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Heroes of the East |  | Director: Lau Kar-Leung
Actors: Gordon Liu, Yasuaki Kurata
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Category: DVD
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 8310
Format: Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: Mandarin Chinese (Original Language), Cantonese (Original Language), English (Original Language), English (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WEID80996D
UPC: 796019809962
EAN: 0796019809962
ASIN: B0010X741O
Theatrical Release Date: 1979
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Heroes Now In The West! September 10, 2009
Brian Lueth (Chicago, IL United States)
Man, I love this film. Heroes of the East features all types of fantastic martial arts styles including Kendo, Judo, Ninjitsu, Chinese Boxing and weapons battles up the yin yang! This is another absolute Shaw Bros. masterpiece that must be seen and appreciated by anybody and everybody claiming to be a Kung Fu cinema fan. The cinematography and choreography are second to none and the directing, well, the directing is impeccable, just what you'd expect from Lau Kar Leung. He's a master of his craft, no doubt about it.
Dragon Dynasty have released another incredibly cool DVD with a solid, clean transfer, crisp sound, three great audio language tracks (including English for those that prefer dubbing) and some super slick special features. I can hardly say this is Lau Kar Leung's best work but it is definitely amongst his best.
My final word on this release is, "Go buy the movie." It's a classic, it's a masterpiece and if you love good Kung Fu cinema this is a "must-own" film. I'd have to say that this is definitely made my top ten favorite Kung Fu films of all time so don't wait until it disappears from shelves and eventually goes out of print, grab yourself a copy now and marvel at the beautiful filmmaking and tail-kicking, hand-to-hand, fist-to-fist & weapon-to-weapon combat! Heroes of the East is timeless entertainment.
Magnificent! July 4, 2009
Jamel K. Simmons
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The fight scenes were perfect, every move, fell in place as if they were real battles. The distinguishing of the two styles is what made the movie even more interesting. I am a Gordon Lui fan, and definitely a martial arts fan, with the movie being a dragon dynasty production, trust me that alone makes you want to see it. So far every movie with their production have been over the top.
Shaolin vs Ninja May 8, 2009
Paul (Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie was a ripper!
My mate had this on an old VHS copy under the title "Shaolin vs Ninja" but lost it. He highly recommended it me so I got it off Amazon. (Recieved it only after about 10 days here in Australia from Amazon. Great service!).
The fighting in it is top notch as it fairly displays Chinese Gung Fu vs Japanese Martial arts with out too much bias. ( as opposed to say Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury, where the Japs are the baddies. still a top movie though!)
It has been restored beautifully and the dubbing (if you dont like subtitles) is the cool old school voices we've all grown up with. (as opposed to alot of the remastered Jackie Chan movies now have remastered dubbing too, which sounds silly.)
Overrall, a great buy, and a laugh to see Gordon Liu with some hair for a change!
"Must Have" kung fu movie for martial artist or fan March 19, 2009
Iron Monkey (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is a classic! It's a keeper for your kung fu movie collecton. I am a kung fu instructor and fully enjoy the action and training scenes. Nothing phoney or hokey. The movie was directed by a kung fu expert, the star was a kung fu expert, and the cinematographer was a kung fu expert as well. This combination of kung fu experts in different roles makes for a unique action movie from the perspective of martial artists. The action and moves are more authentic and many fight scenes are shot in a single take in real-time speed. Many kung fu movies speed up the action to make the actors look like they're moving fast. This movie lets you see real martial artists showing off their best skills when they were at the peak of their prowess. It also has a good story and not just fighting for the sake of fighting. This is great deal because you get a great movie and bonus features!
Great Move November 17, 2008
Jon Mcgarrett (Portland Oregon USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you like fighting, the use of wepons, fights between husband and wife this is your move. A Japanese woman marries a chinese man and they argue about there fighting steyals and the fight is on.
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