From director Mar Lo ( Shaolin Thief), and starring Siu-Tung Ching ( The Shaolin Boxer) Monkey Kung Fu is another Wuxia classic from the legendary Shaw Brothers studio. MVD announces March lineup from 88 FILMS Monkey Kung Fu (3/22) Shaolin Mantis (3/22)Ĩ8 Films USA continues on it’s Classic Kung Fu odyssey in March! Coming from 88 Films USA Label in partnership with MVD on March 22 nd is another cult classic from the Shaw Brothers Studio. Both movies arrive on March 22 so be prepared to fight Monkey and Mantis style. The film was directed Lau Kar-leung ( Legendary Weapons of China) and also features Gordon Liu ( Kill Bill). Shaolin Mantis (1978) has David Chiang ( The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires) infiltrate rebels who want to overthrow the emperor. You might have seen the film when it was originally released as Stroke of Death in America. Ching Siu Tung ( Snake Shadow Lama Fist) ends up in prison and finds himself with half of medallion. Monkey Kung Fu (1979) gives us a glimpse at the technique that lets you go ape on an opponent. In 2011 Shaw Brothers was reorganized into the Clear Water Bay Land Company Limited its film production business was taken over by other companies within the Shaw conglomerate.Monkey and Mantis are coming in March! 88 Films keeps the Shaw Brothers revival rolling with the release of 2 more classic titles from the Hong Kong movie studio.
Film production resumed in limited capacity in 2009. In 1987, the company suspended film production in order to concentrate on the television industry through its subsidiary TVB. It also popularized the kung fu genre of films. Over the years the film company produced around 1,000 films, some becoming the most popular and significant Chinese-language films of the period. The company's most famous works include The One-Armed Swordsman, Come Drink with Me, King Boxer, Executioners from Shaolin, Five Deadly Venoms, and The 36th Chamber of Shaolin.
In the 1960s, Shaw Brothers established what was once the largest privately owned studio in the world, Movietown. Runme and Run Run took over the film production business of its Hong Kong-based sister company, Shaw & Sons Ltd, and in 1958 a new company, "Shaw Brothers," was set up. In 1925, three Shaw brothers - Runje, Runme, and Runde -founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shanghai, and established a film distribution base in Singapore, where Runme and their youngest brother, Run Run Shaw, managed the precursor to the parent company, Shaw Organisation.
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