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Quality Ratings: A: Top notch picture and sound, clean as a whistle. B: Strong image, some loss. C: Somewhat fuzzy picture; watchable and adequate for collectors. D: Many generations from source, hard to see; for fanatics only. Click on logo for terms and ordering info! CENTIPEDE HORROR (1988), gross-out Hong Kong horror with Hussein Abu Hassan, Din Long Lee, Jiu Wai Miu; aka WU GONG ZHOU; NG GUNG JAU; with vintage commercials, trailers, and various fun for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:33, C) DEVIL KILLER (197?), martial arts action, as some gangsters try to take over a town, and the local kung fu school tries to stop them; with poisoning and a weird whipping scene; dir. by Yang Tao, with Wai Tze Wen, Chou Kin, Chen Wai Lau, Lam Park Chuen, Chen Kueng; comes with trailers and cool clips. (feature: 1:08, B) THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI (1964), tremendous chanbara, the first film for director Hideo Gosha; stars Tetsuro Tamba as a ronin who casually comes to the aid of supressed farmers; as usual for the genre, looks gorgeous and loaded with intrigue and bursts of subtle violence; aka SANBIKI NO SAMURAI; comes with commercials and trailers. (feature: 1:33, C; subtitled and letterboxed) |
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