Shaolin Mantis | Blu-ray (88 Films)
RELEASE DATE: March 21, 2022
On March 22, 2022, 88 Films will be releasing the Blu-ray for Lau Kar-Leung’s Shaw Brothers classic, Shaolin Mantis. A UK (Region B) version of the film will also be available on March 21, 2022.
Otherwise known as Deadly Mantis in the states, the irrepressible talents of David Chiang (Vengeance) are put to the test both characteristically and physically in a role often regarded as his second finest (Vengeance, naturally being the first). Here he was allowed a little more vulnerability than his general typecasting of grinning rogues or flighty swordsmen as Wei Feng – a Ching (Manchu) official ordered to investigate a wealthy family suspected of having pro ‘Han’ revolutionary connections. Posing as a wandering scholar, Feng manipulates his way into the Tien family household, primarily employed as a teacher to wayward granddaughter, GiGi (Huang Hsin-Hsui).
Features:
- Brand-new artwork from R.P. “Kung Fu Bob” O’Brien & Original Hong Kong poster artwork
- 2.0 English Mono
- 2.0 Mandarin Mono
- Newly-translated English Subtitles
- Audio commentary with Asian cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
- Audio commentary with Asian cinema experts Frank Djeng
- Complicated Families – David West on Shaolin Mantis
- Uncle Tien Chung – An Interview with John Cheung
- US Trailer (The Deadly Mantis)
- Hong Kong Trailer
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