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Tag: Jimmy Wang Yu

Podcast On Fire 304: One-Armed Swordsman & One-Armed Boxer

Chop Chop. Twice we watch Jimmy Wang Yu lose his arm as we are doing another entry in the Versus Series. He loses it for the first time in 1967’s One-Armed Swordsman at Shaw Brothers for director Chang Cheh and then again in 1972 as he directs himself in One-Armed Boxer. With Kenny B and Tom K-W.

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Running Times:

00m 00s – Intro/One-Armed Swordsman background
26m 13s – One-Armed Swordsman  review
54m 45s – One-Armed Boxer review

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Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 33: Members Only Archive Dusted #12


Consisting of outtakes and deleted material (previously only available to forum members) out of Podcast On Fire 42 (which became Japan On Fire 2) and 43 from 2009 with Stoo, Kenny B, James Aylmore and Mike Banner, this collection feature tangents and outtakes concerning classic Japanese cinema in the form of Female Prisoner Scorpion, Magic Crystal, Jimmy Wang Yu’s behavior shooting The Man From Hong Kong, classic UK sitcoms, sex and chopsticks.

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Taiwan Noir 25: Master Of The Flying Guillotine & The Shaolin Invincibles

Jimmy Wang Yu dones the One Armed Boxer persona again and takes on the blind master of the flying guillotine IN… Master Of The Flying Guillotine. We’ll also be talking about The Shaolin Invincibles, widely known as “the one with the gorillas.”

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Running Times:

00m 00s – Intro/Jimmy Wang Yu biography & discussion
25m 09s – Master Of The Flying Guillotine review
60m 20s – The Shaolin Invincibles review

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Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 32: Members Only Archive Dusted #11

Consisting of outtakes and deleted material (previously only available to forum members) out of Podcast On Fire 37, 39 (which became Japan On Fire 1), 40 and 41 from 2009 with Stoo, Kenny B and Mike Banner, this collection feature tangents and outtakes concerning last movies watched (including Chocolate, A Man Called Tiger and its home video complexity), bad Jackie Chan merchandise, flying guillotines and Ken chimes in with an underrated movie.

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Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 26: Brian Trenchard-Smith Interview Extras

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A further 20 minutes with Brian Trenchard-Smith, with specific focus on a couple of his movies such as BMX Bandits, The Siege Of Firebase Gloria and The Man From Hong Kong.

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Podcast On Fire 220: Brian Trenchard-Smith Interview Part 2

pof219We continue our chat with Brian Trenchard-Smith, touching upon the making of The Man From Hong Kong, how Brian transitioned from Australia to the US and the origin story of his novel The Headsman’s Daughter.

Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire@sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of Brian Kirby (briankirby.net) whose awesome clothing line you can find at shelflifeclothing.com.

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Podcast On Fire 219: Brian Trenchard-Smith Interview Part 1

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We’re delighted and honored to be joined, in the first of two parts, by filmmaker Brian Trenchard-Smith. As much connected to Australian, US and even Hong Kong cinema, the interview takes you through his television days up till the point where he pitched The Man From Hong Kong to Golden Harvest.

Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire@sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of Brian Kirby (briankirby.net) whose awesome clothing line you can find at shelflifeclothing.com.

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