Blu-ray release: ‘A Man Called Hero’
By Phil Mills | Feb 16, 2024
Vinegar Syndrome are bringing the 1999 Hong Kong wuxia movie ‘A Man Called Hero’ (中華英雄) to US Blu-ray in February 2024.
Loosely based on Ma Wing-Shing’s ‘Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword’ manhua and directed by Andrew Lau, the film revolves around a man who goes in search of revenge after his parents are murdered by a band of evil Westerners. The cast includes Ekin Cheng, Shu Qi, Kristy Yeung, Nicholas Tse, and Anthony Wong.
Synopsis: Hero is a gifted martial artist who is honored to be chosen for training by his mentor, Pride. Upon arriving home to tell his family about this achievement, Hero discovers that his parents have been murdered by a group of foreign gangsters. Hero then uses his family’s mystical red sword to exact revenge on his parents’ killers. Now a wanted man, Hero is forced to leave behind his lover Jade and his best friend Sheng in order to start a new life in America. 16 years later, Sheng and Hero’s now grown son, Sword, travel to 1930s New York City in search of him. Sword learns of his father’s time in America through a series of stories told by those that knew Hero best. However, now in this new land, Sword undergoes some of the same treatment as his father and is forced to face many new enemies, such as violent gangsters and racist mine workers.
Features:
• Newly restored by Vinegar Syndrome from an existing studio master
• Original Cantonese language 5.1 surround soundtrack
• English language dub 2.0 stereo soundtrack
• Mandarin language dub 2.0 stereo soundtrack
• Newly translated English subtitles
• New commentary track with Frank Djeng
• Video essay by Justin Decloux
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• Region: A
• Limited to 5,000 units
‘A Man Called Hero’ is available to order now from VinegarSyndrome.com.
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