THE LEGENDARY TRILOGY ON TWO DISCS PLUS THE RE-CUT U.S. VERSION: BRONSON LEE, CHAMPION
Following their international success with Sonny Chiba's THE STREET FIGHTER series, Toei Company signed Japanese American 8th-degree black belt karate and kobudo (weapons) champion Tadashi Yamashita for a new action trilogy in which Yamashita's rugged looks and ferocious skills are pitted against a murderer's row of actual competition fighters: In ZA KARATE - also included here in the recut/dubbed U.S. Version released as BRONSON LEE, CHAMPION - Ohio farm boy Yamashita is targeted by mobsters when he dares to compete in Kyoto's World Championship. In ZA KARATE 2, the world's deadliest martial artists are sent to kill Tadashi before he can avenge the theft of a priceless sword. In ZA KARATE 3, Yamashita must learn new fighting styles to defeat a global squad of kung fu assassins. Asian cinema icons including Bolo Yeung (ENTER THE DRAGON), Shingo Yamashiro (13 ASSASSINS) and Shunji Sasaki (SAMURAI WOLF) co-star in these "batsh*t fun" (Trashmen Media) films directed by Yukio Noda (Toei's DELINQUENT BOSS series), now scanned in 4K from their original camera negatives for the first time ever, with over 6 hours of all-new Special Features starring Grandmaster Yamashita himself.
Special Features
ZA KARATE Commentary With Star Tadashi Yamashita, Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth And August Ragone, Author Of Eiji Tsuburaya: Master Of Monsters
BRONSON LEE, CHAMPION Partial Commentary With Cult Cinema Critic Lovely Jon
Interview With Tadashi Yamashita
ZA KARATE 2 Commentary With Tadashi Yamashita, Michael Worth And Boxer/Fighter A.J. 'The Rabbit' Richardi
ZA KARATE 3 Commentary With Tadashi Yamashita, Michael Worth And Fight Choreographer John Kreng
Interview With Co-Star Donnie Williams
Scene Specific Commentary With Donnie Williams
And More!
Bonus Materials
Audio Commentary For ZA KARATE With Star Tadashi Yamashita, Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth And August Ragone, Author Of Eiji Tsuburaya: Master Of Monsters
Partial Audio Commentary For BRONSON LEE, CHAMPION With Cult Cinema Critic Lovely Jon
Bronson Lee, Thespian – Interview With Tadashi Yamashita
ZA KARATE Japanese Teaser
ZA KARATE Japanese Trailer
BRONSON LEE, CHAMPION U.S. Trailer
Audio Commentary For ZA KARATE 2 With Star Tadashi Yamashita, Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth And Boxer/Fighter A.J. ‘The Rabbit’ Richardi
ZA KARATE 2 Teaser
ZA KARATE 2 Trailer
Audio Commentary For ZA KARATE 3 With Star Tadashi Yamashita, Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth And Fight Choreographer John Kreng
The Donnie Williams Show – Interview With ZA KARATE 3 Co-Star Donnie Williams
Scene Specific Commentary For ZA KARATE 3 With Donnie Williams
ZA KARATE 3 Trailer