Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're discussing the wuxia manhua adaption Blades of the Guardians, directed by Yuen Woo-ping and starring an ensemble cast led by Wu Jing!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(01:23) Blades of the Guardians Well Go US release

(04:28) Initial Thoughts

(19:03) Matthew's comic report

(25:47) More behind the scenes

(28:52) Back of the VHS

(29:28) Movie talk

(1:34:04) Plugs and training for next week

Timeline

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:48) Chattin' about physical releases

(9:27) Quiz Time

(9:37) Question 1

(12:30) Question 2

(20:43) Question 3

(24:18) Question 4

(26:27) Question 5

(32:06) Question 6

(37:12) Wrapping up

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're following up our discussion on The Furious with a young Xie Miao starring alongside Jet Li and Anita Mui in My Father Is A Hero directed by Corey Yuen with story by Wong Jing!

Full cast and credits - HKMDB

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(00:52) Why My Father is a Hero

(02:12) The 90s Hong Kong golden era

(21:33) Back of the VHS

(22:06) Movie talk

(1:28:12) Final thoughts

(1:30:13) Plugs and training for next week

Heroes Three is going to the movies this week as we discuss our thoughts on the wild ride that is The Furious directed by Kenji Tanigaki alongside an all star cast of modern action cinema!

Full cast and credits - IMDB

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(00:58) Carlos's experience and thoughts

(17:22) Marty's take

(34:30) Matthew's take

(40:28) Movie talk

(1:02:48) Final thoughts

(1:05:57) Plugs and training for next week

Welcome back to another animated interlude episode of Heroes Three! This week we are doing a lion dance as we discuss Sun Haipeng's I Am What I Am from 2021!

Full cast and credits - IMDB

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And YOU can click here to watch the film for free on YouTube thanks to Tiger Pictures Entertainment!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(05:01) Marty thoughts

(13:07) Matthew Thoughts

(16:13) Southern China in film

(08:35) Why isn't this one being pushed?

(19:03) Comedy and possible references to classic Hong Kong cinema

(21:04) Lion dance

(23:50) A brief aside on bikes

(26:07) The emotional arc of the film

(30:15) Personal connection to Carlos

(31:27) The character designs

(34:35) Lion design and action

(46:10) Final thoughts

(37:22) The Ending

(47:39) Plugs and training for next week

(48:08) What we would want in a dub

(49:43) Training for next week

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Craig Neeson from SWIMFANS to talk about Nobuhiko Obayashi’s summer romance film, His Motorbike, Her Island from 1986 starring Riki Takeuchi and Kiwako Harada!

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Listen to SWIMFANS

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(0:40) Craig on the pod

(1:11) Why His Motorbike, Her Island

(6:08) Playful black and white

(11:21) Motorcycles and Kawasaki

(15:00) Experimental filmmaking

(18:29) Back of the VHS

(55:26) Final thoughts on Obayashi

(59:02) Listen to Swimfans

(1:00:03) Plugs and training for next week

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by ninja pop culture expert Keith Rainville to discuss the brutal and unflinching ninja classic, The Ninja Hunt directed by Tetsuya Yamanouchi and starring Jushiro Konoe and Bin Amatsu!

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Check out the secret scrolls at Vintage Ninja!

Check out Keith talking with Fanatical Dragon!

Full cast and credits - Wikipedia

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(00:38) What is Vintage Ninja?

(02:56) Ninja Gari background

(12:42) Our initial thoughts

(26:02) Back of the VHS

(26:39) Movie Talk

(1:23:16) A bit about the 1982 remake

(1:30:14) Go to Vintage Ninja dot Net!

(1:38:47) Plugs and training for next week

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Joey Weiser to discuss the heartful samurai film Tasogare Seibei from 2002 starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Rie Miyazawa, directed by Yoji Yamada!

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Full cast and credits - IMDB

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(0:46) Why The Twilight Samurai

(1:45) Carlos and Joey chance encounter

(6:30) Unknown appreciation

(9:04) Twilight Samurai background

(18:37) Talkin' Tora-san

(28:55) Back of the DVD

(29:28) Short recap

(31:36) Movie talk

(1:24:22) The Trilogy

(1:29:20) Joey plugs

(1:30:22) Plugs and training for next week

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Leon and Shaz from Hong Kong and Beyond to discuss Sammo Hung's loving send up of Bruceploitation, Enter the Fat Dragon from 1978!

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Full cast and credits - HKMDB

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Check out our panel from VGM Con! Composer Crossover! Asian Cinema in Video Game Music!

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(1:27) Why this movie

(11:21) Enter or Way of the Dragon?

(14:17) A bit on the physical release

(20:18) Back of the VHS

(20:46) Movie recap

(1:19:32) Final Thoughts

(1:25:51) Plugs and Training for next week

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by The Fanatical Dragon to discuss the 2024 supernatural action film Ghost Killer, directed by Kensuke Sonomura and starring Akari Takaishi and Masanori Mimoto!

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Full cast and credits - IMDB

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Find The Fanatical Dragon here!

 Eric Jacobus interviews Kensuke Sonomura!

Fanatical Dragon interviews Kenji Tanigaki!

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(0:56) Background

(17:59) Back of the Blu Ray

(18:34) Movie Talk

(47:46) A diversion on choreo and inspirations

(52:20) Fight "accents" and Eric Jacobus

(58:24) Back to the movie

(1:26:51) Carlos went to Beyond Fest Chicago

(1:33:43) Johnny Plugs

(1:37:50) VGMCon 2026 Panel!

(1:38:23) Outro and training for next week