Five Element Ninjas (1982) (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
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A bitter rivalry between two Chinese martial arts schools comes to a head when one side hires a Japanese samurai to challenge the other. The samurai loses the ensuing duel, however, and commits seppuku in disgrace, which brings down the wrath of the Five Element Ninjas on the samurai's opponents. Underwater ninjas, smokescreen ninjas, subterranean ninjas, golden ninjas, and even wood ninjas disguised as trees are soon unleashed on a crazy rampage against the school's students. Eventually the lone survivor from the massacre (Ricky Cheng) meets a mysterious old man who trains him in the secret arts of ninjitsu. Armed with his newfound skills, Ricky and his fellow ninjas-in-training set out to beat the Five Element Ninjas at their own game.
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Product Title: | Five Element Ninjas (1982) (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) 五遁忍術 (1982) (DVD) (香港版) 五遁忍术 (1982) (DVD) (香港版) 五遁忍術 (DVD) (香港版) Five Element Ninjas (1982) (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) |
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Also known as: | Chinese Super Ninjas Chinese Super Ninjas Chinese Super Ninjas Chinese Super Ninjas Chinese Super Ninjas |
Artist Name(s): | Chan Wai Man (Actor) | Chen Tien Tze (Actor) | Long Tian Xiang (Actor) | Law Mong (Actor) | Wang Li (Actor) | Zhu Ke (Actor) 陳惠敏 (Actor) | 程天賜 (Actor) | 龍天翔 (Actor) | 羅莽 (Actor) | 王力 (Actor) | 朱客 (Actor) 陈惠敏 (Actor) | 程天赐 (Actor) | 龙天翔 (Actor) | 罗莽 (Actor) | 王力 (Actor) | 朱客 (Actor) 陳惠敏(チャン・ワイマン) (Actor) | 程天賜(チョン・ティエンシー) (Actor) | Long Tian Xiang (Actor) | 羅莽(ロー・モン) (Actor) | Wang Li (Actor) | Zhu Ke (Actor) Chan Wai Man (Actor) | Chen Tien Tze (Actor) | Long Tian Xiang (Actor) | Law Mong (Actor) | Wang Li (Actor) | Zhu Ke (Actor) |
Director: | Chang Cheh 張徹 张彻 張徹(チャン・ツェー) Chang Cheh |
Release Date: | 2007-10-18 |
Language: | Mandarin |
Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese |
Place of Origin: | Hong Kong |
Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
Aspect Ratio: | 2.35 : 1 |
Widescreen Anamorphic: | Yes |
Disc Format(s): | DVD |
Region Code: | 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it? |
Duration: | 103 (mins) |
Publisher: | Intercontinental Video (HK) |
Package Weight: | 120 (g) |
Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1005075870 |
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導演:張徹
Director: Chang Cheh
本片由張徹導演愛將羅莽、程天賜及龍天翔領銜主演,倪匡編劇,拍於1982年。故事講述忍者之王劍淵(陳惠敏 飾)為替敗於武林總盟盟主袁增(關鋒 飾)手下的東瀛武士復仇,率領大批忍者前來中土,擺下「五遁陣」,向袁增挑戰。袁增派遣門下八位高手前去破陣,卻因對忍術一無所知,全部被殺。劍淵取勝後意猶未足,派出女忍者純子(陳佩茜 飾)混入總盟作內應,以圖稱霸武林……
To showcase his incredibly agile new star Cheng Tien-chi, veteran, venerated martial arts movie director Chang Cheh made this spectacular, internationally popular, favorite. Evil ninjas (who attack with, and from, fire, sun, wood, water, and the ground) brutally slaughter a noble Chinese kung-fu school’s students. The one survivor finds a teacher and four students who are ninjitsu experts. The five graduates take revenge. With this strong structure and exceptional kung-fu choreography (from the star and co-star Chu Ke), Chang Cheh created one of his very best entertainments.
