The director of BIONIC NINJA (1986) is currently credited as Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung. However, by virtue of the fact it contains extensive footage from THE DARING KUNG-FU REFUGEE (1984 - see details at this blog entry), Bionic should include a co-director credit for Refugee helmer Wong Ka-hung. Similarly, AMERICAN NINJA: THE MAGNIFICENT (1988) is co-directed by Kim Jeong-yong, since the film was built around extensive footage from Kim's ARAHAN (1986).
It would seem BORN A NINJA (1986) isn't a cut-n-paste job after all, but a bona fide Hong Kong production in its own right. The only thing now missing from this entry is the original Chinese title, which currently eludes my research.
DEADLY SHAOLIN LONGFIST isn't an AKA for THE RETURN OF THE SHAOLIN CHEF (1982), but an AKA for BUDAE-HAENG IN MU-RIM TEMPLE (1982).
DRAGON AGAINST VAMPIRE has now been identified as the dubbed HK version of Korean film HONG-DO MIRROR (1985 - see details of this new entry here).
DRAGONEER 11: THE ULTIMATE is an AKA for SHAOLIN TEENAGE HEROINES (1981).
Pay attention at the back there - this one is a little more tangled than usual!! (deep breath) DRAGONEER 9: THE INCREDIBLE and FIST OF THE GOLDEN MONKEY aren't AKA's for DAE-BOK'S MARTIAL ARTS (1980), they're AKA's for MARTIAL ARTS FOR REVENGE (1980 - see details of new entry here). However, DAE-BOK'S MARTIAL ARTS has gained a new AKA - DRAGONEER 10: THE REMARKABLE.
DRAGONEER 1: THE EXTREME is an AKA for THE SSANG YONG ULTIMATUM (1978).
DRAGONEER 3: THE INVINCIBLE is an AKA for SA-DAE-YONG-IUE-MOON (1978).
DRAGONEER 2: THE SUPREME is an AKA for HORIM TEMPLE DAETONG-GWAN (1978).
Until now, the filmography has been missing a cross-reference for EAGLE CLAWS CHAMPION, an AKA for the Taiwanese film ON THE BLACK STREET (1974).
The film currently listed under the title HEAVEN'S HELL should actually be listed as OFFICIAL EXTERMINATOR 2: HEAVEN'S HELL (currently an AKA). The copyright year is changed from 1988 to 1987. Also, the film is a cut-n-paste effort, wedding footage from another (unidentified) film to newly-shot material for international distribution outside Hong Kong.
MAJESTIC THUNDERBOLT is currently listed as the dubbed, re-edited Hong Kong version of an unidentified Korean film from 1985. In fact, it's a 'cut-n-paste' HK movie from 1984, incorporating newly-shot material with huge chunks of footage from Taiwanese film RED RATTLESNAKE (1982 - see details of new entry here).
Also, NINJA DRAGON is currently listed as the dubbed, re-edited Hong Kong version of an unidentified Korean film from 1986. In fact, it's another 'cut-n-paste' HK movie from 1985, incorporating newly-shot material with wads of footage from Taiwanese film DARK TRAP (1982 - see details of new entry here).
The Asian film used as a template for NINJA HUNT (1987) was Taiwanese in origin, but remains unidentified. Same goes for NINJA OPERATION: LICENSED TO TERMINATE (1987) and NINJA: THE PROTECTOR (1986).
Contrary to what I'd originally written in the blog entry for 8 Apr 2012 (now amended), the original title of the film listed as Paa Lohgan is ฝ่าโลกันต์. Also, the English title is AGAINST THE WORLD, and that now becomes the primary title (Paa Lohgan is discarded).
Based on a personal viewing of the film, the copyright date of THERE BE DRAGONS is changed from 2011 to 2010.
The alternative title of TWELVE GATES OF HELL (1980) is CHAMP AGAINST CHAMP and not Champ vs. Champ as currently listed.
