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Kung Fu superstar Sammo Hung will deliver a masterclass on May 4 as part of the 12th Singapore Chinese Film Festival. He will also attend a mini-retrospective of his films. Hung studied under Peking Opera master Yu Jim Yuen at a young age and was the “big brother”’ to the China Drama Academy’s performance troupe known as the Seven Little Fortunes, whose members included Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu and Corey Yuen. He starred in “Painted Faces” (1988), which was based on his time in the Seven Little Fortunes.

Hung’s career as an actor, action choreographer, director and producer spans some 60 years. His acting credits include action comedies “Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog” and “Odd Couple,” paranormal horror comedies “Encounters of the Spooky Kind” and “The Dead and the Deadly,” comedy film series “Lucky Stars” and gangster action film “Shanghai, Shanghai.” In 1982, Hung won the...

Lots of goodies - as is to be expected - from our friends at Arrow Video this coming June. Higlights include Sammo Hung's Warriors Two, Toru Murakawa's Game Trilogy and Damiano Damiani's mafia films in the Costra Nostra Collection.    Arrow Offers Classic and Cutting Edge Cult Cinema June 2023 Lineup Includes Martial Arts, Blood Money, John Cassavetes, Monte Hellman and Sci-Fi Stunners   June 2023 Seasons: Ero Guro, Martial Arts Mayhem, Eli Roth Selects, The Game Trilogy, Sci-Fi Stunners, Blood Money Collection, Cosa Nostra Collection   London, UK - Arrow Video is excited to announce the June 2023 lineup of their subscription-based Arrow platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland.   June 2nd kicks off the month with Arrow's latest...

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The Bruce Lee-led martial arts classic Enter the Dragon includes appearances by numerous future martial arts stars. Released in 1973, Enter the Dragon debuted not long after the untimely and unexpected passing of Bruce Lee. Enter the Dragon not only finally made Bruce Lee an international star, it also skyrocketed interest in martial arts in the West, with the film continuing to be revered as one of the best martial arts films of all time.

Bruce Lee's appearance in Enter the Dragon also put him alongside dozens of martial artists who were recruited for the movie's fight scenes. After the release of Enter the Dragon, a number of them would go on to become big stars in later years themselves. Here are the 10 major martial artists in Enter the Dragon would who go on to become big stars after the film's release.

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If Wing Chun had a sponsor in cinema before the endless Ip Man movies, then it would be Sammo Hung. With “The Prodigal Son” he made what many would consider the definitive Wing Chun movie. Yet three years before, he also helmed another fictional version of the real-life exponent Leung Jan, only this time at the latter stages of his life. “Warriors Two” whist the lesser of the two, remains an interesting part of the Sammo Hung filmography, as it’s the transition from the more traditional form of martial arts movies, to his increasingly varied work that was to follow

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Change Giver Wah (Casanova Wong) finds himself the fall guy in a plot by Boss Mok (Fong Hark-on) to become Mayor of the region. Boss Mok has ingrained himself into the community as part of a plot to fleece them of their wealth and...