“Painted Faces” Promotional Poster
Later this year, Shout! will be releasing a Blu-ray (Region A) for Painted Faces, a 1988 Hong Kong classic from director Alex Law Kai-Yui (Now You See Love… Now You Don’t).
Painted Faces tells the story about the Peking Opera School that Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao attended as young men. Specifically, their relationship to their teacher, Master Yu Jim-Yuen (played by Sammo, himself).
The film also stars Cheng Pei-Pei (Golden Swallow), Lam Ching-Ying (When Taekwondo Strikes), John Shum (Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars) and Wu Ma (Circus Kids).
According to Dawn of Discs, expect a New Commentary from Frank Djeng. Other extras TBA.
Watch the film’s original Trailer below:
