Heroes of the East 1978 & Dirty Ho 1979 1080p Arrow Blu-ray AVC DTS-HD MA 1 0-Dread

A Chinese man (Liu) marries a Japanese woman through an arranged marriage and manages to insult all...

Year: 1978
Duration: 100 min
Release date: Saturday 30th December 1978
Genre: Action, Drama

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Stars:
Chia Hui Liu, Yuka Mizuno, Lung Chan, Kang-Yeh Cheng

Filling a . This is disc eight of Arrow Films' Shawscope Volume 1 box set. It contains the following two films:

Heroes of the East
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080172/
A Chinese man (Liu) marries a Japanese woman through an arranged marriage and manages to insult all of her Japanese martial arts family by issuing a challenge to her that is misinterpreted by the others. He must then prove how good Chinese Kung Fu really is through a series of duels with the seven Japanese martial artists who come to meet the challenge.

Dirty Ho
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079432/
A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.

Special Features:
Brand new 2K restoration of Dirty Ho from the original negative by Arrow Films
Uncompressed Cantonese, Mandarin and English original mono audio for both films
Newly translated English subtitles for both films, plus English hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dubs
Brand new commentary on Heroes of the East by Jonathan Clements, author of A Brief History of the Martial Arts
Newly filmed appreciation of both films by film critic and historian Tony Rayns
Interview with Heroes of the East star Yasuaki Kurata, filmed in 2003 by Frédéric Ambroisine
Alternate opening credits for Shaolin Challenges Ninja, the international version of Heroes of the East
Alternate English credits for Dirty Ho
Hong Kong theatrical trailer for Heroes of the East, plus US TV spot
Hong Kong theatrical trailer for Dirty Ho
Image galleries for both films

QUICK SUMMARY:

Disc Title: HEROES OF THE EAST / DIRTY HO
Disc Label: Heroes of the East 中華丈夫 1978 & Dirty Ho 爛頭何 1979 1080p USA Blu-ray AVC DTS-HD MA 1.0-Dread [Shaw Bros]
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Protection: AACS
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Length: 1:44:58.500
Total Bitrate: 23.08 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 17993 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: Chinese / DTS-HD Master Audio / 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1061 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 1.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: Chinese / DTS-HD Master Audio / 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1082 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 1.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1038 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 1.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 320 kbps / DN -31dB
Subtitle: English / 22.660 kbps
Subtitle: English / 19.971 kbps
Subtitle: English / 0.383 kbps

Disc Title: HEROES OF THE EAST / DIRTY HO
Disc Label: Heroes of the East 中華丈夫 1978 & Dirty Ho 爛頭何 1979 1080p USA Blu-ray AVC DTS-HD MA 1.0-Dread [Shaw Bros]
Disc Size: 49,663,804,629 bytes
Protection: AACS
Playlist: 00002.MPLS
Size: 24,223,412,928 bytes
Length: 1:43:29.578
Total Bitrate: 31.21 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 25990 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: Chinese / DTS-HD Master Audio / 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1061 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 1.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: Chinese / DTS-HD Master Audio / 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1148 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 1.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1142 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 1.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitle: English / 26.032 kbps
Subtitle: English / 28.435 kbps
Subtitle: English / 0.145 kbps