Video Information
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Title................: Bells Of Death (Original title "Duo hun ling") Studio...............: Shaw Brothers Actors...............: Yi Chang, Ping Chin, Hsin-Yen Chao Directors............: Feng Yueh Writers..............: Kang-Chien Chiu Genre................: Action, Drama, MArtial Arts, Mystery, Thriller Release Date.........: June 30, 1968 (Hong Kong) Duration.............: 01:19:32 (per actual main feature) Rated................: Not Rated Cover(s) Included....: Yes
Language.............: Chinese (Mandarin) Subtitles............: Chinese, English* (*custom updated translation) Resolution...........: 480p @ 16:9 Source...............: Retail DVD.
IMDb Information.....: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164549/ IMDb Rating..........: 6.6/10
Encoding/Bitrate Information
Format : MPEG-4 Overall bit rate : 1 116 kb/s Frame rate : 29.970 FPS
Video
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Audio #1
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Audio #2
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Filename : Bells Of Death[1968]x264.DVDrip(ShawBros.KungFu).mp4 SHA-256 : ac6eaea13b1425b1bf190b661e18cb3d0f20a0881eb51359b6116761ce0d3bc6 File Size : 706,489,607
Reviews/Synopsis
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"Wei Fu is a seemingly unremarkable woodcutter but when his family is wiped out by psychotic marauders, Wei undertakes extensive martial arts training at the hands of an expert swordsman and sets out to exact revenge on the evildoers."
Some tough folks arrive. And, for no reason other than the pleasure of being evil, they wipe out a family. However, they don't realize that one of them survived. This survivor soon after witnesses an amazing old man with a white beard and long hair wipe out a group of thugs--and he begs to be trained by the man. After training for years, vengeance is meted out to each of the three villainous murderers as well as their MANY henchmen. And through amazing sword skills and determination, the folks are defeated. Souds familiar? Well, this is, pretty much, the plot to "Kill Bill"--as well as quite a few of the Hong Kong martial arts films. In fact, it is "The Bells of Death"--made decades before most of these other films. But, despite the familiarity of the plot, it's a must-see for lovers of the genre because the fighting and choreography is so good--among the very best I've seen. There are also, thankfully, few 'wire foo' stunts--only at the end do you see a guy magically jump up to amazing heights--AND he fails!! I loved this touch as well as the nice pacing throughout. Clearly this is among the very best. No blows that don't even come close to landing, no silly characters and no silly story--just a well-made story of revenge...period.
In addition, the print is GREAT. And, fortunately, it is in Chinese with nice custom English subtitles--none of that crappy dubbing!! For lovers of the genre, it doesn't get much more exciting!
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