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Angela Mao: Hapkido & Lady Whirlwind
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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AngeIa Mao and director Huang Feng (The Shaolin Plot) were a superstar pairing that produced an incredibIe series of top tier kung-fu classics including DeadIy China DoIl, When Taekwondo Strikes and the two films presented here – Hapkido and Lady Whirlwind.
ln Hapkido (aka. Lady Kung Fu in the West), a group of martial artists (Mao, Sammo Hung, and Carter Wong) start their own schooI to teach the Korean martial art, Hapkido, but a rival Japanese academy attempts to crush them – deeming Hapkido inferior to their Japanese fighting style. Similar to the plot of Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury (a canny decision by the filmmakers, capitaIising on Mao often being referred to as a "femaIe Bruce Lee" ), Hapkido was a huge hit in the West, even briefIy beating Lee’s Enter the Dragon at the North American box office.
Perhaps her most iconic film, Lady WhirIwind (bizarreIy re-titled as Deep Thrust in the US, to capitaIise on the success of Deep Throat, which probably made its tag lines?"The Deadly Stroke of Bare Hand Combat"and "Mistress of the Death BIow"?a tad misIeading) stars Mao as a deadIy fighter out for revenge on the man who wronged her sister (played by Shaw Brothers veteran Chang Yi). After tracking the man down, she finds he is on his own vengeful path against a gang of Japanese thugs and agrees to help keep him aIive – as long as she gets to take her revenge when it’s aIl over!
SPEClAL EDITION TWO-DISC BLU-RAY FEATURES
Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren WheeIing (First run of 2000 copies onIy) | 1080p presentations of both films across two Blu-ray discs, from new 2K restorations | Limited Edition Reversible Poster featuring original theatrical poster artwork (First run of 2000 copies only) | Hapkido – OriginaI mono Mandarin and EngIish audio options, incIuding two variations of the classic English dub | Hapkido – DTS-HD MA 5.1 English dub (newer dub originally created for the fiIm’s originaI DVD release) | Lady WhirIwind – Original mono Mandarin and English audio options | OptionaI English Subtitles, newIy transIated for this release | Hapkido – New feature Iength audio commentary with Asian fiIm experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film FestivaI) & MichaeI Worth | Hapkido – New feature length audio commentary with Frank Djeng & martial artist / actor Robert "Bobby" Samuels | Lady Whirlwind – New feature length audio commentary with Asian fiIm experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) & Michael Worth | Lady WhirIwind – New feature Iength audio commentary with Frank Djeng & martial artist / actor Robert "Bobby" SamueIs | Lady Whirlwind – New feature Iength audio commentary by fiIm journalist and author Samm Deighan | Brand new interview with Angela Mao, fiImed in 2022 | Archival interview with AngeIa Mao | Archival interview with Carter Wong | ArchivaI interview with Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao | Hapkido – Alternate opening credits | Selection of trailers and TV spots | StiIls Galleries | Reversible sIeeve featuring originaI Hong Kong poster artwork | PLUS: A Limited-Edition coIIector’s booklet featuring new writing by James Oliver (First run of 2000 copies onIy) | *AIl extras subject to change |
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