Complete list of video tapes from "Made in Hong Kong" (UK)

Someone in the UK was nice enough and made me what we believe is a complete list of vhs releases from "Made in Hong Kong". I have added info on format, dub/subs, and cut status.

MIHK also put out a handful of the films on laserdisc but I'm not sure how many.

Oh, and I guess I should try and say this gently to you so you don't go into a seizure: These tapes are sell-thru tapes. Not ex-rental. :lol:

If anybody has a list (complete or not) of releases from Eastern Heroes it would greatly appreciated if they'd post it or PM it to me. I'm not least interested in a list of their Dutch releases, and any info on cut status is always welcome. Cheers.


The (hopefully) complete list of "Made in Hong Kong" tapes (alphabetical order, for release order see the index number list below):
A Better Tomorrow 2
A Better Tomorrow 3
A Chinese Ghost Story
A Chinese Ghost Story II
A Moment Of Romance
Armour Of God
As Tears Go By
Black Cat
Blade of Fury
Blood Brothers
Buddhist Fist
Bullet In The Head
Burning Paradise
City On Fire
City War
Curry And Pepper
Days Of Being Wild
Dirty Ho
Dreadnaught
Drunken Master
Duel To The Death
Eastern Condors
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Fist Of Legend
Five Venoms
Flaming Brothers
Full Contact
God Of Gamblers
God Of Gamblers III
Iceman Cometh
Invincible Shaolin
Knockabout
Last Hero in China
Mad Monkey Kung Fu
Moon Warriors
Mr Vampire II
Mr Vampire.
My Young Auntie
On The Run
Once A Thief
Once Upon A Time In China
Once Upon A Time In China II
Once Upon A Time In China III
Pedicab Driver
Police Story
Police Story 2
Prison On Fire
Prodigal Son
Project A
Project A 2
Rich And Famous
Saviour Of The Soul
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
The Barefoot Kid
The Fate Of Lee Khan
The Flirting Scholar
The Heroic Trio
The Heroic Trio II
The Killer
The Magnificent Butcher
The Miracle Fighters
Tiger Cage 2
Tiger On The Beat
To Be Number One
To Live And Die In Tsim Sha Tsui
Tragic Hero
Treasure Hunter
Warriors Two
Wild Search
Wing Chun
Zu : Warriors Of The Magic Mountain


INDEX NUMBER LIST.
(obviously this list won't be complete until either I get the remaining tapes or some of you provide me with the numbers. Cheers)

