgasm15]

Damn 80s Shaw movies could be a whole other avenue of content for us to explore

[@hkcinemasociety]

We could some co-reviews if you want! Or reactions or whatever.

[@perryfan49]

@@hkcinemasociety yes please!

[@charleyfame9443]

Or, like me, you could own all 200 and something films from their Martial arts catalogue. The rest of their catalogue from around 700 of their non kung fu movies, consisted of dramas, comedies, crime etc. Happy hunting.

[@CoinOpTV]

Excellent list of some 'overall' SB flicks... as a longtime fan of their movies I def prefer the Chang Cheh ones most of all. If you do a follow up video be sure to add Chinese Super Ninjas, Clan of White Lotus and Heroes of the East plus wait did you actually not include 36th Chambers? ahh as you can see I like the Gordon stuff!

[@hkcinemasociety]

I almost put Five Elements Ninjas on here, but it's so violent I decided to leave it off in favor of stuff that might be more palatable to general audiences. I think that's a super fun movie but it's so ludicrous I would imagine it's hard to take for a lot of people. Heroes of the East is one of the first Shaw films I saw, I love that movie, and it was on my list of about 30 that I whittled down to make this list. I also almost put Executioners from Shaolin, which honestly I prefer to Clan of the White Lotus. I picked 8 Diagram Pole Fighter over 36th Chamber.

[@kali8085]

My top 10 essential Shaw Bros: 1. Master Killer (36 chambers of Shaolin) 2. Brave Archer (based off a popular comic book story) 3. 5 Deadly Venoms (essential) 4. Cripple Avengers (Venoms Part 2) 5. King Boxer (Five Fingers of Death) 6. Kid with the Golden Arm (great fighting) 7. One Arm Swordsman (classic Kung fu from the 60’s) 8. Executioners from Shaolin (story of Hung Si Kuan, and wife Wing Chun create the Tiger/Crane system to defeat Pai Mai) 9. Fist of the White Lotus (great comedy flick) 10. Hero’s Two (the story of Hung-Si-Kuan, maybe a more historically accurate version)

[@samuraininjarockstar9355]

My favourite Shaw bros … 1/ five element ninja 2/ kid with golden arm 3/ five deadly venoms 4/ Crippled avengers 5/ five fingers of death 6/ boxers omen 7/ seeding of a ghost 8/ 36 chambers of shaolin 9/ opium and the kung fu master 10/ heroes of the east Also these are boss 8 diagram pole fighter Legendary weapons of kung fu Shaolin temple Boxer from shantung Masked avengers New one armed swordsman

[@Partoftheratpack]

Ok so I never really dived into Shaw Brothers films, massively into Golden Harvest, Korean cinema, Japanese cinema and Shaw Brothers films I kinda glosssed over but I loved the Gordon Lui stuff... now 88 and arrow are releasing them in upscale format I’m addicted to the releases and hand just bought Shawscope volume 1. Cannot wait for Vol 2 and I’m picking up other releases. Fantastic channel

[@hkcinemasociety]

I got into Shaw a lot later than Golden Harvest, Jackie, Chow Yun Fat, John Woo, all that stuff, so I'm right there with you. It's been so great seeing all these new releases of these classic Shaw films. I'm hoping to get my hands on that Arrow set soon, and I'll definitely be picking up Legendary Weapons of China from 88. I'll have to be judicious about what else I get because I'm gonna run out of money eventually!

[@nichols4520]

Cool vid Dude! The response on Facebook has been great. A Lot of comments on the share video. A Lot of take of peoples favorites and what they want to see in the future. Keep up the great work Dude! Hopefully you'll start seeing more people viewing these vids!

[@hkcinemasociety]

That's exciting to hear! Thanks for sharing. There's SO MANY Shaw Brothers films I was honestly a little wary of making this video, it feels like 10 isn't enough, but as long as everyone understands it's all in good fun.

[@perryfan49]

Funny you mentioned Jackie Chan while talking about Come Drink With Me because he was 12 years old in that movie! I just recently got the Dragon Dynasty release of that.

