The avenging eagle is a popular kung fu film that was produced by the shaw brothers studio. Watch the avenging eagle 1978 vhsrip rychlodabing djlonely on dailymotion. Sometime in the last month or two, a whole pile of shaw brothers kung fu movies suddenly appeared on netflix. Scene from the avenging eagle 1978 featuring fu sheng, ti lung, wang lung wei and eddy ko action by tong kai dir. Shaw brothers martial arts classics the avenging eagle. Sheng fu in leng xue shi san ying 1978 sheng fu and lung ti in leng xue. The main actors do their usual good job and the fight scenes are very well done. Yoh xihung was a man of high birth and great wealth who spent his youth building a criminal empire and developing his martial skill. Available on itunes, prime video avid international kungfu films fans have a special place in their hearts for this outstanding martial arts drama, which marked the ascension of director sun chung and action choreographer tang chia to legendary status.
When the eagle clan come after him, a stranger called. The first of which is the avenging eagle, a film which starred ti lung as an orphan raised to be an assassin by a man named king eagle. In the warring clans of ancient china, chik minghsing ti lung is a man on the run, having escaped the former clan he was raised in, the dreaded iron boat clan whose legion of assassins, called the thirteen eagles, he was a member of. The avenging eagle is a great shaw brothers flick for kung fu. Buy the avenging eagle movie posters from movie poster shop. After he left shaw brothers studios in the 1980s, ti lungs career took a turn for the worse until 1986, when john woo cast him opposite chow yunfat in a better tomorrow for the role of a triad member, sungtse ho.
The avenging eagle 1978 the movie database tmdb eagle chief yoh xihung raises orphans to be his personal killers. In this year, box office was blessed with many defining entries in the kung fu genre, including drunken master, five venoms and 36th chamber of shaolin. Everything is exceptional in this outstanding martial arts drama, which won the best editing for drama golden horse award. Young swordsman chi mingsheng ti lung saves the life of cho yifan alexander fu sheng who has fainted in the desert. Released 1978, the avenging eagle stars fu sheng, ti lung, ku feng, eddy ko the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which collated.
Quentin tarantino advertised sun chung as the kubrick of the shaw brothers for his new bev double feature, which isnt a particularly revealing or apt comparison. When the orphan decides to leave the clan, king eagle. The avenging eagle 1978 posters the movie database. The avenging eagle is a testament to the shaw brothers production line. This movie shows you just why the shaw brothers and chang cheh didnt invent the golden ear of martial arts, but rather why they were the. Mings connections with the eagles, both men comes to a conclusion that they. It contains detailed footage of the best fighting moves that one will ever see in a martial arts film. The story here is standard shaw brothers material, though some of the more selfaware humor certainly keeps it from being entirely filler between the action set pieces. A classic shaw brothers martial arts movie with the theme for atonement being at the core of this story. Shaw brothers paradise the avenging eagle facebook. The lady who plays sheng fus wife in the movie was his reallife wife, jenny tseng. One such is chik mingsing who now wants to put his killer life behind him. The fight scenes are in keeping with the film as a whole, powerful and brilliant. Conflicted son ti lung and vengeful victim alexander fu sheng command the screen as consummate warriors united in exceptional kungfu.
Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. The avenging eagle is a 1978 wuxia film released by shaw brothers, starring ti. This release has about 1 minute and 27 sections of missing footage of the final fight scene. The whole film has the feel of a good b grade western. A remake of the film, titled the coldblooded eagles, was released in 1993. With a plot more resembling a japanese production than your usual kung fu film and excellent cinematography, avenging eagle is a very good lesserknown martial art movie. But it all leads to a series of bloody showdowns and a satisfying, poetic conclusion. The ultimate protagonist and leader of the eagles is also good but more in. Like latterday movies such as ashes of time and legend of the wolf, avenging eagle jumps from the present to the past in a free spirit, as ti lung tells fu sheng about the various missions he and his fellow eagles were sent on. Ti lung is the renegade member of a notorious band of killers led by a vicious leader ku feng. Avenging eagle 1978 trailer avenging eagle 1978 trailer int. Black eagle chik mingsing is the renegade member of a notorious band of killers led by a vicious leader yoh xihung. A remake of the 1978 shaw brothers film, the avenging eagle, in which a rebellious warrior turns against his gang of outlaws known as the thirteen eagles. The avenging eagle 1978 the avenging eagle 1978 posted by unknown posted on 5.
However, chung has a specific use of master shots in action. In 1979, he won a best actor award at the 25th asian film awards as black eagle chik mingsing in the avenging eagle in 1978. Eagle chief yoh xihung raises orphans to be his personal killers. No fat to be seen anywhere and new faces were breaking through to keep the ideas fresh and innovative. Avenging eagle, the leng3 xie3 shi2 san1 ying1 1978 chinese movie database. Chi, in fact, is one of the thirteen eagles the assassins of the iron boat clan headed by the ruthless ringleader yueh hsihung ku feng. Hong kong action cinema the avenging eagle 1978 facebook. The avenging eagle successfully tackles the complexity of the human psyche and delivers a believable ending. The avenging eagle is a great shaw brothers flick for kung.
Two fighters fu sheng, ti lung target a violent gang leader ku feng. The first four lists are completed and are available at the links below. Conflicted son ti lung and vengeful victim alexander fu sheng command the screen as consummate warriors. He gains redemption for an unspeakable act he is forced to kill someone with the help of a mysterious stranger fu sheng, as they both wipe out his exclan. Cho tells chi that he is chasing after an unforgivable foe. Pages in category wuxia films the following 176 pages are in this category, out of 176 total.
The avenging eagle is a 1978 hong kong wuxia film produced by the shaw brothers studio, starring ti lung, alexander fu and ku feng. Another unusual aspect of the film is the postmodern, outoforder narrative. This film is released in dvd by dragon dynasty in the united states. Are you sure you want to place an alert for this video. Established in 1972, quad cinema is new yorks original multiscreen cinema. Once, while the thirteen eagles were trying to rob a wellprotected. The shaw brothers studio started making movies in hong kong in the 20s, but its. The avenging eagle is a 1978 wuxia film released by shaw brothers, starring ti lung and alexander fu sheng. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. When the eagle clan come after him, a stranger called cheuk comes to his assistance it turns out that cheuk is the son of a family who were robbed and murdered by the eagles. The avenging eagle 1978 with help from a mysterious warrior fu sheng, a man ti lung targets his former gang leader ku feng.
Many wellknown kung fu film critics believe that the avenging eagle is one of the best films released by the shaw brothers. Avenging eagle arrived on the hong kong movie scene during the golden year of 1978. The avenging eagle movie posters from movie poster shop. From the first fascinating minute to the unforgettably evocative conclusion this duo is dynamic as well as deadly. Yoh xihung, also known as the eagle king was the main antagonist of the 1978 martial arts film avenging eagle. Ku feng in particular is stunning as the eagles evil leader.
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