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Tag: Jimmy Wang Yu

Podcast On Fire 364: Three Films By Chang Cheh – The Magnificent Trio, The Butterfly Chalice & The Trail Of The Broken Blade

30 May 2026 knetan Podcast On Fire, PODCASTS 1:13:41 0 Comments

In this episode we’re looking at The Magnificent Trio, a milestone in the studio’s early wuxia cycle where Chang Cheh takes a cue from Japan’s Three Outlaw Samurai.

We’re also giving a spotlight to two other early Chang Cheh films from this period: 1965’s The Butterfly Chalice, a huangmei opera that somehow fits both musical numbers and a face split in half, and 1967’s Trail Of The Broken Blade, made during the same year Chang Cheh became a household name with One-Armed Swordsman.

With Kenny and Paul Fox.

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

2 March 2021 knetan Podcast On Fire, PODCASTS, The Versus Series 01:27:58 0 Comments

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.

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 whose awesome clothing line you can find at shelflifeclothing.com.

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

2 June 2017 knetan PODCASTS, Taiwan Noir 01:39:42 0 Comments

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.”

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.

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 26: Brian Trenchard-Smith Interview Extras

15 July 2016 knetan Bonus Episodes 0 Comments

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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

15 July 2016 knetan Interviews, Podcast On Fire, PODCASTS 01:07:17 0 Comments

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

8 July 2016 knetan Interviews, Podcast On Fire, PODCASTS 00:06:01 0 Comments

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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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Podcast On Fire 157: The Chinese Boxer & The Five Venoms

13 April 2013 knetan Podcast On Fire, PODCASTS 02:06:23 1 Comment

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Jimmy Wang Yu was heading away from the eye of Chang Cheh’s by making his own, now classic kung-fu movie The Chinese Boxer and Chang Cheh had found new talents and vision at the end of the 70s that would lead to an impact in global popular culture through his 1978 classic The Five Venoms. The impact of the two works is discussed and dissected by Kenny B, Dr. David Lam and Tom K-W but not before the doctor shares what filth he watched last.

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

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