[@hkcinemasociety]

Oh man! I honestly don't know whether or not I knew that! A lot of people have told me about the different movies Jackie Chan was in as a kid and I honestly cannot remember whether or not I knew that about Come Drink with Me, but it's great info! Thanks for sharing.

[@errolthomas9426]

Come Drink With Me is now available on Blu-ray courtesy of 88 Films

[@hkcinemasociety]

@@errolthomas9426 Yeah did I not mention that in this video? I have that release, it should be visible in the video somewhere. I haven't reviewed it yet but it's on my list. Very excited about it. I mentioned it pretty recently in a video, for some reason I thought it was this one.

[@errolthomas9426]

@@hkcinemasociety You're gonna like watching Come Drink With Me. It's a very cool SB flick.

[@hkcinemasociety]

@@errolthomas9426 I've seen it a handful of times before but never in HD so I'm excited for the release.

[@alternatingbitmusic]

I appreciate your list! I ordered a couple of titles based on it in fact, and today I just watched Death Duel (horrid title tbh, but perhaps it sounds better in Chinese), and I absolutely LOVED it. I loved the set design / artistic style and I prefer these movies with more story & character development over weapons & over-the-top action. I had already seen 5 Deadly Venoms (as a kid), yet One-armed Swordsman was my reintroduction to these films rather recently, and I loved that story and look as well. Looks like I'll need to check out more of those films you mentioned by Chor Yuen. Thanks again, as I can tell which films from your list wouldn't be for me, and which ones will be!

[@hkcinemasociety]

I'm glad you like that movie so much! I love that one. Chor Yuen has a very distinct visual and narrative style so you will find similar stuff in most of his films. Since you enjoyed that one so much I would recommend stuff like Black Lizard, the Sentimental Swordsman, Bat Without Wings, Clan of the Amazons etc.

[@straightohell]

Only seen a handful of these. Great list, thanks for the recommendations.

[@hkcinemasociety]

Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoy the films if you check them out.

[@hypersport7]

Nice list. A couple of my all time favorites was Heroes Two and Instructors of Death.

[@rallogump]

Great list! I'm here fresh off the hype of pre ordering the volume 1 box set....which I am soooo excited for. I already own some of the movies, but I love getting a blu ray upgrade for the ones I own. Can't wait for December! But I loved seeing Avenging Eagle at your top spot. I was late to that movie, first seeing it streaming on Prime a couple years ago. As soon as it was over, I was on Amazon ordering myself a physical copy of the movie. I absolutely love that flick!

[@hkcinemasociety]

Avenging Eagle is so amazing! Love finding other people who love that movie as much as I do. It's just so damn good. I'm also so hyped for that Arrow box. I've heard some rumors about the second one, coming out in 2022, that are pretty amazing. Thanks for watching!

[@blackfacebogart]

Definitely Avenging Eagle! Sun Chung is a great director. Deadly Breaking Sword is a good one of his as well. Well, and Fistful of Talons, but that's not Shaw Brothers. Chang Cheh's The Assassin is one of my favorite of his films. That and Boxer Rebellion. The Water Margin films are dope too. How can you neglect to mention Five Element Ninjas?!

[@hkcinemasociety]

Five Elements Ninjas was definitely on my short list. I came very, very close to putting it but it's so violent, and I was attempting to do a list for more general consumption, thought that movie might turn people off with the dismembering and stuff. Personally, though, I love it. It's so over the top. If I do a second list like this, will definitely include that one. Nearly included Masked Avengers as well. Deadly Breaking Sword is a great movie. I don't think I've seen Fistful of Talons, and I don't remember whether I've seen The Assassin. I tend to watch Shaw movies in bursts or 10 - 20 over a few weeks, and I sometimes get them confused and forget which ones I've seen. The Water Margin is a great movie.

