7 Grand Masters [1978].x264.DVDrip(KungFu.Classics)

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Video Information
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Type.................: Movie
File Validation......: MD5 & SHA-256 HASH

Title................: 7 Grand Masters, "Hu bao long she ying" (original title)
Studio...............: Tokyo Shock
Actors...............: Yi-Min Li, Jack Long, Mark Long
Directors............: Joseph Kuo
Writers..............: Da-Wei Kuo (story) (as Dai-wei Kuo) , Joseph Kuo
Genre................: Action | Drama
Release Date.........: June 1982 (USA) ,March 30, 2004 (DVD)
Duration.............: 01:29:42 (per actual main feature)
Rated................: Not Rated
Cover(s) Included....: Yes

Language.............: Chinese, English
Subtitles............: English, Spanish
Resolution...........: 480p @ 16x9
Source...............: Retail R1 DVD

IMDb Information.....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182666/
IMDb Rating..........: 7.3
RottenTomatoes.......: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_seven_grandmasters/
RT Rating............: 88%

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Encoding/Bitrate Information
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Format : MPEG-4
File size : 980 MiB
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 526 Kbps

Video

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Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Bit rate : 1 323 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 384 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.25:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Minimum frame rate : 11.672 fps
Maximum frame rate : 29.970 fps
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
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Audio #1

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Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Title : Stereo / Stereo
Language : English

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Bit rate mode : Variable
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Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Title : Stereo / Stereo
Language : Chinese


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Filename : 7 Grand Masters [1978].x264.DVDrip(KungFu.Classics).mp4
MD5 : 3d30be4f75e1c8c1854bfaa9618d1593
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File Size : 1,027,169,546
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Reviews/Synopsis
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Please go to the following website for detailed information:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_Grandmasters

7 GRANDMASTERS (1978) is a legendary kung fu film that's been a fan favorite for over 25 years. Good home video copies were impossible to come by until this legit DVD which offers the film letter-boxed, with 16:9 enhancement, enabling most of us, for the first time, to see the breathtaking kung fu action in all its widescreen glory.
Licensed to Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters by Hong Kong's Mei Ah, the transfer was made from a high-quality print that may be the best non-Shaw Bros. print of a kung fu film yet released in the U.S.
The dual language track includes both the familiar English dub and the original Mandarin track, with English subtitles.

7 GRANDMASTERS is almost a pure kung fu film, combining as it does two plot threads which sum up the essence of the genre. First we have a venerated kung fu champion, Shangkuan Chang, who must renew his status before he retires by traveling through China, accompanied by his daughter and three students, and taking on the grand masters of the title in fair bouts to prove he can still beat them.
Second, he trains an eager young novice, Hsiao Ying, who has joined the party early on in the two-year journey and who gradually surpasses his existing students. We see a succession of bouts with other masters, experts in weapons and various styles (snake, tiger, mantis, monkey, etc.), all of whom must confront the Pai Mei Fist technique of Shangkuan.
And we also see the young student go through the grueling process of being grudgingly accepted by the master, putting up with abuse from the other students, and practicing hard before developing his own unique style.
During the course of it all, we learn of a threat to the master from his past and a hidden agenda on the part of the student.

It's a kung fu classic featuring fight choreography by Yuen Cheung Yan (one of the famed Yuen Clan) and Corey Yuen, who went on to become a top director of HK action films in his own right (YES, MADAM!, FONG SAI YUK, SO CLOSE, etc.).
Corey also appears in the film as a weapons expert who is one of the grand masters. The stars are Jack Long as the kung fu master, Lee Yi Min as the new student, and Mark Long as the senior student.
All three also co-starred, to great effect, in NINJA CHECKMATE (aka MYSTERY OF CHESS BOXING), also reviewed on this site. As kung fu films go, it rarely gets better than this.
If I can offer one mild criticism, it's that there are so many good fights throughout the film that when we get to the final bout with the villain from the master's past, it's almost anti-climactic.

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