Product Details

• Actors: Benny Urquidez, Muhammad Ali
• Format: Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bci / Eclipse
• DVD Release Date: September 5, 2006
• Run Time: 170 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000GETUCE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,485 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

KINGS OF THE SQUARE RING captures some of the most amazing battles ever seen in the field of mixed martial arts an extreme sport that combines elements of boxing wrestling karate muay thai jiujitsu and tae kwon do into a no-holds-barred style of fighting. The collection presents archival footage of fighting greats like Masutatsu Oyama Benny "The Jet" Urquidez Rikidozan Antonio Inoki and Muhammad Ali as well as a bonus segment on female fighters called AMAZONS IN WRESTLING.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SPORTS/GAMES/FIGHTING Rating: NR UPC: 787364726097

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Legends of legalized slaughter!!, October 4, 2006

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Action Jaa-ckson (NY,NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kings of the Square Ring (DVD)

What a treat!
This is a look at the men whole made the `square ring' their legacy including Ali,Inoki,Benny the Jet Urquidez,Rikidozan and many more.
This is a japanese piece filmed in the `70's in Japan.
Many fighters travelled there(and still do so today)where the fight game is most respected than anywhere else on earth.

There's a great section on Benny where he takes out guys with a superb spin kick to the liver.One guy gets dusted with a perfectly executed judo throw!

The bonus features are also amazing.
First there's a section with deleted scenes from the japan version of this film.It's got many of the same pieces so you might want to fast forward through this segment as it's rather long.

Next up is a long segment f Inoki fights including one against Oyama Karate fighter Willie Williams where both men wind up fighting outside the ring than in it.
This didnt look staged either.Williams seemed really angry.
There's got to be an hours worth of great fights.

But wait...there's more!!
The ladies get their share of the action too!
Amazons in Wrestling is another `70's docu with asian wrestlers.
Man have we come a long way!
Also included is more recent matches of ladies doing some great moves.
This segment like the mens bonus section is all in Japanese.

It's doubtful you can get through all this in one sitting.
There's about 5-6 hours of materials packed into 2 discs.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very cool!, December 23, 2011

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Mathew R. Ecklund "Mat Ecklund" (Panama, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kings of the Square Ring (DVD)

Very cool and very rare documentary from the '70's. Highlights is the great footage of both Benny Urquidez and Japanese kickboxing legend Toshio Fujiwara. Old school Puroresu fans will dig the great footage of Antonio Inoki and the behind the scenes training at the old New Japan Dojo. Fans of this documentary would also enjoy Fighting Black Kings- a Kyokushin Kai Karate documentary made by what appears to be the same people.