[@MichaelWiggan-o9y]

King Boxer aka 5 Fingers of Death (1972) was the #1 film at the boxer office in the USA when it came out (Memories of watching a news story as kid on Tv about the success of the film) My Favourite SB movie is The Invincible Fist (1969) staring Lo Lieh .. real good & the performance by Ching Li playing the villian blind daughter is Oscar worthy + the debut of a young David Chiang!!

[@carl3035]

Great video and list man, got a couple of them in the 88films Asia collection, but not got to them yet. My watch pile is horrendously large and growing each day. After this I think I'll jump "come drink with me" to the top of the watch list.

[@hkcinemasociety]

There are some people who don't like Come Drink with Me because it's not a nonstop, bone breaking, bloodletting extravaganza, more of a plot and character driven film with a lot of martial arts in it, but I love that movie. It's so much fun, and when you watch it after having seen other Shaw films, you really see how influential it is. It's great. Dragon Inn, by the same filmmaker, is probably even better, but I thought Come Drink with Me would be better to include because it came first. I know what you me about the watch pile! Mine is 100+ things long now. No rest for the cinephiles of the world! Thanks, as always, for watching and commenting.

[@carl3035]

@@hkcinemasociety and just as a side note, I personally love it when you go off on tangents as I get some interesting insights or links or info relating to the subject material it's great. 👍👊

[@hkcinemasociety]

@@carl3035 I'm glad someone is getting something out of it! I sometimes actually have to decide with my friend who edits these videos whether or not I want to cut stuff like that out, but the thing is, I usually ramble for so long anyway that the videos are long enough that there's no point in cutting out like a little one or two minute tangent. 😂

[@Solodolo84]

Yo, quick question. Im trying to find a film. I dont remember the full plot, i have vague memories of it. It starts off with a drifter who is a vampire or demon, and he goes to brothels and steals life energy from the women. When he turns, theres like a group of smaller demons who jump around the room. He has to feed them in order to keep going. See what you can find for me. I know ive seen it on youtube before, just dont remember where.

[@jamesscales9397]

What's your opinion of Heroes of the East?

[@hkcinemasociety]

I really like that movie. It was one of the first Shaw Bros movies I saw, so it has a special place for me. It was on my list of about 30 films or so that I whittled down to these 10. I love the diversity of styles and all the different fight scenes.

[@perryfan49]

I just watched Casino Tycoon 1&2 as was as On the Wrong Track (which I loved) in the last 3 days after work! All staring Andy Lau (Tak Wah) all Shaw studio films which I did not know until I watched them!

[@hkcinemasociety]

I think I saw Casinos Tycoon is on Netflix in the US now. I've actually never seen that movie and I keep meaning to watch it. Did you enjoy them?

[@perryfan49]

I did enjoy them! Casino Tycoon films were a little comedy but a little serious as well. On the Wrong Track was a great performance by Andy Lau! It was shot well and I loved the music to that film! Let me know when you get time to watch that. I’d love to know your experience and thoughts!

[@ragnarbluechip8795]

Brother, do you happen to know if the 88films Shaolin Mantis edition has the mandarin track on it? Note: not cantonese

[@hkcinemasociety]

From the listing for Shaolin Mantis on the 88 Films website: "2.0 LPCM Mandarin Soundtrack with newly translated English Subtitles"

[@ragnarbluechip8795]

@@hkcinemasociety Awesome. I had ordered "Legendary Weapons of China" and it only had Cantonese. Later found out it seems to be one of very few they actually did in Cantonese from that era

[@johnnyhamilton1811]

My top ten! 36 chamber, the master, white lotus, the house of traps, two champions of shaolin, the Chinatown kid, the Masked avengers, the kid with Golden arms, the crippled Avengers, the five deadly venoms, the kung fu executioners!

[@hkcinemasociety]

Great list!

[@smareng]

I also used to think the siren music in Kill Bill came from King Boxer, but it's actually the theme to the TV series "Ironside".

[@hkcinemasociety]

Now that you mention that it sounds familiar but I never would have known that off the top of my head. Honestly I don't even know what Ironside is. I know very little about television.

