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Sep 29, 2015 · To fund this, he made one of the most ridiculously action- packed and star-packed kung fu films of all time: Shanghai 13. With a veritable smorgasbord of action stars from the classic Shaw Brothers era, this is cinematic heaven.
A patriot named Gao (Chiang Ming) steals the paperwork exposing the conspirators and relies on a tycoon named Shen (Chen Kuan Tai) and his Shanghai 13 to ensure his safe passage to Hong Kong, while traitorous Chinese, employed by the Japanese, set out to kill him first.
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There is a large ensemble cast featuring some of the most familiar names from the Shaw Brothers films of the 1970’s. “One Armed Swordsman” legend, Jimmy Wang Yu plays “Black Hat”. Star of 1977’s “Iron Monkey” Chen Kuan Tai plays Shanghai tycoon, “Shen Gang Fu”, Ti Lung of “A Better Tomorrow” and “Drunken Master II” fame, plays “Dock Boss”. Bryan Le...
Some time after the Japanese occupation of Nanking, China in the late 1930’s, a treaty is agreed by a new government set up in the city between the two factions. The truce is false and instead, China is to be handed over without a fight by the traitorous new regime, to become a colony of Japan. Mr Gao, a junior minister, learns of this plan and wit...
One thing “Shanghai 13” is definitely not short of is action! Although it takes a good twenty five minutes to get to the first proper action scene, the film rarely lets up from that point onwards. The plot set up has Mr Gao moving from one set piece to another, with each subsequent protector having to fight the assorted gangsters and assassins sent...
By the early eighties, Chang Cheh had left Shaw Brothers and was producing his own films. These were mostly low budget features, and “The Shanghai 13” is no exception. Although set in the 1930’s, it looks like much of it was shot in fairly modern hotel lobbies and offices. As is common in older Hong Kong flicks, the soundtrack has been ripped off f...
In comparison to his peers, Jimmy Wang Yu had very little martial arts expertise. However, he would often hit the headlines by getting into various bar brawls.Chang Cheh is often referred to as “The Godfather of Hong Kong cinema”. He directed nearly 100 films in his career at Shaw Brothers, with 1967’s “One Armed Swordsman” becoming the first film in Hon...Chen Kuan Tai directed and starred in 1977’s “Iron Monkey”. He was in fact adept at the Monkey-style in real life, and the film gave him an opportunity to show off his skills.Chi Kuan Chun started his Hung Gar training in 1961 with Chiu Wai in Hong Kong and is a 4th generation disciple of Wong Fei Hung’s lineage.Reviews of Shanghai 13. screened for your bi-monthly FIST CHURCH at spectacle nyc.. post-shaw heavy hitter from chang. almost gets away from you for the painfully exposition-heavy opening 20min before exploding into a series of increasingly wild, elegantly done setpieces that play like a victory lap for the old sb stable. stellar choreography across the board, heightened by chang’s minimal ...
Shanghai 13, also known as The Shanghai Thirteen, is a 1984 Hong Kong-Taiwanese martial arts film written and directed by Chang Cheh and starring an ensemble cast of notable film stars such as Andy Lau, Jimmy Wang Yu, Ti Lung, Chen Kuan-tai, Danny Lee, Bryan Leung, David Chiang, Chiang Sheng, Chi Kuan-chun, Chan Sing, Lu Feng and more.
The Shanghai Thirteen: Directed by Cheh Chang. With Jimmy Wang Yu, Kuan Tai Chen, Danny Lee, Sheng Chiang. A patriot finds evidence that the government is collaborating with a foreign power.
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Aug 2, 2022 · A Hong Kong-Taiwanese co-production that was first released in 1984, Shanghai 13 takes place during the early days of World War II in Asia, when the conflict was primarily viewed as being between Japan and China. With the help of a thief named Black Hat (Jimmy Wang Yu), a low-level but patriotic Shanghai bureaucrat named…
