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Life Gamble (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3

Law Mong (Actor) | Alexander Fu (Actor) | Lin Chen Chi (Actor) | Guo Zhui (Actor)
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Directed by the legendary Chang Cheh (One-Armed Swordsman, Golden Swallow) and featuring a veritable who's who of Shaw Brothers stars, 1979's Life Gamble is an often overlooked but essential entry in the popular "Five Venoms" series. Although not a direct sequel to the previous year's cult classic Five Deadly Venoms, Life Gamble reunites much of the same cast and showcases the same level of martial arts brilliance, over-the-top heroes and villains, and delightfully convoluted storylines fans have come to expect from Chang Cheh and the Venoms. This one also features Lu Feng (the perennial "Venoms" villain) as a guy with a metal hand that shoots poisonous darts, and a young Kara Hui (My Young Auntie) as an undercover agent.

A priceless piece of jade has gone missing, and every martial artist in town wants to get their hands on it. When a shiftless gambler finds himself in possession of the item in question, his knife-throwing bodyguard (Alexander Fu Sheng, The Proud Twins, Magnificent Wanderers) has his hands full fending off an array of would-be jade thieves, which include Venom members Lu Feng, Lo Meng, and Chiang Sheng. Also in the mix is a female con-artist played by Shaw Brothers sexpot Shirley Yu (The Call Girls, Ghost Story) and Philip Kwok (Sword Stained with Royal Blood, Hard Boiled) as a noble blacksmith trying to help the heroes recover the precious artifact. The stage is set for martial arts mayhem and double-crossings a plenty, and Life Gamble delivers both in spades.

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Product Title: Life Gamble (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) 生死門 (DVD) (香港版) 生死门 (DVD) (香港版) Life Gamble (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) Life Gamble (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s): Law Mong (Actor) | Alexander Fu (Actor) | Lin Chen Chi (Actor) | Guo Zhui (Actor) 羅莽 (Actor) | 傅聲 (Actor) | 林珍奇 (Actor) | 郭追 (Actor) 罗莽 (Actor) | 傅声 (Actor) | 林珍奇 (Actor) | 郭追 (Actor) 羅莽(ロー・モン) (Actor) | 傅聲 (アレクサンダー・フーシェン) (Actor) | Lin Chen Chi (Actor) | Guo Zhui (Actor) Law Mong (Actor) | Alexander Fu (Actor) | Lin Chen Chi (Actor) | Guo Zhui (Actor)
Director: Chang Cheh 張徹 张彻 張徹(チャン・ツェー) Chang Cheh
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Release Date: 2007-08-23
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin: Hong Kong
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Widescreen Anamorphic: Yes
Sound Information: Mono Audio
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Publisher: Intercontinental Video (HK)
Package Weight: 120 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004987415

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* Screen Format: 2.35:1(Anamorphic Widescreen)
* Sound Mix: MONO
* Special Features:
- 本片預告 Trailer
- 精選猛片預告 Other Releases
- 劇照 Color Stills
- 原裝海報 Original Poster
- 電影簡介 Production Notes
- 演員/導演簡介 Biography & Selected Filmography

導演:張徹
Director: Chang Cheh

本片為導演張徹1978年與倪匡聯合編劇的作品,由傅聲、郭追及羅莽領銜主演。故事講述,武林高手仇子玉(郭追 飾),本已退隱江湖,但正氣未泯,應武林大豪屠一?(李藝民 飾)之邀,聯手對抗四大巨盜,奪回飛龍璧物歸原主。誰知屠只是利用「鷸蚌相爭,漁人得利」的局面奪取該璧據為己有,事成後仇亦慘遭毒手……

Legendary director Chang Cheh teamed his latest big star, Alexander Fu Sheng, with future “Venoms” Lo Meng and Kuo Chue to create another winner in his vaunted filmography. Joining them were the top supporting actors (Ku Feng and Wang Lung-wei) and the prettiest starlets (Lin Chen-chi, Shirley Yu, and Hui Ying-hung), for an entertaining, exciting tale of a kung-fu blacksmith taking on four famous robbers while a villainous gambling boss plots to destroy them.
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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10 (1)

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October 26, 2007

LIFE GAMBLE: MASTERPIECE Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
This is without question one of my favorite Shaw films.The picture looks incredible, and the intro was worth the wait after all these years.The all star cast represented here get a chance to play some really memorable characters, and act alongside a quality script.The first time viewing this film I could not believe that Chiang Sheng,Kuo Chue,Fu Sheng,Lo Meng,Lu Feng,Wang Lung wei,Lau Wai ling,Hui Ying hung,Shirley Yu,Lin Chen chi,Lee Yi min, and other familiar faces were all in the same film.Around this time(77-78) there were a few other films that featured almost this entire large cast; Brave Archer 1 and 2,10 Tigers of Kwangtung and Heaven and Hell.The film also contains some great representation of early Venom work, choreography at its finest.Chiang Sheng(Chao Kao sheng) is assistant director for the first time on this film, and would be for the rest of his Shaw career (in all of the Venoms films).A film where every actor gives a quality performance,Life Gamble is a Chang Cheh masterpiece.
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