These entries now run as follows:
AGAINST THE WORLD
ฝ่าโลกันต์
Thailand - 1984 - col
D: Vinit Pakdeevijitr
Anamorphic
[See also: Robo Vampire (1986)]
AMERICAN NINJA: THE MAGNIFICENT
(aka: Magnificent Ninja)
(aka: Ninja of the Magnificence)
Hong Kong/S.Korea - 1988 - col
D: Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung [as: Charles Lee], Kim Jeong-yong
Anamorphic
[Comprised of newly-shot material intercut with footage from Korean film Arahan (1986, qv), intended for international distribution]
BIONIC NINJA
Hong Kong - 1986 - col
D: Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung, Wong Ka-hung
Anamorphic
[Comprised of newly-shot material intercut with footage from The Daring Kung-Fu Refugee (1984, qv), intended for international distribution]
BORN A NINJA**
Hong Kong - 1986 - col
D: Law Chi [as: Lo Gio]
Anamorphic
BUDAE-HAENG IN MU-RIM TEMPLE
무림사부대행
(aka: Deadly Shaolin Longfist)
(aka: Offensive Shaolin Longfist)
S.Korea - 1982 - col
D: Kim Jung-yong
Anamorphic
CHAMP AGAINST CHAMP
(see: Twelve Gates of Hell)
DAE-BOK'S MARTIAL ARTS
복권
(aka: Coil of the Snake)
(aka: Dragoneer 10: The Remarkable)
(aka: The Snake Strikes Back)
S.Korea - 1980 - col
D: Kim Jung-yong
Anamorphic
[Dubbed Hong Kong version, The Snake Strikes Back, released in 1982 and credited to director Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung]
DEADLY SHAOLIN LONGFIST
(see: Budae-haeng in Mu-rim Temple)
DRAGONEER 11: THE ULTIMATE
(see: Shaolin Teenage Heroines)
DRAGONEER 9: THE INCREDIBLE
(see: Martial Arts for Revenge)
DRAGONEER 1: THE EXTREME
(see: Ssang Yong Ultimatum, The)
DRAGONEER 10: THE REMARKABLE
(see: Dae-bok's Martial Arts)
DRAGONEER 3: THE INVINCIBLE
(see: Sa-dae-tong-iue-moon)
DRAGONEER 2: THE SUPREME
(see: Horim Temple Daetong-gwan)
EAGLE CLAWS CHAMPION
(see: On the Black Street)
FIST OF THE GOLDEN MONKEY
(see: Martial Arts for Revenge)
HEAVEN'S HELL
(see: Official Exterminator 2: Heaven's Hell)
HORIM TEMPLE DAETONG-GWAN
호림사대통관
(aka: 4 Infernos to Cross)
(aka: Dragoneer 2: The Supreme)
(aka: Dragon Force)
(aka: King of Dragon Boxers)
S.Korea - 1978 - col
D: Nam Gi-nam
Anamorphic
MAJESTIC THUNDERBOLT
Hong Kong/Taiwan - 1984 - col
D: Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung, Hui Sing-yue
Anamorphic
[Comprised of newly-shot material intercut with footage from Taiwanese film Red Rattlesnake (1982, qv), intended for international distribution]
MARTIAL ARTS FOR REVENGE
원권
(aka: Dragoneer 9: The Incredible)
(aka: Fist of the Golden Monkey)
S.Korea - 1980 - col
D: Kim Jung-yong
Anamorphic
NINJA DRAGON
Hong Kong/Taiwan - 1985 - col
D: Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung, Lee Wing-cheung
Anamorphic
[Comprised of newly-shot material intercut with footage from Taiwanese film Dark Trap (1982, qv), intended for international distribution]
NINJA HUNT**
(aka: Ninja - Champion on Fire)
(aka: Ninja Operation - Champion on Fire)
Hong Kong/Taiwan - 1987 - col
D: Joseph Lai San-lun
Anamorphic
[Comprised of newly-shot material intercut with footage from an unidentified Taiwanese film, intended for international distribution]
NINJA KNIGHT 3: HEAVEN'S HELL
(see: Official Exterminator 2: Heaven's Hell)
NINJA OPERATION: LICENSED TO TERMINATE**
Hong Kong/Taiwan - 1987 - col
D: Joseph Lai San-lun
Anamorphic
[Comprised of newly-shot material intercut with footage from an unidentified Taiwanese film, intended for international distribution]
NINJA: THE PROTECTOR**
(aka: Motor Devils)
(aka: Ninja Story)
Hong Kong/Taiwan - 1986 - col
D: Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung
Anamorphic
[Comprised of newly-shot material intercut with footage from an unidentified Taiwanese film, intended for international distribution]
OFFICIAL EXTERMINATOR 2: HEAVEN'S HELL**
(see: Heaven's Hell)
(aka: Ninja Knight 3 - Heaven's Hell)
Hong Kong - 1987 - col
D: Phillip Ko Fei
Anamorphic
[Comprised of newly-shot material intercut with footage from an unidentified Asian film, intended for international distribution]
THE RETURN OF THE SHAOLIN CHEF
돌아온 소림사 주방장
(aka: Magnificent Natural Fist)
S.Korea - 1982 - col
D: Kim Jung-yong
Anamorphic
[Dubbed Hong Kong version, Magnificent Natural Fist, credited to director Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung]
SA-DAE-TONG-IUE-MOON
사대통의문
(aka: Dragoneer 3: The Invincible)
(aka: Dragon from Shaolin)
S.Korea - 1978 - col
D: Kim Jung-yong
Anamorphic
SHAOLIN TEENAGE HEROINES
소림십대여걸
(aka: Dragoneer 11: The Ultimate)
(aka: Shaolin Incredible Ten)
(aka: Ten Shaolin Disciples)
S.Korea - 1981 - col
D: Kim Jeong-yong
Anamorphic
[Dubbed Hong Kong version, Ten Shaolin Disciples, credited to pseudonymous director 'Arthur King']
THE SSANG YONG ULTIMATUM
쌍용통첩장
(aka: Double Dragon in the Last Duel)
(aka: Dragoneer 1: The Extreme)
S.Korea - 1978 - col
D: Nam Gi-nam
Anamorphic
THERE BE DRAGONS
USA/Spain/Argentina - 2010 - col
D: Roland Joffé
TWELVE GATES OF HELL
지옥 12관문
(aka: Champ Against Champ)
S.Korea - 1980 - col
D: Lee Hyeok-su
Anamorphic
[Dubbed Hong Kong version, Champ Against Champ, credited to director Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung]
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