Product Details

• Actors: Ti Lung, Mai Tak-lo, Liu Hsueh-hua and Tang Chia
• Directors: Tang Chia
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Navarre Corporation
• DVD Release Date: January 6, 2009
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001ELXSOO
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #58,827 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Tang Chia is considered one of the greatest kung-fu choreographers ever. He directed three movies on his own and his last, is not only his greatest, but one of the greatest ever. Ti Lung, in one of his finest performances, stars Tieh Chiao-san, head of the Ten Kwangtung Tigers, who falls victim to opium, the drug which crippled China. The tragedies and drama that ensue are as stunning as the kung-fu, created by a superlative team of six martial artists. It leads to a truly unforgettable climax, as a trembling Tieh, still weak from going cold turkey, must face the gangsters who have ruined his town while he was addicted. A legitimate masterpiece and one of the finest, most effecting martial arts movies Shaw Brothers ever produced. Also starring Chen Kuan-Tai (Heroes Two) and Phillip Ko Fei (Enter the Dragon).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT MOVIE, April 8, 2009

By	Paul Scott (CENTRAL COAST,, N.S.W. Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought the Bluray version and it is superb quality in 2.35 Widescreen.

Great story,very well Produced
Highly Recommended.

I understand the DVD is from the same superb master.

5.0 out of 5 stars Ti Lung vs Chen Kuan Tai, March 30, 2009

By	Brian P. Webb "love to groove" (philadelphia,PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great movie that captures the evils of drug addiction and how it almost destroyed a great martial arts master, the fight scene between Ti Lung and Chen Kuan Tai is a classic you can watch over and over again. Highly recommended.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars PROBLEM WITH ALL DISCS OF THIS TITLE!!!!!!!, March 9, 2009

By	J. Hunt "Toon-Freak" (ann arbor, mi United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just recently purchased Opium and the Kung-Fu Master, I have read a lot of reviews about it and it turned out to be an excellent movie!

However..
I included a screen shot along with this just an alt+print screen cropped to the player window for your reference.
http://s5.tinypic.com/qs9y5g.jpg

When I capture a picture with my software dvd player (VideoLan aka VLC, and power dvd, and windvd) it does not capture the white frame it appears normal. (as in the whole frame not just the films frame)
Of course the white frame happens still in my hardware "set top" dvd player plays the frame white too.


Also, I noticed that the framerates play differently in set tops and software players (set top plays at 30fps and software a 23.97? aka 24fps) which gives different run times.
On VLC it is at 37:40 or on power dvd it is 36:47 (Same scene though)
This is not a hardware or software problem as you can see from the picture included, but rather a possible bad pressed disc, or a bad flag, a bad transfer, or bad Authoring.