CompleteMartialArts.com - Soul of Chiba (Dub)
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List Price: $19.98
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Manufacturer: Xenon
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Bolo Yeung, Etsuko Shihomi, Tadashi Yamashita
Directed By: Yukio Noda
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304396131
Format: Color
ISBN: 6304396139
Label: Xenon
Manufacturer: Xenon
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Xenon
Release Date: 2002-02-05
Studio: Xenon
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Summary: For Chiba Completists
Comment: Shinichi (Sonny) Chiba fans certainly ought to be singing BCI's praises, as they have released a great many of his films in the last couple of years. The two films in this set are particularly uncommon, and, compared to some others, are mediocre at best. SOUL OF BRUCE LEE is a real Frankenstein job, as it is a German print with a soundtrack that jumps back and forth. The English dialogue track sounds a bit muddy and switches at times to a sharper-sounding track for some of the fight scenes. The film itself is no great shakes, but features some pretty lively fights with Chiba and others. A Japanese-language print is also included. FIGHTING FIST is a Japanese-language print (with no onscreen title) which has some videotape artifacts, but is otherwise OK. This cops-vs-gangsters outing was directed by Chiba, who also plays a small role; most fans will be disappointed that he's not in the film to speak of, but FIGHTING FIST is not too bad. It does contain some graphic violence, and is a better production than SOUL, which generally seems like a typical cheesy kung-fu title with Chiba thrown into the mix. All things considered, I don't regret buying this, but don't expect Chiba classics here. I hope BCI releases a nice box set of the STREET FIGHTER films; although they are very common on budget DVDs, BCI would do it up right.
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Summary: Review for Soul of Chiba aka Soul of Bruce Lee
Comment: I borrowed this from a friend and I only watched Soul of Chiba. He warned me that Fighting Fist is a horrible movie, so I passed on it.
Soul of Chiba is a very strange movie. The info on hkmdb says it's from 1973, but that's really hard to believe. I would guess 76. The action is jaw dropping. Sonny Chiba is in his physical prime and has a few great fight scenes. The story is really bad. Chiba is looking for the man who killed his master. The villain is played by Luk Chuen, who is probably more famous for his fight choreography on movies like Killer Constable. Chiba uses this weird electric shock device seen on the cover of the DVD to enhance his fighting skills. He is also a drug addict and stuffs the white stuff in his mouth the whole movie. Bronson Lee, Bolo and Shiomi Etsuko round out the rest of the cast. Bronson and Bolo have a really awesome fight at the end of the movie. I wasn't expecting that. Bronson Lee seems like he could tear people up in real life, but on screen he just doesn't look that good. His movie fighting style reminds me of Dragon Lee. And I don't know for sure, but I think his name is a cross between Charles Bronson and Bruce Lee. Anyways, he has an amazing fight with Bolo, and along with a few other really good fights, that's the only reason why this movie is worth watching. I know a certain someone who enjoyed Sun Dragon, and I liked the fights in Soul of Chiba even more. So get it!
3/5
There is a Japanese and an English version included. The Japanese version is about 5 minutes longer, but the English version has way better picture quality. And in the English version Bolo sounds like he's puking the whole time in his fight scene. Hilarious.
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Summary: WOW
Comment: The greatest movie in the history of film.
Makes Citizen Kane look like a bad 70's martial arts movie.
Sonny Chiba is god like.
p.s.
I am not insane.
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