Info in brackets: picture format, English dubbing/subtitles (newly created for the release or the original cinema subs), and censorship cuts.
HK001: Full Contact (lbx, new subs, cut: Use of a Butterfly Knife in several scenes)
HK002: The Killer (lbx, new subs) [reportedly also released dubbed, do any of you have the index number for the dubbed version?]
HK002B: The Killer - limited edition collectors' box set (lbx, new subs) [1]
HK003S: City on Fire (lbox, subs)
HK004: Bullet in the Head (lbx, new subs)
HK005
HK006: God Of Gamblers (lbx, theatrical subs, cut: The use of Butterfly Knife)
HK007: Saviour of the Soul (lbx, theatrical subs)
HK008: A Better Tomorrow 2 (lbx, theatrical subs)
HK009: The Barefoot Kid (lbx, theatrical subs)
HK010: Tiger on the Beat (lbx, theatrical subs)
HK011: Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (cropped, English dubbed, cut: Cat fighting a Snake)
HK012: Drunken Master (cropped, English dubbed)
HK013: Heroic Trio (letterbox, new subs, cut: Shot of a cannibal child urinating in fear)
HK014: The Heroic Trio II (lbx, subbed)
HK015: As Tears Go By (lbx, new subs, cut: Man hit with gas tank; blows with a baseball bat)
HK016: A Chinese Ghost Story (lbx, new subs)
HK017: A Better Tomorrow 3 (lbx, theatrical subs) [cinema version]
HK018: Moon Warriors (lbx, theatrical subs)
HK019: City War (lbx, new subs)
HK020: Five Venoms (lbx, dubbed)
HK021: Invincible Shaolin (lbx, English dubbed)
HK022: Mad Monkey Kung Fu (lbx, English dubbed, cut: Monkey being bashed against a tree)
HK023: Treasure Hunters (lbx, English dubbed)
HK024: Dirty Ho (lbx, English dubbed)
HK025: Shaolin Martial Arts (lbx, English dubbed)
HK026: Blood Brothers (lbx, English dubbed)
HK027: My Young Auntie (lbx, English dubbed)
HK028: A Moment Of Romance (lbx, new subs)
HK029: Curry And Pepper (lbx, theatrical subs)
HK030: Tiger Cage II (lbx, theatrical subs) [2]
HK031: God of Gamblers 3 (lbx, theatrical subs)
HK032: Blade of Fury (lbx, cut: horse falling down)
HK033
HK034: Once a Thief (lbx, new subs, cut: Shots of a card thrower being engulfed in flames)
HK035: Pedicab Driver (lbx, new subs, notice that this tape is fully uncut!)
HK036: Black Cat (lbx, new subs)
HK037: Wing Chun (lbx, theatrical Subs)
HK038: Last Hero in China (lbx, theatrical subs)
HK039: Encounters of the Spooky Kind (lbx, new subs)
HK040: Eastern Condors (lbx, new subs, cut 23 secords according to the BBFC site)
HK041
HK042: Rich And Famous (lbx, new subs)
HK043: Tragic Hero (lbx, new subs)
HK044: Burning Paradise (lbx, new subs)
HK045: Fist Of Legend (lbx, new subs)
HK046: Wild Search (lbx, new subs)
HK047: The Flirting Scholar (lbx, theatrical subs)
HK048: To Live And Die In Tsim Sha Tsui (lbx, new subs)
HK049: Mr. Vampire (lbx, new subs)
HK050: Zu Warriors Of THe Magic Mountain (lbx, new subs)
HK051: Iceman Cometh (lbx, new subs, cut: The rape of the woman in the gangster's car)
HK052
HK053: Warriors Two (lbx, new subs)
HK054: Prodigal Son (subtitled)
HK055: Police Story (subtitled)
HK055D: Police Story (dubbed)
HK056: Police Story 2 (subtitled)
HK057: Prison on Fire(lbx, new subs)
HK058: Flaming Brothers (lbx, new subs)
HK059: Once Upon A Time In China (lbx, new subs)
HK060: Once Upon A Time In China II (lbx, new subs)
HK061
HK062
HK063
HK064: The Magnificent Butcher (lbx, new subs)
HK065
HK066
HK067: Dreadnaught (lbx, new subs, cut: Chicken's head being ripped off)
HK068: On The Run (lbx, new subs) [fully uncut! All dvd versions are cut!!!!!]
HK069
HK070:
HK071: The Fate Of Lee Khan (lbx, new subs)
HK072: Chinese Ghost Story II (lbx, new subs)
HK073
HK074: Mr. Vampire II (lbx, new subs, cut: Snake being gutted; lock-picking)
HK075
HK076: Knockabout (lbx, subbed)

[1] HK002B: The Killer - limited edition collectors' box set including five previously deleted scenes from the original Taiwan release + booklet with an introduction by John Woo containing complete John Woo and Chow Yun Fat biographies, full line notes and an exclusive selection of stills from the director's personal files.

[2] HK030: Tiger Cage II - the MIHK tape contains the original version of the film. An English dubbed VHS from Popular Progress (also UK) contains an alternative ending. The alternative version was also retitled Tiger Cage (at least in the UK).





Big thanks goes out to Bukowski (also once a member here) and Markgway of ADG forum.
And also thanks to everyone helping out in this thread.
And thanks to Nicolai (of uncut.dk forum).

I have a few of these sell-thru tapes... sometime people just give these away! ;)

Thanks, peter. Yeah, sometimes people do that (anybody who's got some spare ones can just send them this way, thanks ;) ) Could you please tell me the tape numbers of the MIHK and EH tapes. Thanks. I don't need the BLACK CAT tape or the Siren tape (which was from Australia, I have have a few of those as well).

