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The Twelve Gold Medallions DVD Region 3

Lisa Chiao Chiao (Actor) | Cheng Gang (Director) | Ngok Wah (Actor)
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Customer Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9.7 out of 10 (3)

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Product Title: The Twelve Gold Medallions 十二金牌 十二金牌 十二金牌 The Twelve Gold Medallions
Artist Name(s): Lisa Chiao Chiao (Actor) | Ngok Wah (Actor) 焦姣 (Actor) | 岳華 (Actor) 焦姣 (Actor) | 岳华 (Actor) Lisa Chiao Chiao (Actor) | Ngok Wah (Actor) Lisa Chiao Chiao (Actor) | Ngok Wah (Actor)
Director: Cheng Gang 程剛 程刚 Cheng Gang Cheng Gang
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Release Date: 2003-03-06
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Bahasa (Malaysia), Bahasa (Indonesia)
Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Duration: 101 (mins)
Publisher: Intercontinental Video (HK)
Package Weight: 160 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1002526455

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導演：程剛
Director: Cheng Kang

　　本片是1970 年香港第二大賣座電影，並獲金馬獎優等劇情片。金馬獎最佳導演程剛，拍出一部有關岳飛大破金兵期間，一群暗中義助岳飛的豪俠事蹟。故事描述愛國義俠苗龍（丘華），為截劫召飛回京的十二金牌，不但與師父決裂，與師妹金鎖（秦萍）取消婚約，更與奸相秦檜為敵……
　　The Twelve Gold Medallions features an exhaustive "who's who" of martial art swordplay films lead by veteran actor Yueh Hua who later went on to star in Jackie Chan's Rumble in the Bronx. Yueh plays a righteous knight trying to prevent the Chin invaders from destroying his country by preventing twelve gold medallions from reaching General Yueh. It was the second highest grossing film of 1970 and received Honorable Mention for Dramatic Feature at the 1971 Golden Horse Award.
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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9.7 out of 10 (3)

Kevin Kennedy
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September 22, 2007
A Shaw Bros. classic! Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10
"The Twelve Gold Medallions" is based upon one of China's great fact-based legends. It has been told in a famous Beijing opera and here is told in an action-packed and colorful Shaw Bros. movie.

The backdrop to the film's story is this: China has been invaded by a nomadic tribe of Jin Tartars from Manchuria. The heroic General Yue Fei leads the fight against them and is close to delivering a crushing blow to them. However, the duplicitous Prime Minister Qin Kuai seeks a different course. He wants to compromise with the invaders and hopes to appease them by giving them all of the territory north of the Huai River. He persuades the emperor to recall Gen. Yue from the battlefield by sending out orders to return to the capital written on twelve gold medallions.

This movie tells of a small band of gallant warriors who seek to intercept those gold medallions before they are delivered to Gen. Yue so that Yue will proceed to crush the invaders. The lead role is brilliantly played by Yueh Hua, who perfectly fits the role of a chivalrous hero. He is ably supported by Chin Ping and a host of the Shaw Brothers' familiar faces.

Many of the scenes in this film are downright thrilling, particularly a confrontation in a darkened tavern and a duel between two old masters. The filming of the movie is brilliant, with shots being framed in consistently interesting ways. By the way, watch the special features for a very informative interview with one of the Shaw cinematographers who gives away a number of secrets of, for example, how they disguised the wires when they were doing wire work action scenes.

I highly recommend this richly entertaining, blood-soaked swordplay classic. For English speakers who wish to learn more about this story, I also recommend the novel "General Yue Fei" written during the Qing Dynasty by Qian Cai and nicely translated into English by T.L. Yang, the Chief Justice of Hong Kong.
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Anonymous

March 29, 2004
Twelve Gold Medallions--12 thumbs up!! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
"The Twelve Gold Medallions" is a very enjoyable movie. The story/plot is exciting, and the sound track adds to the suspence and excitement. Infact, the sound track supports the entire movie very well, even though it is western orchestra music. (I usually prefer Chinese music in my Shaw Bros.) The action scenes are choregraphed very well, and the photography of them is execellent! Camera movement and the use of close ups are done beautifully! As "Killer Clans" is in deep rich colors and "The Love Eterne" is in pastels, "The Twelve gold Medallions" is done with natural colors and earth tones. I look forward to watching this movie again! Not 2 thumps up, but 12 thumbs up for Gold Medallions!!
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Anonymous

March 7, 2003
Twelve gold medallions Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
Another excellent Shaw sword-fighting classic not to miss. This movie is comparable to Chang Chien " Heroic Ones ". Highly recommended.
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