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The Important Cinema Club

BONUS COMMENTARY: Jimmy Wang Yu in BLOOD OF THE DRAGON (1971)

The Important Cinema Club

Justin Decloux and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.7575 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

RIP Jimmy Wang Yu In honour of the passing of one of Hong Kong's biggest martial arts stars, please commentary the track Justin Decloux and Will Sloan recorded for BLOOD OF THE DRAGON on the Gold Ninja Video Blu-ray release Because the film stars Jimmy, they used the opportunity to have a lengthy talk about his career. The track can be synced up with the movie, which can be found on Youtube, or can be listened to stand-alone as a podcast. References to on-screen events are fairly minimal.

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0:00.0

Hello, my name's Justin DeClu, and I'm the producer of this gold ninja video disc, and I'm here today with my co-host on the Important Cinema Club, and Jimmy Wang Yu fan Will Sloan.

0:13.9

Happy to be here, always happy to be here.

0:15.8

And while this set is dedicated to the director, Kao Pao Shu. I already did a featurette on her.

0:23.3

We'll talk about a little bit about a career, but there's not really that much information out there, I think, to fill a 90-minute track.

0:31.1

So we're mostly going to be focusing on Jimmy.

0:33.8

And I think segue into just Hong Kong cinema in general, right? Well, that's right. I have a

0:38.9

couple of questions to ask you just off the top. First of all, I'm curious, what made you

0:44.6

choose this film? So originally, when I wanted to do a set dedicated to Kao Pao Shu, because she's

0:50.9

one of the only women directors to work in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

0:55.0

I mean, that was my main goal.

0:56.9

And the original film that I had was the Master Strikes, which is the last available release

1:02.1

that she did, which is kind of a more wacky kung fu comedy thing.

1:06.8

And I love that film, by the way.

1:08.1

I just want to throw that out there.

1:09.3

And it is included as the other feature on this disc.

1:12.5

And the only issue I had was that was one.

1:15.3

The title was very generic.

1:17.1

And it didn't have a hook like Blood of the Dragon and starring Jimmy Wang Yu, which I feel like this film does have.

1:25.2

And I should point out here that the actor that Jimmy Wang

1:28.2

Yu is fighting is Tia Ye, who was a repertory player with the unofficial Jimmy Wang Yu company,

1:34.9

having previously appeared in One Arm Boxer and Beach of the War Gods, which is a great picture.

1:40.0

And he showed up in a lot of Jimmy Wang Yu productions. And he actually gets a special appearance credit here.

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