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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 363: Blade Of Fury

28 April 2026 knetan Podcast On Fire, PODCASTS 1:06:40 0 Comments

A rare detour for Sammo Hung into straight period swordplay, and the final chapter in the long career of Lo Wei, this month’s deep dive covers Blade Of Fury, with Kenny B and Phil G.

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Podcast On Fire 299: The Legend Of Wisely & Bury Me High

14 November 2020 knetan Podcast On Fire, PODCASTS 2:03:03 0 Comments

Hong Kong’s Indiana Jones style adventurer Wisely has been featured on the big screen in movies such as The Seventh Curse and The Cat, both of which have been covered before on the network, but this time we’re diving deeper into the catalogue as we watch Sam Hui chase a dragon pearl in The Legend Of Wisely from 1987. Also, a feng shui blockbuster looking all kinds of expensive in the form of Bury Me High from 1991. With Kenny B, Paul Fox and Kevin Ma of the East Screen West Screen podcast.

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Running Times:

00m 00s – Intro/Ni Kuang biography and discussion
33m 30s – The Legend Of Wisely review
67m 11s – Tsui Siu-ming discussion
77m 09s – Bury me High review.

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Taiwan Noir 26: The Nine Demons & The Shanghai Thirteen

12 January 2018 knetan PODCASTS, Taiwan Noir 01:34:24 0 Comments

Legendary director Chang Cheh gets actors he worked with across the decades together for a Super Smash (Shaw) Brothers style time in The Shanghai Thirteen and he crafts a Wuxia pian fantasy with a tint of Halloween store horror and extensive kung fu in the form of The Nine Demons. Starring Gary and Joey. Thank you to Terracotta Distribution for sending screeners for review.

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Running Times:

00m 00s – Intro/Chang Cheh biography & discussion
26m 30s – The Nine Demons review
57m 23s – Chang Cheh biography & discussion continued
69m 57s – The Shanghai Thirteen review

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The Director’s Series 14: David Chiang – The Drug Addicts & A Mad World Of Fools

31 October 2014 knetan David Chiang, PODCASTS, The Director's Series 01:35:18 0 Comments

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As one review hinted at, on this show we don’t pick the expected but rather what WE feel is worthy of a spotlight and the time has come for a new subject. His name is David Chiang. Yes, martial arts action superstar had a directing career so follow Kenny B and Tom K-W as we open up a new Director’s Series on David Chiang’s The Drug Addicts and A Mad World Of Fools.

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. We are also featured on All Things Film, a collection of like minded Film, Cinema, TV, Geek and Cult Podcasts.

Running Times:
00m 00s – Intro/David Chiang bio/discussion
35m 21s – The Drug Addicts review
61m 22s – A Mad World Of Fools review

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Podcast On Fire 180: Disciples Of Shaolin & The Bare-Footed Kid

10 May 2014 knetan Podcast On Fire, PODCASTS 01:28:02 1 Comment

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There’s always moans and groans whenever remakes are announced and maybe there was in the early 90s as well when The Bare-Footed Kid was announced for remake. The original 1975 Shaw Brothers classic by Chang Cheh was getting an upgrade for modern audiences, this time helmed by Johnnie To but still at Shaw Brothers and starring singer/actor Aaron Kwok. So we thought we’d take this op to discuss both, maybe not make it into a vs match but comparisons are inevitable when Kenny B and our resident Shaw Brothers afficionado Mike Maley discuss both.

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/. We are also featured on All Things Film, a collection of like minded Film, Cinema, TV, Geek and Cult Podcasts.

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The Director’s Series 11: Kirk Wong – True Colours & Gunmen

23 November 2013 knetan Kirk Wong, PODCASTS, The Director's Series 01:32:09 0 Comments

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Past the weirder more experimental side of Kirk Wong, 1986’s True Colours and 1988’s Gunmen represents something more traditional: The brotherhood, romance, gunplay mashup and in the case of the latter, a low budget period effort in the vein of Untouchables but also in the vein of violent action and firey mayhem with a detailed, loving clash between producer and director.

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Running Times:
08m 12s – Raymond Wong biography/discussion
17m 15s – Ti Lung biography/discussion
28m 25s – True Colours review/discussion
52m 33s – Gunmen background
61m 50s – Gunmen review/discussion

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