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By the 1980s, having already filmed almost every martial arts story imaginable and facing increasing competition from other studios such as Golden Harvest, the Shaw Brothers were getting a little desperate. The continuing search for innovation took their productions in some pretty outlandish directions, resulting in a number of frankly crazy kung fu films which revolved around bizarre gimmicks and whose plots seemed to be inspired not so much as by classic Chinese history or literature as by mind altering drugs. One film which has long stood out from the pack is Five Element Ninjas directed by studio favourite Chang Cheh, who gave fans such masterpieces as One-Armed Swordsman and Five Venoms. The film has been previously available in a variety of other releases under a plethora of other names, including Chinese Super Ninjas as it was usually known in the West, though these tended to be badly dubbed, featured poor picture quality, and most importantly, were shorn of the gory violence which goes some way to marking it such a classic of its kind. Now finally available uncut, ninja fans can at last experience the colourful madness as it was originally intended, fast, furious and bloody. To be honest, the plot is relatively unimportant, though for the record it begins with two rival martial arts schools engaging in a contest, which the obviously evil one attempts to win with the aid of a Japanese samurai. Although the good guys triumph, their joy is short lived as the defeated samurai's friend shows up with his feared "five element" ninja formation, boasting skills relating to gold, wood, water, fire and earth. After the inevitable massacre, the lone survivor (played by later studio star Cheng Tien Chi, who also worked with Chang on Ode to Gallantry and other films) finds an old kung fu master in the nearby woods who agrees to train him in the art of ninjitsu and furnishes him with a new set of friends, all eager to help him take revenge. Forget all other ninja films - Five Element Ninjas is the one. Indeed, it has pretty much everything that discerning fans could ever want, with colourful and wacky costumes, such as the gold ninjas, wrapped up in glittery tinfoil and the wood ninjas who come disguised as trees, and a veritable catalogue of ninja techniques and tricks. The film shares its time equally between the ninjas and the amusing righteous good guys, and is a delightful showcase of outlandish powers and surreal magical abilities. Basically a series of fight scenes connected by a few bursts of noble dialogue and a touch of espionage, the film packs in an impressive amount of action, most of which is creatively choreographed and acrobatic. Director Chang seems to have really cut loose, and the film is far more dynamic and energetic than most other Shaw Brother productions, never slowing down from the opening contest through to the final epic duel. The film in its uncut form certainly is a bloody affair, as the ninjas attack with all manner of nasty looking weapons, including claws and spikes that are horribly handy for eviscerations and the tearing out of throats. Things actually get more violent as the film progresses, with plenty of limb tearing dismemberments and spurting blood geysers towards the end which are all the more impressive for the cheerful fashion in which they are carried out. Actually, it's a little hard not to feel sorry for the poor ninjas, as through the course of the film they are effectively transformed from mysterious, seemingly invulnerable warrior assassins to mere meat for the grinder, though of course this is all part of the fun. Needless to say, the film is relentlessly macho, even by Chang's standards, with lots of brotherly dialogue and stoicism, as well as a strange line in suicides, as a fair number of characters decide to off themselves in the face of defeat, possibly a weird attempt at giving the proceedings an authentically Japanese feel through featuring seppuku scenes. The only female character is an incompetent ninja spy who gets a pretty rough ride of things and who has a habit of stripping down to a see-through body stocking which is certainly fetching, though it probably isn't too practical when it comes to martial arts, offering very little in the way of support or protection. This touch of casual nudity only adds to what is already a hugely fun and enjoyable experience and it's safe to say that Five Element Ninjas truly deserves its cult reputation. An inventive kung fu masterpiece, whilst difficult to be taken seriously, the film is certainly one of Chang's best latter efforts and offers an incredible amount of high energy bloody action, marking it firmly as nothing less than essential viewing. by James Mudge - BeyondHollywood.com |
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December 4, 2013
This customer review refers to Five Element Ninjas (1982) (DVD) (Thailand Version)
I own two Shaw-Brothers-DVDs from the same studio and both are WITHOUT english subtitles, inconsistent with the declaration on the DVD-Cover and the Yesasia product description! I don't own this DVD from "Five Element Ninjas", but I suspect that it's without english subs as well.
Previous Thai-Releases from "United" have all english subs like the IVL's, but the new releases from the Studios "Peaks Makers" and "L. H. Movie Fusion" don't have it, but for all that they always declare it wrongly on the backcover... If you are not dependent on english subs, so I can recommend this Thai-Release, because the anamorphic progressive transfer like the US-DVD from Dragon Dynasty. |
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October 30, 2007
This is the classic of classics, everyone should have this one in their collection. The fights are top notch, acting very good, story line perfect, this is one of Chang Cheh, best works, this is one of his last films for ShawBrothers, and it a very good one. If u want to see an old school kungfu flix, this one should not be miss. SO put down the bootleg one and pick up the real deal. |
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