[@errolthomas9426]

@@hkcinemasociety The Ironside theme was made by Quincy Jones

[@hkcinemasociety]

@@errolthomas9426 Quincy Jones is the man!

[@Partoftheratpack]

Yes 💯... the Hong Kong method of just lifting stuff without worrying about copyright as it was very loose back then 😂

[@todd4671]

THE BRAVE ARCHER 1,2,3, HEAVENLY SWORD DRAGON SABRE, SENTIMENTAL SWORDSMAN 1,2, SHAOLIN MANTIS, DEADLY BREAKING SWORD, Kung Fu Instructor. and Shaolin Abbot with David Chiang. Was a kid back then, and had to learn how to read subtiles pretty fast , lol

[@Sunnyb1992]

Cheers for the recommendations, really enjoyed the video as always

[@hkcinemasociety]

Thanks for watching! Glad you like the video.

[@smareng]

I think you've underestimated the impact of King Boxer and over-estimated Enter the Dragon. As "5 Fingers of Death", King Boxer hit #1 at the US box office soon after it's release and it was subsequently joined in the top 10 by such movies as Lady Whirlwind (Deep Thrust), The Duel (Duel of the Iron Fist) and Bruce Lee's own Big Boss (Fists of Fury) and Fist of Fury (Chinese Connection). Enter the Dragon may have been the king, but with Kung-Fu fever infecting the box office several months prior to its release, it had quite the royal court preceding it.

[@hkcinemasociety]

I'm very wary of trying to create revisionist history as clickbait because I see that as a major trend on a lot of platforms and websites and it usually lacks subtlety or insight or value. So yeah, you are totally right that all those movies did well before Enter the Dragon came out. But as best I understand it, and as I said before the videos, I'm definitely not a film historian, Enter the Dragon was really the landmark moment that created the cultural zeitgeist of kung fu movies in the '70s. I'm wary of saying all of that was due to King Boxer and being a little misleading. I feel as though the films that came out before paved the way, but Enter the Dragon and Bruce Lee are really the ones that supernova-ed. I kind of think of it in terms of Alice in Chains and Soundgarden and Dinosaur Jr and other bands like that existing and having success before Nirvana, but Nirvana really being the band that took it to the next level. Enter the Dragon being Nevermind and Bruce Lee being Nirvana in this analogy. But if I'm wrong about this, which is totally possible, because I didn't live through it I just read and hear about it, please do let me know.

[@trsniffy]

​@@hkcinemasociety Warner Bros--who was co-producing Enter the Dragon with Golden Harvest--used King Boxer as a cheap way to test the US market for kung fu movies. King Boxer was given a limited release in March of 1973, while Enter the Dragon was still being shot. In only 3 theaters in its first week, 5 Fingers of Death made nearly $700,000 and was the No. 1 movie that week. It went on to earn $3.8 million in the United States and stayed in the top three spots for six weeks, despite playing only in an handful of theaters. Warners (not to mention Hong Kong) was utterly shocked at the film's success, and it most definitely caused Hollywood studios to begin importing HK kung fu movies rather than just producing their own. It also changed Warners' treatment of Enter the Dragon, which at that point was a pretty troubled production--Bruce Lee refused to work for two weeks because his script changes weren't used, leading Lee to write a letter to the Warners Studio head, and the American and Hong Kong crews struggled to work together. What was supposed to be a low-budget film shot on a tight schedule was becoming a headache, but the unexpected success of King Boxer led Warners to not only support the film, but to develop a massive $1 million marketing campaign that was unusually aggressive for the time.

[@dsanchez9703]

My favorite shaw bros movies is anything with chiang Sheng, Phillip kwok, lo mang, feng lu, sun chief

[@Snoozoid]

The Avenging Eagle is my favourite SB movie as well! It does everything right...

[@hkcinemasociety]

Agreed! What a great film.

