| Edition |
Seven-Blu-ray special edition. |
| Description |
7 videodiscs (506 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 x 17 cm. (folded to 14 x 17 cm)) |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdacpc |
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LPCM rdaspc |
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Dolby Digital |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray 1080p High Definition |
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region A rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 1036 |
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Criterion collection ; 1036.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray; 1080p High Definition; region A; LPCM 1.0, Dolby Digital 1.0; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
In original Mandarin, Cantonese or original English-dubbed version with optional English subtitles (The big boss, Fist of fury, The way of the dragon); Japanese-release English-dubbed version (The way of the dragon, Game of death); In English with optional English subtitles (Enter the dragon, Game of death). |
| Cast |
The big boss: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, Paul Tien, Miao Ke Hsiu, Li Quin, Han Ying Chieh, Tony Liu, Chin Shan, Malalene, Li Hua Sze. |
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Fist of fury: Bruce Lee, Miao Ker Hsiu, Maria Yi, James Tien, Han Ying-Chieh, Huang Chung-Hsin, Wei Ping-Ao, Tien Feng, Chin Shan, Tony Liu, Feng Yi, Lee Quin, Lo Wei, Chen Fu Ching, Lee Ying-Chi, Jun Katsumura, Riki Hashimoto, Law Mei, Jun Gar, Robert Baker. |
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The way of the dragon: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Wei Ping Ao, Huang Chung Hsin, Tony Liu, Unicorn Chan, Chuck Norris, Malisa Longo, Robert Wall, Whang Ing Sik, Chen Fu Ching, Chin Ti, Wu Ngan. |
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Enter the dragon: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Ahna Capri, Shih Kien, Bob Wall, Angela Mao Ying, Betty Chung, Geoffrey Weeks, Yang Sze, Peter Archer, Jim Kelly. |
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Game of the death: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, Colleen Camp, Hugh O'Brian, Mel Novak, Roy Chiao, Bob Wall, Danny Inosanto, Chuck Norris, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. |
| Credits |
The big boss: Cinematography, Chen Ching Chu ; film editor, Sung Ming ; music, Wang Fu Ling ; music for European release, Peter Thomas ; art director, Chien Hsin ; fighting instructor, Han Ying Chieh. |
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Fist of fury: Cinematography, Chen Ching Chu ; editor, Chang Yao Chung ; music, Ku Chia Hui ; costumes, Chu Sheng-Shi ; production designer, Lo Wei ; fighting instructor, Han Ying Chieh. |
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The way of the dragon: Cinematography, Ho Lan Shan ; film editor, Chang Yao Chung ; music, Joseph Koo ; sets, Chien Hsin ; action instructors, Bruce Lee, Unicorn Chan. |
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Enter the dragon: Director of photography, Gilbert Hubbs ; film editors, Kurt Hirschler, George Watters ; music, Lalo Schifrin ; fighting sequences staged by Bruce Lee. |
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Game of the death: Director of photography, Godfrey A. Godar ; film editor, Alan Pattillo ; music, John Barry. |
| Note |
Originally released as motion pictures 1971-1978. |
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Wide screen (2.35:1). |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R (all films). |
| Summary |
The big boss: A young man sworn to an oath of non-violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear. |
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Fist of fury: Chen Zhen, a student of Huo Yuanjia, fights to defend the honor of the Chinese in the face of foreign aggression, and to bring to justice those responsible for his master's death. |
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The way of the dragon: A man visits his relatives at their restaurant in Italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them. |
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Enter the dragon: A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover. |
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Game of the death: A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The big boss / a Golden Harvest presentation ; producer, Raymond Chow ; screenplay and directed by Lo Wei (1971, 100 min.). |
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Disc 2. Fist of fury / a Golden Harvest presentation ; screenplay, Lo Wei ; producer, Raymond Chow ; directed by Lo Wei (1972, 107 min.). |
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Disc 3. The way of the dragon / a Golden Harvest presentation ; screenplay, Bruce Lee ; produced by Raymond Chow ; directed by Bruce Lee (1972, 99 min.). |
