Das Todesduell der Shaolin

Originaltitel: Xian si jue

1983
18
1 Std. 26 Min.

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7,2/10

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The best sword master from China vs the best sword master from Japan. Who will win?

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuThe best sword master from China vs the best sword master from Japan. Who will win?The best sword master from China vs the best sword master from Japan. Who will win?The best sword master from China vs the best sword master from Japan. Who will win?

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,2/10

2493

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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The English subtitles on the 2021 Blu-ray release by Eureka uses names for the Japanese characters that are different from those on previous releases of the film. Norman Chu's character, previously known as "Hashimoto", is here referred to as "Miyamoto Ichiro"; and the character played by Eddy Ko, previously known as "Kenji", is here called "Kaneda". According to the audio commentary by Frank Djeng, the translated names used on previous editions were incorrect, and the new edition's replacement names are more accurate.

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Wires are noticeably visible in some shots during the final battle.

Zitate
Ching Wan: Don't you sometimes feel sad for us martial artists? If we're incompetent, then we can easily get killed. But if we're good, then either we challenge other masters or we ourselves keep getting challenged and can never have peace.
Hashimoto: Do you regret it?
Ching Wan: I don't regret the life I've chosen. Do you?
Hashimoto: Neither do I.

Alternative Versionen
UK VHS versions of this film were cut by 5 seconds to remove all shots of shuriken (ninja throwing stars), as these were on the no-no weapons list of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) at the time. When resubmitted to the BBFC in 2004 under revised guidelines in which shuriken were no longer a problem, the film was passed uncut for the UK DVD release.

Verbindungen
Featured in The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990)

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8/10

Last of the Old School? Or, First of the New School?

This was a good martial arts flick. There were good special effects, enjoyable fight sequences and decent acting; moreover, there was something that you don't see the Chinese movies from that era: A sympathetic Japanese character.

Not to say that the Japanese champion (played by Norman Chu) is a good person...far from it; but, he is honorable. He is also three dimensional. He is kind to children and not a thug. If you've seen martial arts movies with Japanese characters, you can understand how different this is.

If you already like Chinese Kung Fu movies, this one is worth an evening...