Chang Cheh: 73 and counting...

[teako170]

Was in a discussion about favorite directors and most films seen. Hitchcock is easily my favorite I said and have seen 49 (of 53) of his films. But then this evening I counted up the # of CC movies that I own. Starting with The Magnificent Trio to Death Ring, I tallied up 73 films.

I figured it was a lot ...but 73!?

I then realized only a handful of CC pictures were left that I wanted to see: The Flying Dagger, The Delightful Forest, The Pirate, and Five Element Ninja. The remaining stuff is either fantasy flicks (like Na Cha) or his later mainland films with the Baby V's - which don't appeal to me.

For the longest time I figured CC films were damn near infinite but I guess every run must come to an end. And a fine run indeed. |I

[Markgway]

According to his Cinemagic filmography these are the Chang Cheh films I've yet to see:

Ninja In Ancient China 1993
Hidden Hero 1990
Across The River 1988
Great Shanghai 1937 1986
Dancing Warrior 1985
Death Ring 1984
Nine Demons 1983
The Weird Man 1983
The Masked Avengers 1981
Life Gamble 1979
The Mad Boy 1976
The Fantastic Magic Baby 1975
Friends 1974
The Generation Gap 1973
Life For Sale 1973
The Pirate 1973
Delightful Forest 1972
Trilogy Of Swordsmanship 1972
Young People 1972
Dead End 1969
Tiger Boy 1966
The Butterfly Chalice 1965
Wild Fire 1958

[teako170]

I believe Mad Boy (1976) is an alt title for "New Shaolin Boxers."

Here's my list of not-seen using that source:

Hidden Hero
Slaughter In Xian
Across The River &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp
Great Shanghai 1937&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp
Attack Of The Joyfull Goddess &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp
Weird Man, The &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp
Five Element Ninjas &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp
Fantastic Magic Baby, The &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp
Na Cha The Great &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp
Life For Sale (Huh???? Never heard of this one!)
Pirate, The
Delightful Forest &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp
Singing Killer, The &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp
Flying Dagger, The &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp
Singing Thief, The &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp
Tiger Boy
Butterfly Chalice, The
Wild Fire

And a few not listed on HKC:
Storm Clouds over Alishan (1949)
Journey to the the West (1991)
Shen Tong (1993)

[venomchamber]

Many of these are already on DVD and should be seen atleast once! Some of them are martial-arts films as well.
Hidden Hero is a remake of Life Gamble which I enjoyed.

[Markgway]

Well, I've seen 'New Shaolin Boxers' so minus 'Mad Boy' then. :)