[@TheYorkMan]

It's a shame that the vast majority of the Shaw Brothers back catalogue was locked away until a relatively short time ago. Over here in the UK we had home rental releases of several SB movies (King Boxer, The Killer, Boxer from Shantung, 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Legendary Weapons of Kung Fu, Five Superfighters, Executioners from Shaolin, Shaolin Challenges Ninja....) all Pan/Scan-English Dub. So, for me SB movies have been a part of my life since 1986 (when I was 10 years old). The remastering and re-releasing of the entire SB collection has been fantastic.. Except for the fact they are almost impossible to get Region Free on DVD/Blu-Ray meaning what we have over here (officially) is a small fraction of what is available in the US or Hong Kong..... As for my top 10: 10: Heroes Two (1974) 09: Blood Brothers (1973) 08: All Men Are Brothers (1975) 07: Five Venoms (1978) 06: Challenge of the Masters (1976) 05: Martial Club (1981) 04: My Young Auntie (1982) 03: Legendary Weapons of Kung Fu (1982) 02: The Killer (1972) 01: King Boxer (1972) Honorable mentions to all the other films listed in the 'rental section' above!!

[@samuraininjarockstar9355]

Yes 1986 was my first experience of shaw, funnily enough I was 10 aswell, I got my auntie to rent out executioners from shaolin from the off license/video shop by her house , I also got hold of some bootlegs a few years later a mate of mines uncle used to copy rare horror vhs and also did spaghetti westerns & kung fu films, so I had kid with the golden arm & five deadly venoms , great days loved the vhs days …..

[@Portablebacklog]

Where is the best place to watch these movies? Thank you for the list

[@hkcinemasociety]

Netflix and Amazon Prime both have tons of Shaw Brothers movies.

[@williamjohnson4554]

Woops, One Armed Boxer Vs. Flying Guillotine was a First Films movie, a good one to see though.

[@isuriadireja91]

here's my personal top 10 1 Ten Tigers 2 Masked Avengers 3 Five Element Ninjas 4 Opium and the Kung fu Master 5 Two Champions of Shaolin 6 Dirty H0 7 The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter 8 Five Shaolin Masters 9 Magic Blade 10 Kid with the Golden Arm

[@mariusmeyer2852]

Dude i recommended this Channel with my movie account at Twitter. Really cool list.

[@esmiprimerdia]

I have only watched The five venoms and most of the Shaw films I've seen are the Shaolin ones (the 36th chamber of Shaolin and such) now I can add all of this to my watchlist.

[@hkcinemasociety]

Those Shaolin movies are awesome. I think I've seen pretty much all the big ones but there are so many, I'm sure there are some classics I haven't gotten my hands on yet.

[@GA-1st]

Do you know the name of a Hong Kong produced MA film starring Lo Lieh that was dubbed and released for the English speaking international market within a year or two of the milestone release of "5 Fingers of Death"? It is set in the '70s, and Lo plays a cop who dons a mustache. The fight sequences were some of the best I've seen from the period. I have not been able to find anyone familiar with it!

[@hkcinemasociety]

Could it be Devil and Angel maybe? Here's a list of Lo Lieh credits, if that helps: hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=3318&display_set=eng

[@GA-1st]

@@hkcinemasociety That's not it. But I'll look through the full list and maybe I'll get lucky, Thanks!

[@hkcinemasociety]

@@GA-1st Sorry not to be more helpful. He was in so many movies in that era!

[@GA-1st]

@@hkcinemasociety Yes! And titles were changed far too frequently. I'm beginning to think it wasn't even Lo Lieh. But it certainly looked like him. I'm sure I'll run across it some day. Thanks for all of your help!

[@hkcinemasociety]

@@GA-1st The changing of the titles is so confusing!

[@pauldavies7407]

He music in King Boxer was from the TV series Iron sides, not uncommon then for Chinese films to use other films. I just watched Lady Whirlwind with music borrowed from the early Bond films.