The MIHK numbers are usually at the bottom on their back, beginning with HK0xx

ok
auntie = HK027 c: 1995
cat = HK036 c: 1996
drunken = HK012 c: 1994
trio = HK013 c: 1995

man wanted = EH0027 c: 1995

Thanks, peter! :D

And I just updated with an index number list. :ph43r:

Oops, I just discovered EASTERN CONDORS was missing from the original list. It has index no. HK040. Unfortunately, according to the BBFC site it's cut by 23 seconds!!

Updated with these index numbers:

"A Chinese Ghost Story" (HK016)
"Once a Thief" (HK034)
"The Iceman Cometh" (HK051)

Thanks to Nicolai (Uncut.dk)

:cheers:

AFAIK the cuts are made to a scene with animal cruelty. In other words, even tho it´s not complete, it´s still a quite watchable version.

Update:

HK031: God of Gamblers 3
HK047: The Flirting Scholar

Thanks Andras. B)

And before I forget; I also want to thank Mr. White who sent me a handful of these films for free all the way from the UK a little while ago. Cheers mate!! :hello!:

HK002B: The Killer - limited edition collectors' box set including five previously deleted scenes from the original Taiwan release + booklet with an introduction by John Woo containing complete John Woo and Chow Yun Fat biographies, full line notes and an exclusive selection of stills from the director's personal files.

Thanks, Romps!

Btw, even if you don't have them do you remember if there were other ltd edition box sets?

I actually have a box release of the first ABT but of course that doesn't count cos in contradition to the sequels it came out on MIA :lol:

I see you still haven't updated the list with my numbers!?! :unsure: :D

:blink: :blink:

Very weird! I remember adding them!! :wacko:

Maybe I forgot to save it. :lol:

Unfortunately I don't have a clue about possible other box sets, The Killer is only one I've stumbled upon but at the other hand I haven't ever actively hunted them either. Situation of MIA boxes is also pretty much unknown to me, The Better Tomorrow and Naked Killer are the only ones I'm aware of.

and now the only mystery remaining to be solved is why there are two young aunties in the list :D

You're right; two isn't enough! I'll add a couple more right away! :hi:










(thanks)

Very good, thanks, Andras. That one wasn't even on the (less-than-)complete list either.

A couple new ones coming my way. They were around 4 quid ($6) for the lot. :lol:

I'm aware RETURN isn't a MIHK tape but I couldn't resist.

:hello!:

Hi guys,

I'm new so I hope you don't mind my sudden intrusion on this thread.

I stumbled upon this this forum by accident looking for artwork to post with my online library (Thanks Andras, that upload of The Last Hero in China MIHK cover completed my Jet Li collection and I'd scoured pages of google results to find it... :D )

Since I have a few old MIHK tapes that look as if they they are still blanks on your complete catalogue list I thought I'd join and post the info.

HK035 MIHK Pedicab Driver VHS - Original Widescreen ratio - English Subs - Run Time 91 MINS

HK045 MIHK Fist Of Legend VHS - Original Widescreen ratio - English Subs - Run Time 98 mins

HK050 MIHK Zu Warriors Of THe Magic Mountain VHS - Original Widescreen ratio - English Subs - Run Time 98 mins

HK059 MIHK OUATIC VHS - Original Widescreen ratio - English Subs - Run Time 132 mins

HK060 MIHK OUATIC II VHS - Original Widescreen ratio - English Subs -Run Time 106 mins

I'm not sure how you verify if they have new subs or not or if the films are cut (not that expert I'm afraid) - but if I can retrieve anything else useful let me know where to look?

I've got The Fate Of Lee Khan and Dreadnought somewhere but they are still in storage so I will have to post the codes later.

Have a good one...

Hello Littlemissbashful,

I'm sorry I couldn't answer your post earlier but incidentally you posted it just after I had to deal with some real life stuff and I was away from the forum for quite some time (no, I wasn't in jail, lol).