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Disc 4. Enter the dragon / Warner Bros. presents ; a Warner Bros. Inc.-Concord Productions Inc. production ; written by Michael Allin ; produced by Fred Weintraub & Paul Heller in association with Raymond Chow ; directed by Robert Clouse (1973, 99 min.). |
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Disc 5. Game of death / a Golden Harvest presentation ; written by Jan Spears ; produced by Raymond Chow ; directed by Robert Clouse (1978, 101 min.). |
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Disc 6. Supplements: Game of death II (1981, 96 min.) -- Bruce Lee: the man and the legend (1973, 85 min.). |
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Disc 7. Supplements: Enter the dragon (special edition, 102 min.) -- Risk and reward (new interview with producer Andre Morgan about Golden Harvest, the company behind Hong Kong's top martial-arts stars, including Lee) -- Bruceploitation (new interview with author Grady Hendrix about the "Bruceploitatin" subgenre that followed Lee's death, and a selection of Bruceploitation trailers) -- Match the lips (new program about English-language dubbing, featuring performers Michael Kaye (the English-speaking voice of Lee's Chen Zhen in Fist of fury) and Vaughan Savidge) -- The grandmaster & the dragon. |
| Note |
Special features (The big boss): alternate track with music by Peter Thomas; audio commentary by Bruce Lee expert Brandon Bentley; audio commentary with Hong Kong-film expert Mike Leeder; On The big boss, new interview with Lee biographer Matthew Polly; alternate footage; Bruce Lee: the early years; Bruce Lee vs. Peter Thomas; trailers and TV spot. |
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Special features (Fist of fury): audio commentary with Hong Kong-film expert Mike Leeder; On Fist of fury, new interview with Lee biographer Matthew Polly; alternate opening credits; The first lady; Blade of fury; Master of Bushido; interview with Yuen Wah; trailers. |
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Special features (The way of the dragon): audio commentary with Hong Kong-film expert Mike Leeder; On The way of the dragon, new interview with Lee biographer Matthew Polly; alternate opening credits; Legacy of the dragon; Bruce Lee remembered; Kung fu?; trailers and radio spot. |
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Special features (Enter the dragon): On Enter the dragon, new interview with Lee biographer Matthew Polly; Blood and steel; Bruce Lee: in his own words (1998, 20 min.); interviews with Linda Lee Cadwell & Tung Wai; promotional material. |
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Special features (Game of death): audio commentary with Hong Kong-film expert Mike Leeder; On Game of death, new interview with Lee biographer Matthew Polly; Game of death redux, a new presentation of Lee's original Game of death footage, produced by Alan Canvan; alternate footage; Game of death revisited; trailers. |
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Special features: 4K digital restorations of The big boss, Fist of fury, The way of the dragon, and Game of death, with uncompressed original monaural soundtracks; New 2K digital restoration of the rarely seen 99-minute 1973 theatrical version of Enter the Dragon, with uncompressed original monaural soundtrack; New 2K digital restoration of the 102-minute "special edition" version of Enter the dragon, with alternative 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack; Alternate soundtracks for the films, including original English-dubbed tracks; audio commentary on the special edition version of Enter the dragon by producer Paul Heller. |
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Accompanying booklet includes essay "Water and vessel: the kung-fu movies of Bruce Lee" by Jeff Chang. |
| Awards |
National Film Registry, 2004 (Enter the dragon). |
| Subject |
Lee, Bruce, 1940-1973.
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Martial arts -- Drama.
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Opium trade -- Drama.
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Revenge -- Drama.
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Organized crime -- Drama.
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Hand-to-hand fighting, Oriental -- Drama.
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Martial artists -- Biography.
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Hong Kong (China) -- Drama.
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Lee, Bruce, 1940-1973. (OCoLC)fst00037967
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Hand-to-hand fighting, Oriental. (OCoLC)fst00950913
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Martial artists. (OCoLC)fst01010818
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Martial arts. (OCoLC)fst01010821
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Opium trade. (OCoLC)fst01046574
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Organized crime. (OCoLC)fst01047884
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Revenge. (OCoLC)fst01096476
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China -- Hong Kong.