[@williamjohnson4554]

New One Armed Swordsman, One Armed Boxer Vs. Flying Guillotine, 5 Shaolin Masters, Destroyers, Chinatown Kid, Marco Polo, Shaolin Temple(76'), Crippled Avengers, Unbeatable Dragon(Invincible Shaolin), Boxer From Shantung, The Savage 5, Shaolin Mantis, Shaolin Martial Arts, Super Ninjas, Flag Of Iron, Masked Avengers, Sword Stained With Royal Blood, just to name a few, lol.

[@MikeSitnikov]

Damn, I think I've only seen Black Magic. Gotta get on it and see the rest of these.

[@terribleinfant7446]

Thought you saw Black Magic 2.

[@vinylappreciationsociety1809]

You would probably like Two Champions of Shaolin. Just nonstop remorseless murder.

[@hkcinemasociety]

I think you would dig the really violent Shaw stuff that's obviously influenced by westerns. Stuff like Masked Avengers, 5 Elements Ninjas, Two Champions of Shaolin, etc.

[@Xerochimaru]

Avenging Force with Michael Dudikoff I have that movie too. Thought I was the only one who liked it lol

[@willthomas2310]

1. Deadly Mantist 2. Crippled Avengers 3. Invincible pole fighter 4. Heroes of the east 5. 36 chambers 6. 5 Deadly Venom 7. Legendary weapons from china 8. Shaolin Prince 9. Avenging Eagle 10. Invincible Shaolin

[@Lennon959]

my top 10 shaw brothers movies would be movies that don't have romance in it like: 1.) Five Deadly Venoms 2.) Shaolin Rescuers 3.) Five Shaolin Masters 4.) Shaolin Temple 5.) The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 6.) Shaolin Avengers 7.) The Deadly Duo 8.) 8 Diagram Pole Fighter 9.) The Treasure Hunters 10.) House of Traps but I like all of the other SB movies like invisible Shaolin, two champions of Shaolin, kid with the golden arm, one armed swordsman (and the return), five elements ninjas, heroes of the east, etc. but I don't like too much the romance in there.

[@errolthomas9426]

How do you like other Shaw Brothers films such as The Invincible One aka Disciples of Shaolin 1975, Triple Irons aka The New One Armed Swordsman 1971, Chinatown Kid 1977, Street Gangs of Hong Kong aka The Delinquent 1973, The Flying Guillotine 1975, Duel of The Iron Fist aka The Duel 1971, The Kid With The Golden Arm 1979, The Killer From Shangtung aka The Boxer From Shangtung 1972, Man of Iron 1972, and Seven Blows of The Dragon aka The Water Margin?

[@hkcinemasociety]

There aren't really any Shaw Bros movies I've seen that I don't like. I just got a DVD copy of Chinatown Kid, which I haven't seen in years, so I'm excited to watch that again. I love The Flying Guillotine and the sequel. I just rewatch both of those recently. They almost made this list. I don't think I've seen The Delinquent. Sometimes I can't remember which Shaw Brothers movies I have seen because I tend to watch 10 to 20 of them in short bursts and they get kind of confused in my head.

[@errolthomas9426]

@@hkcinemasociety I still have the uncut English dubbed version of Chinatown Kid on VHS. The Delinquent is still available on region 3 DVD. In fact, I'm still waiting for other Shaw Brothers Kung Fu flicks to be released on Blu-ray in English along with their original dialogues.

[@hkcinemasociety]

@@errolthomas9426 I was talking to someone recently who knows somebody who has a film print of the original uncut version of Chinatown Kid. It's missing a little bit of footage but there was some talk of scanning the reels and combining it with the missing footage from the VHS copy and making a pretty high quality new one.

[@errolthomas9426]

@@hkcinemasociety Chinatown Kid needs a two disc Blu-ray release.

[@jbwuzhere6819]

No Killer Constable? Venoms at #5? Where is 36th Chamber?

[@perryfan49]

Shawtember! I need to watch at least 2. I’ve been falling behind

[@hkcinemasociety]

Yeah I've been terrible about it this year, too busy with nonsense. I'm hoping we'll have two lists for this Shawtember within the next 10 days.