And apparently none of the other deadbeats here found it necessary to make a reply.

Anyhoo, thanks for your entries to the list. I'll add them ASAP. Cheers. :cheers:

About the subtitles; well, usually the cinema subs are burnt into the print itself and the new video subs are placed under the picture (unless it's a fullscreen picture obviously but I think it's still quite easy to see if they are video subs or cinema subs). About the cuts; I have my info from Asian Dvd Guide (I assume someone made comparisons).

On the MIHK tapes, from what i recall, the subs were often newly mastered.

I have a few MIHK tapes i am willing to part with for just a few quid each if anyone wants them? Most are MINT sell-thru (small-box) releases but i do have the ex-rental (big-box) release of Ringo Lam's CITY ON FIRE too...

The biggest, most frustrating thing about MIHK's tape releases was the fact that they used Macrovision on their tapes. Sure, anyone can get a cable or kit and remove the Macro signal. But maaaaaan...if you didn't have the means to do so, watching these films (despite being cracking quality releases at the time) was often marred by the fact that the colour was always made too strong by the Macrovision and the contrast was hard to get right also.
Their otherwise excellent tape release of BULLET IN THE HEAD was a case in point: everyone's skin-tones looked so damned peach-tinted and it was hard to get a satisfying image adjustment...

Otherwise....nice prints for the time that were often complete (the odd censored exception, of course), full-length original edits, original ratios, in clean condition and with good remastered subs...

Can't recall which i still have, but i believe it is A CHINESE GHOST STORY (sell-thru), PRISON ON FIRE (sell-thru), TIGER ON THE BEAT (sell-thru) and CITY ON FIRE (rental version). Maybe one or two others, but most have gone since the superior DVD versions materialised. May POSSIBLY still have one of the catalogues kicking around somewhere too (these were often included in with the tapes)...

:hello!:

Hi, thanks for the message and if you are still collecting numbers I don't think you have these:

HK067 MIHK Dreadnaught VHS Orig W/S ratio - English Subs

HK071 MIHK The Fate Of Lee Khan VHS Orig W/S ratio - English Subs

HK072 MIHK A Chinese Ghost Story II VHS Orig W/S ratio - English Subs

Cheers

LittlemissB

Six months later and you get a reply! :blink: Sorry, things don't always go so quickly around here. :lol:

Thanks for your three entries. I've added them to the list.


Recently I got hold of PEDICAB DRIVER myself! :wub: It's really cool to get this tape as there's no official DVD release and because the copyrights are floating in a void there might never be a DVD release! :o The MIHK tape is the best there is; letterboxed, new subtitles, and fully uncut! The HK laserdisc is cut.

MR VAMPIRE II: HK074. :D

Arr, for fuck's sake! :angry: :blink: :lol:

I've just got hold of this UK VHS release of ROUGE. The reason I bought it was to get the film in its original format; the new(ish) DVD from Fortune Star has had its top and bottom cut off for some reason. I guess to make it look even more "letterboxed" than its original widescreen format. Go figure.

The old DVD releases are presented in the film's original format (at least that's what I've read) but unfortunately I haven't been able to find any of those anywhere. So I settled for a VHS which was released by a company called BlueLight but to my big surprise it turns out this video release is exactly identical to any of the Made in Hong Kong tapes!! :blink:

Everything down to type of font, the way to write index number and all. And also the inside of the cover has info by Bey Logan and there's a list of the tapes that were currently available from MIHK at the time. Also, ROUGE is listed as being a MIHK release. But it wasn't! So I guess the people behind the MIHK company set up another line as well and for some reason included ROUGE in this and not in the Hong Kong series which is odd to say the least!

On the tape there are trailers for some of the other BlueLight releases and they're non-Asian films. So it seems the MIHK guys wanted a kind of "world film" series as well. Cool enough but this just means there's gonna be more titles to track down and I have no idea where to begin. Try looking for "Blue Light" via Google search!

