KFEB 805: The Weird Man
September 2, 2019
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The Shaw Brothers’ go-to director Chang Cheh gives us his take on a Chinese classic in The Weird Man. Season 8: Simply the B-Est! is past the halfway point and taking a turn for the Weird!
The Weird Man is popular director Chang Cheh’s bizarre screen adaptation of the famous Chinese literary classic Romance Of The Three Kingdoms. Chang is famous for his lone swordsman and hero films, and The Weird Man is no exception. The film’s star Cheng Tien-chi playing a righteous, beheaded priest with supernatural powers that returns from the dead to wreak havoc against one of the corrupt kingdoms, making Cheng a heroic “swords-ghost.”
We think. We had trouble following this one, and the hosts who watched the subtitled version seemed to have a different read than those who watched the dubbed one.
As always, the KFEB hosts provide ratings for the films that are based on the fun, enjoyment, and craziness of the film. These scores will be tabulated and an on-going grid will keep you up to date with the search.
So sit back and enjoy the laughs as KFEB travels to the far east for a tale of swords, strangely schedule-heavy ghosts, and sleeping with your sister-in-law!
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