Eureka Entertainment is to release SHAOLIN BOXERS, an action-packed slice of martial arts mayhem starring James Tien. Available on Blu-ray from 24 March 2025 as part of the Eureka Classics range, in a Limited edition of 2,000 copies exclusively featuring an O-card slipcase and collector’s booklet.
Directed by Ta Huang (Chinese Hercules) and released at the height of the 1970s kung fu craze, Shaolin Boxers offers a rare leading role to James Tien – who more often played supporting roles in films such as Fist of Fury, The Iron-Fisted Monk and The Magnificent Bodyguards – in an action-packed narrative that charges him with rescuing innocents from forces of corruption and evil.
In the village of Fukien, the people are terrified of the local security squad – led by Ho Yung, who gained his position by bribing the referee in the village’s annual martial arts tournament. In order to wrestle control from this band of tyrants, Chuan Tai – the master of the local Shaolin school – enters the competition to prove his dominance and free the villagers from their obligation to pay for Ho’s protection. But Ho Yung does not intend on relinquishing power so easily, and teams up with Lei Biao – a kung fu adept with shaky morality – to ensure that Chuan Tai does not emerge victorious.
Released at a time when audiences all over the world clamoured for kung fu cinema in the aftermath of Bruce Lee’s breakout films The Big Boss, Fist of Fury and – above all – Enter the Dragon, Shaolin Boxers is a slice of martial arts mayhem that draws upon all the most enduring elements of the Hong Kong action film. Eureka Classics is proud to present the film on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK from a new 2K restoration.
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Limited edition of 2,000 copies
- Limited edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling
- 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a new 2K restoration
- Original Mandarin mono and English dubbed audio options
- Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release
- New audio commentary with East Asian cinema expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
- New audio commentary with Hong Kong cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
- Shaolin Style – new interview with Wayne Wong, editor of Martial Arts Studies
- PLUS: A limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Hong Kong cinema scholar Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park
