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Sammo Hung is regarded as one of the greatest Kung Fu performers of his generation. His high tempo, hard htting fight sequences have captured audiences all over the world. Future generations will look back and watch in amazement, witnessing one of the very best in world cinema.

Peking Opera Days

The Peking Opera school was run from a small theatre by Master Yu Jim Yuen, this was where Sammo Hung would begin his journey. In them days, the stundents would normally enroll for around 10 years, each day performing gruelling tasks for up to 18 hours a day which included training in the Martial Arts, weapons training, acrobatics, acting and singing. The Peking opera of course brought together Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Corey Yuen, Yuen Tak and Yuen Mo, who would eventually be known as the 7 Little Fortunes. They took the first name “Yuen” in a sign of...

Golden Harvest started in 1970, after Raymond Chow had left Shaw Brothers studios along with producer Leonard Ho and decided to start there own company and go up against the dominance of Shaw Brothers.

Shaw Brothers had been the leading studio for many years, showcasing legendary Directors, Actors and Marital Artists. Raymond Chow and Leonard Ho knew they had to come with something big and make a huge noise in the world of cinema and indeed they did just that. They made a few movies in 1971 such as The Angry River, Lady Whirlwind and One Armed Boxer. But one Actor stood out over the rest, showcasing his incredible talent for the first time in a big movie and his name was Bruce Lee. When the Big Boss premiered in Hong Kong, the audience cheered and mobbed Bruce after the movie had ended.

Raymond Chow and Bruce Lee

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Shout! Factory has announced that they will release a special DVD collection dedicated to Angela Mao Ying, one of the most well known martial art actress.

Angela Mao Ying was born in 1950 in Taiwan and during her career she had trained in hapkido, wushu, taekwondo and other forms of martial arts. She debuted in 1969 but it wasn’t until the mid seventies that she started to get international recognition. She started in more than 35 films and became one of the most celebrated martial art heroines of Hong Kong cinema.

The 3 disc collection with widescreen format, contain six of the most well know films started by Ying. The films included are: When Taekwondo Strikes (1973), Stoner (1974), The Tournament (1974), Queen´s Ransom (1976), The Himalayan (1976) and Broken Oath (1977).

This kick ass must-have DVD collection will be in stores everywhere on June 17 (2014), but you can make a pre-order on ShoutFactory.com or into Amazon.com...

Other names: 茅瑛

Maau Ying

Angela Mao

Mao Fook Jing

Mao Fu Ying

Birth date: 20/9/1950

Nationality: Taiwan

Workplace: Hong Kong, Taiwan

Selected Filmography

1971:Angry River

1971:Lady Whirlwind

1972:Hapkido

1973:When Taekwondo Strikes

1973:Fate Of Lee Khan

1974:The Tournament

1977:Broken Oath

Angela Mao, nicknamed “Lady Whirlwind” and “Lady Kung Fu” by her fans, started of in Chinese opera, like most others at the time before making her way into the movie business. Around the same time, she also attended Ballet lessons, which is why in time she would be so flexible and show these movements in some of the movies. When attending Opera school, she and the others would wake up around 5am to learn Gymnastics, mid day she would learn singing, which then went onto reading books and more acrobatics in the evening.

Enter the movie world

In 1970, Golden Harvest boss Raymond Chow, went to Hong Kong in search of new actors,...

Of those rooting for Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" on Oscar night, the Torgan family might be cheering the loudest.

As the proprietors of the New Beverly Cinema, the Torgans operate one of Los Angeles' last havens for classic movies. And, as of recently, Tarantino is their landlord.

The New Beverly has been the Torgan family business since 1978. But if not for the intervention of the director with the encyclopedic knowledge of film, it would be just another chain franchise.

"It was going to be turned into a Super Cuts," Tarantino said. "I'd been coming to the New Beverly ever since I was old enough to drive there from the South Bay -- since about 1982. So, I couldn't let that happen."

Built in 1929 as a first-run moviehouse, the Torgan family moved into the property and turned it into a 200-seat venue for classic, independent and foreign films. One glance at...

For fans of martial arts and cult cinema, “Stoner” has a truly fascinating production history and cast. The film was originally set to be the biggest budgeted kung fu film to come from Asia, and was to star none other than the legendary Bruce Lee in the lead role, alongside Japanese genre favourite and “The Street Fighter” himself, Sonny Chiba, as well as George Lazenby, who for many discerning aficionados remains the best James Bond ever to grace the screen. Unfortunately, after Lee died, Chiba jumped ship, leaving the production somewhat stranded. Thankfully, director Huang Feng was able to bring in the best possible replacement in the fierce, shapely form of Kung Fu queen Angela Mao, who he had worked with before on such classics as “When Taekwondo Strikes”, “Lady Whirlwind”, “The Himalayan” and the awesome “Angry River”. As if the dynamite combination of Mao and Lazenby wasn’t enough,...