[@perryfan49]

Are the Basher Box films Shaw films? I should rewatch those again because I’ve been wanting to. Andy Lau’s birthday is also on September 27 so I have to watch a weeks worth for him as a huge fan! I can’t leave him out either! So much to do!

[@Ratchetcomand]

The Cave of the Sikken Web is based on Journey to the West. The same story inspired Toriyama to create the Dragon Ball series.

[@perryfan49]

Here is a live broadcast of Andy Lau during a birthday celebration. It was broadcast today for his birthday 9/27/20. It would have been probably 5am or so where you are so if you’re interested it is posted on my channel community chat and here is the link as well. live.awc618.com/live_vod.html

[@cbonner1964]

Have u seen dirty ho with Gordon lu And invincible armor my 2 favorites

[@origamipapercut4682]

Nice list, seen maybe 1/2 of them? All readily available on Prime with sub or to rent. But man the English dubs make me cry. Why, why? :( Gonna honorable mention The Lady Hermit. Good one.

[@brendantimmons5415]

I prefer to celebrate Shawgust

[@hkcinemasociety]

It certainly sounds better

[@darwis9704]

Saya penggemar film silat saw brother,apa lagi ,ide cerita oleh khu lung, cin yu,gan k l ,can,kho ping hoo!!!! Contoh magic blade staring tilung ini sama dengan dibukunya,ini film luar biasa, banyak intrik intrik yg tidak terduga,alur ceritanya sulit ditebak, jadi film ini benar benar bravo!!!!

[@PungiFungi]

Most of these top 10 essential films are so obscure...no Life Gamble, InfraMan, The Magic Blade????

[@trsniffy]

Most of them are definitely not obscure. 2 Champions of Shaolin was an odd one (its a underwhelming Venoms film), but the rest are well-known and his top 6 are among the best Shaw brothers movies ever made have reputations far greater than Life Gamble (another minor Venoms Mob movie), Super InfraMan (a goofy b-movie), and The Magic Blade (my favorite Ti Lung movie, but my fav doesn't = essential).

[@perryfan49]

This is great!!

[@hkcinemasociety]

Thanks!

[@perryfan49]

This year 2021 I watched several Shaw movies: Lady of Steel Ambush Village of Tigers Heroes of the East! All great films and I definitely recommend each of them! Great action-packed finales!

[@hkcinemasociety]

Heroes of the East is such a classic movie! I was going to do another list like this for this year and time just got away from me, but Heroes fo the East would definitely be on there! I haven't seen those other ones, I'll have to check them out.

[@ntinok]

There's a lot more than 10.

[@EddieParker-lb3vi]

Guy 🤨?? Other than Lo Leigh in King Boxer & The 5 Deadly Venoms NOBODY else is paying attention to those C to D level films!! That Venom Mob 📽 "Heros from Shoalin" wasn't even a best Venom Mob film. The 📽 film was 1 of THEE last of The Mob' films

[@hkcinemasociety]

Do you need me to call you a whambulance?

[@EddieParker-lb3vi]

@@hkcinemasociety No, I & the rest of us KUNG FU Fans would like for you ( If U choose so) put Better Made Martial Arts Cinematic Films The Shaw Bros Golden Harvest are known NOBODY IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE PAYS ATTENTION to Those Cleap Pathetic cartoonist slop stick so called Horror flicks U HAD TO REMIND The 🌏 a Horrible Moment of their history!! You're BRAVE Man Fella! TO ACTUALLY REVEAL YOUR IDENTITY TO THE 🌍 AT LARGE OF HOW AWFUL 😖 YOUR TASTE IN 📽 ARE??!! Dude? May God Be With U 🙏!! P.S. if a child 👀 U in public & says "Mommy, Mommy there's the man with bad taste in 📽!!" Walk Real Fast ( actually haul ass running 🏃‍♀️) & say to yourself " I brought this on myself 😪!!"