Shawscope Volume Four (Blu-ray Limited Edition) (Arrow Video) [UK]

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Release date: December 8, 2025
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Limited Edition Blu-ray Contents

  • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all sixteen films, all newly restored in 2K from the original negatives by Arrow Films
  • Illustrated 60-page collectors' booklet featuring new writing by David West, Jonathan Clements and Grady Hendrix, plus cast and crew listings and notes on each film by Ian Jane
  • New artwork by Matt Frank & Jolyon Yates, Mike Lee-Graham, Chris Malbon and Ilan Sheady

  • DISC ONE - SUPER INFRAMAN
  • Newly restored lossless Mandarin, Cantonese and English mono audio
  • Newly translated English subtitles, plus optional hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub
  • Option to view the film in its US theatrical version, Infra-man, with lossless "Stereo-Infra-Sound" surround audio
  • Brand new commentary by martial arts cinema experts Frank Djeng & Erik Ko
  • Shaws' Little Dragon, a newly filmed interview with co-star Bruce Le
  • Super Ultra Infra Action!, a brand new video essay on Shaws' tokusatsu films written and narrated by Steven Sloss
  • Theatrical trailers, TV spots and radio spots

  • DISC TWO - OILY MANIAC / BATTLE WIZARD
  • Newly restored lossless Mandarin mono for both films, plus English mono for Battle Wizard
  • Newly translated English subtitles for both films, plus optional hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub on Battle Wizard
  • Brand new commentary on Oily Maniac by critic Ian Jane
  • Brand new commentary on Battle Wizard by Jonathan Clements, author of A Brief History of the Martial Arts

  • DISC THREE - BLACK MAGIC / BLACK MAGIC PART 2
  • Newly restored lossless Mandarin and English mono audio for both films
  • Newly translated English subtitles for both films, plus optional hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dubs
  • Brand new commentary for Black Magic by critic James Mudge
  • Brand new commentary for Black Magic Part 2 by critic Samm Deighan
  • Alternate US opening for Black Magic Part 2

  • DISC FOUR - HEX / BEWITCHED
  • Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio for both films
  • Newly translated English subtitles for both films
  • Brand new commentary for Bewitched by critic James Mudge

  • DISC FIVE - HEX VS. WITCHCRAFT / HEX AFTER HEX
  • Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio for both films
  • Newly translated English subtitles for both films
  • Additional Mandarin voiceover clip for Hex Vs. Witchcraft

  • DISC SIX - BAT WITHOUT WINGS / BLOODY PARROT
  • Newly restored lossless Mandarin mono audio for both films
  • Newly translated English subtitles for both films
  • Brand new commentaries for both films by critic Samm Deighan

  • DISC SEVEN - THE FAKE GHOST CATCHERS / DEMON OF THE LUTE
  • Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio for both films
  • Newly translated English subtitles for both films
  • Brand new commentary for Demon of the Lute by martial arts cinema expert Frank Djeng

  • DISC EIGHT - SEEDING OF A GHOST / PORTRAIT IN CRYSTAL
  • Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio for both films
  • Newly translated English subtitles for both films
  • Brand new commentary for Seeding of a Ghost by critic James Mudge

  • DISC NINE - TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR
  • Newly restored lossless Cantonese and Mandarin mono audio
  • Newly translated English subtitles
  • Seamless branching option to watch Cantonese version with additional scene from Mandarin version
  • Brand new commentary by martial arts cinema expert Frank Djeng
  • Newly filmed interview with director/co-writer Alex Cheung
  • Newly filmed appreciation by film scholar Victor Fan
  • Theatrical trailer

  • DISC TEN - BONUS DISC
  • Hong Kong: The Show of Mister Shaw, a 1972 French TV profile of Shaw Brothers
  • Brand new video essay on Ho Meng-hua written and narrated by Grady Hendrix
  • Newly filmed appreciations of Super Inframan by Leon Hunt, Luke White and Kim Newman
  • Newly filmed appreciation of Bat Without Wings by Wayne Wong
  • Newly filmed appreciation of Demon of the Lute by Luke White
  • Newly filmed appreciations of Battle Wizard and Demon of the Lute by Victor Fan
  • Theatrical trailers for most of the films in the set, some never seen on video before
 
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