Not a whole lot of you seem to have been able to help much with the MIHK tapes cos you don't collect sell-thru crap (haha) so I'm not too hopefull with this but if any of you have any tapes from this line and can provide title(s) + index number then that would be just smashing! :D Cheers.

i love this movie.. one of the best from HK

You're absolutely right!! Even if you can't sell your tape. :P
(I've seen you've tried to sell it for months, even on ADG). :lol: I do hope you'll find a collector who wants it some day. Has it got subs and which format is it?

yeah i'm trying to sell the HK tape because i dont need it.. i already have the remastered dvd version and i'm fine with that.
unfortunately i cant try the vhs because my vhs player is dead, so i dunno if it has subs and the aspect ratio ^^

if nobody wants it, i will keep it as a keepsake of my last trip in HK and of Anita Mui/Leslie Cheung

Here is my ROUGE collection: the UK ICA tape (1994 copyright) + Deltamac dvd

u should get my HK vhs.... :P

Very cool! Thanks, Andras (and check my reply on my blog). :hello!:

Not sure if this list is still being updated, but I found some missing info on OFDb:

HK001: Full Contact (lbx, subbed, cut)
HK014: The Heroic Trio II (lbx, subbed)
HK023: Treasure Hunters (lbx, English dubbed)
HK025: Shaolin Martial Arts (lbx, English dubbed)*
HK026: Blood Brothers (lbx)
HK032: Blade of Fury (lbx, cut: horse falling down)
HK037: Wing Chun (lbx, subbed)
HK049: Mr. Vampire (lbx, subbed)
HK053: Warriors Two (lbx)
HK057: Prison on Fire(lbx, subbed)
HK076: Knockabout (lbx, subbed) **

* This one is not on your alphabetical list (or I missed an alternative title), but spannick knows what he's talking about, so if he contributed the info on OFDb here the tape exists
**I know your list only goes to 74 (the alphabetical list has so far 70 titles I believe), but the cover quite clearly shows a 76

Also, I can't quite make out the number on 'City on Fire' here - might have to buy the tape myself to find out.
Jack, are you (still) looking to complete your collection and if so which titles are you missing?

Thanks, mr. 8537935! And yes it's still being updated, I just haven't got any new ones for a while - and I'm probably one of the only ones here who are interested in these tapes as they are sell-thru and everyone here is just interested in ex-rental tapes. :lol: I'll add your tape numbers.

I still need a few titles to complete my own collection but right now I'm skint :lol: :(

Thanks again. :cheers:

You're right, and I'm well aware Spannick is an expert in these matters. He's also a member here, by the way.

About any missing titles: Originally, I asked about the titles on Asian Dvd Guide and this was the list someone had compiled, and I've just added info and numbers. I didn't know if there were numbers beyond #74 so that's why the list ended there. Any additions are welcome.

If anybody has #76 it would be nice if they could check if the subs are new (for the video release) or theatrical subs. Cheers.

took some time to arrive, but here it is:



-> HK003: City on Fire (lbox, subs)

I'm guessing the 'S' is for subtitled, maybe there also was a dubbed version?

Very cool! Thanks! :hello!:

Hmm, yeah maybe it does. Please let us know if you find out. Cheers.

two more index numbers from some auctions:

HK041 The Buddhist Fist (lbx, English dubbed)
HK066 Miracle Fighters (lbx, subbed)

For proof I have uploaded the scans I took the info from ( http://bayimg.com/OAIFhaAdF & http://bayimg.com/OaIFJAaDF ), however since these aren't mine I'll remove them in about a week.

edit: ... and gone.
@Jack J: I wasn't worried about cinehound members, but the seller who originally made these scans, since I didn't ask him if I could use them.

That's cool, thanks! I'll add them. :wub:

In regards to cover scans: This is Cinehound! :ph43r:

I'm fully awere there are other boards where people are tight with their scans and stuff. This isn't one of them. You can post your own scans or scans you find online or get from somebody else, you can post it all. We don't mind. B)
And you can go to any of the vhs cover sections where people post heaps of covers, and you can use any of them if you want. Everyone here is cool with that and they know it's how it is. Crediting the org. poster is polite tho.

Quite possibly the rarest one out the lot.