On December 8, 2025, Eureka will be releasing the 3-Disc collection for Triple Threat: Three Films With Sammo Hung, which will include 1974’s The Manchu Boxer, 1988’s Paper Marriage and 1990’s Shanghai, Shanghai.
Just as the kung fu film seemed to be losing steam as the 1970s came to a close, a new generation of martial arts stars rose to the top of Hong Kong cinema. Amongst them were Yuen Biao, Jackie Chan and the irrepressible Sammo Hung, who found fame as the director and star of The Iron Fisted Monk, The Magnificent Butcher and Encounter of the Spooky Kind. Presented here are three films spanning Hung’s career, from a supporting role in The Manchu Boxer to stardom in Paper Marriage and Shanghai, Shanghai.
In Wu Ma’s The Manchu Boxer, Hung (who doubles up as the film’s fight choreographer) plays the villainous foil to a roaming martial artist who enters a boxing tournament to defeat a gang of bandits. Then, in the action comedy Paper Marriage, Hung stars as a down-on-his-luck Chinese boxer living in Canada who is paid to marry an immigrant from Hong Kong (Maggie Cheung). She wants to gain Canadian citizenship, but he just wants to keep the loan sharks off his back. Finally, in Shanghai, Shanghai, a young man (Yuen Biao) goes looking for his brother, a police officer, in the big city – and also finds himself embroiled with a ruthless gangster played by Hung.
From traditional kung fu to romantic comedy to a tale of cops and crooks with shades of the “heroic bloodshed” films so popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, The Manchu Boxer, Paper Marriage and Shanghai, Shanghai exhibit Sammo Hung’s enormous range and chart his rise from supporting player to top-billed star. Eureka Classics is proud to present all three films for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK/US.
Features:
- Limited Edition Set [2000 copies]
- Limited edition exclusive bonus disc [2000 copies]
- Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Sam Gilbey [2000 copies]
- Limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on Sammo Hung [2000 copies]
- 1080p HD presentations from brand new 2K restorations of the original Hong Kong theatrical cuts of all three films
- Bonus Disc exclusive to this set only – 1080p HD presentations from brand new 2K restorations of the extended international versions of The Manchu Boxer and Shanghai, Shanghai
- Original mono audio tracks
- Optional English dubs
- Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release
- New audio commentary on The Manchu Boxer with East Asian cinema expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and martial artist & filmmaker Michael Worth
- New audio commentary on Paper Marriage with genre cinema experts Arne Venema and Domoni Ting
- New audio commentary on Shanghai, Shanghai with Frank Djeng and producer/writer F.J. DeSanto
- New interview with Paper Marriage director Alfred Cheung
- Trailers
This title will be available at The Goodie Emporium, a U.S.-based online store that currently has many Import Shaw Brothers/Golden Harvest/martial arts DVD/Blu-ray movies in-stock – with New titles being added regularly!
Watch the Trailer below:
Thought at this rate we were never gonna get Paper Marriage over here in the UK and I’m surprised we even getting Shanghai, Shanghai too
The first one (1974…a South Korean movie?) smells really bad.
The second one is a nice but forgettable little romantic comedy.
The last one is just a forgettable action/comedy/spy/drama flick.
I’ll pass.
I hope this is all region like Eureka’s other recent releases!
I haven’t seen Manchu Boxer or Paper Marriage, so it will be a good time to get acquainted with them. I’ve loved Shanghai, Shanghai and am clamoring for release that’s better than my Universe DVD.
Although I wouldn’t call it a Sammo Hung film since he’s the villain. Yuen Biao seemed to be more of the focus, and Anita Mui just steals the show whenever she’s onscreen.
It will be. As long as it’s a UK/US release, the disc(s) is coded the same (based on my experience so far). But once in a while (after they expanded their label to the US), they throw in a wild card. SHAOLIN BOXERS was one of those that was just Region B (since Shout had the rights). But there’s still a lot of Region B-only titles (such Fatty Dragon, Skinny Tiger, She Shoots Straight) that have yet to see any kind of Blu-ray release. Of course, some of these titles came out before their US expansion. Same exact rules applied for 88 Films and Arrow, in terms of “kung fu” output.
Honestly, if you’re into this genre and haven’t picked up a multi-region player, you’re missing out on a lot of stuff.
You’re probably aware of everything I just commented about, but this info might come in handy for others.
I am sure I speak on behalf of majority of Sammo fans… when can we see the following film titles released on Bluray… Eureka, 88Film or Arrow please help –
The Victim
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind 2
Pedicab Driver
Don’t Give. A Damn
Enter The Fat Dragon
Slickers Vs. Killers
Two Toothless Tigers
The Tantana
“Two Toothless Tigers” would be animal!
Whats the issue with Pedicab Driver? Isn’t it a Golden Harvest release? Why doesn’t Fortune Star own the rights? Eastern Condors and Millionaires Express have been released numerous times now but Pedicab Driver….nothing except a crappy bootleg
Warner on demand released that film as well as The Blade. https://www.amazon.com/Pedicab-Driver-Golden-Harvest-Sammo-Hung/dp/B014Q67LQ4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1WXNZTHM09L4C&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.eShyudomDMS4gMk2KSDjGlrENZm4XZF_6pMT7sajDn3GjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.PvO8eKdhTC8qptWkv8QgiEnD0wLxq82t2LeM5v-ZEig&dib_tag=se&keywords=Pedicab+Driver&qid=1765384833&s=movies-tv&sprefix=pedicab+driver%2Cmovies-tv%2C264&sr=1-1
Dude are we still living in 1996? Wheres the 1080p BluRay?
Ask Warner Archive, if Netflix doesn’t axe them…
100% physical media from WB/HBO dies under Netflix
So whats the situation here? Warners owns the worldwide rights to Pedicab Driver? This movie was excluded from all the Golden Harvest movies that Fortune Star now owns? I wouldn’t mind if they put out a proper release. 480p in 2025 when people own 75inch TVs and larger is insane.
They’re also squatting on Rumble in the Bronx….
I googled this and apparently they are sitting on 170ish Golden Harvest titles!!!!
Some of the movies I’ve never heard of but the list includes Sammo movies like Encounter Spooky Kind 2 and Panythose Hero.
Some of these are available on Chinese streaming sites like Billibilli but I’m not really into the Mandarin dubs or fake 4k upscales
Some of the films have been released on either DVD or Blu-ray (Region A is getting The Blade via Criterion in 2026, for instance), but Warners have mostly done nothing with them. If you’re lucky, you can get old DVDs of some, like the Young and Dangerous films. HKL and Dragon Dynasty got their approaches turned down twenty odd years ago too.