(OCoLC)fst01260796
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| Genre/Form |
Action and adventure films. (OCoLC)fst01710568
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Martial arts films. (OCoLC)fst01710575
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Martial arts films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Lee, Bruce, 1940-1973, film director, screenwriter, action director, actor.
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Luo, Wei, 1918-1996, film director, screenwriter, production designer, actor.
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Clouse, Robert, film director.
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Allin, Michael, 1944- screenwriter.
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Chow, Raymond, 1927-2018, film producer.
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Weintraub, Fred, film producer.
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Heller, Paul M., 1927-2020 film producer.
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Yi, Yi, 1953- actor.
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Tien, James, 1942- actor.
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Miao, Kexiu, 1952- actor.
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Li, Kun, 1930-2008, actor.
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Han, Ying-Chieh, 1927-1991, actor, action director.
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Liu, Yong, 1952- actor.
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Chin, Shan (Actor), actor.
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Bautista, Marilyn, 1952- actor.
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Li, Hua-Sze, actor.
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Huang, Chung-Hsin, 1920-1976, actor.
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Wei, Ping'ao, 1929-1989, actor.
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Tien, Feng, 1928-2015, actor.
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Feng, Yi (Actor), actor.
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Chen, Fu Ching, actor.
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Li, Ying-Chi, actor.
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Katsumura, Jun, actor.
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Hashimoto, Chikara, 1933-2017, actor.
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Law, Mei, actor.
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Jun, Gar, actor.
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Baker, Robert, 1940-1993, actor.
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Chan, Unicorn, 1946-1987, actor, action director.
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Norris, Chuck, 1940- actor.
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Longo, Malisa, actor.
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Wall, Bob, 1939-2022 actor.
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Whang, Ing-Sik, 1940- actor.
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Chin, Ti, actor.
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Wu, Ngan, actor.
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Saxon, John, 1935-2020, actor.
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Capri, Anna, 1944-2010, actor.
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Kien, Shih, 1913-2009, actor.
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Mao, Angela, 1950- actor.
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Chung, Betty, actor.
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Weeks, Geoffrey, 1922-1974, actor.
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Yeung, Bolo, 1946- actor.
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Archer, Peter, 1943-2000, actor.
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Kelly, Jim, 1946-2013, actor.
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Young, Gig, 1913-1978, actor.
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Jagger, Dean, 1903-1991, actor.
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Camp, Colleen, 1953- actor.
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O'Brian, Hugh, actor.
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Novak, Mel, 1942- actor.
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Qiao, Hong, 1927-1999, actor.
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Inosanto, Dan, 1936- actor.
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Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- actor.
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Chen, Ching-Chu, 1944- director of photography.
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Nishimoto, Tadashi, 1921-1997, director of photography.
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Hubbs, Gil, director of photography.
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Godar, Godfrey A., 1924-2007, director of photography.
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Sung, Ming (Film editor), editor of moving image work.
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Zhang, Yaozong, 1945- editor of moving image work.
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Hirschler, Kurt, 1931-1986, editor of moving image work.
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Watters, George, editor of moving image work.
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Pattillo, Alan, 1929-2020, editor of moving image work.
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Wang, Fuling, 1925-1989, composer (expression)
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Thomas, Peter, 1925-2020, composer (expression)
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Gu, Jiahui, composer (expression)
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Schifrin, Lalo, composer (expression)
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Barry, John, 1933-2011, composer (expression)
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Chu, Sheng-Hsi, costume designer.
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Chien, Hsin, art director.
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Bentley, Brandon, commentator.
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Leeder, Mike, commentator.
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Golden Harvest (Firm), production company.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), presenter, production company.
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Concord Productions, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Container of (work): Tang shan da xiong (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Jing wu men (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Way of the dragon (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Enter the dragon (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Game of death (Motion picture : 1978)
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| ISBN |
9781681437293 |
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1681437295 |
| Standard No. |
715515247214 |
| Music No. |
CC3157BD Criterion Collection |
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