 |
FREMANTLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT The Water Margin - Complete
Release Date: 2005-02-07, Rating Suitable for 15 years and over,
 |
|
Availability: Usually dispatched within 4 to 7 days
Shipping: refer to store website
|
|
£53.89
at Amazon.co.uk
|
 |
FREMANTLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT The Water Margin - Season 2 - [1976]
Release Date: 2003-05-17, Rating Suitable for 12 years and over,
|
|
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Shipping: refer to store website
|
|
£42.97
at Amazon.co.uk
|
 |
Prism Leisure Corporation The Water Margin
Release Date: 2006-02-06, Rating Suitable for 15 years and over,
|
|
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Shipping: refer to store website
|
|
£3.97
at Amazon.co.uk
|
 |
FREMANTLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT The Water Margin - Vol. 13 [1976]
Release Date: 2003-07-14, Rating Suitable for 12 years and over,
|
|
Availability: Usually dispatched within 4 to 7 days
Shipping: refer to store website
|
|
£6.97
at Amazon.co.uk
|
|
|
 |
Tynron Press The Water Margin: Or the 108 Heroes
Pages: 798, Paperback, Tynron Press
|
|
Availability: Usually dispatched within 4 to 6 weeks
Shipping: refer to store website
|
|
£10.55
at Amazon.co.uk
|
 |
FREMANTLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT The Water Margin - Season 1 - [1976]
<I>The Water Margin</I> is a sprawling Chinese television series from 1977 that tells the story of a group of legendary heroes who battled corruption at the time of the Sung dynasty 1,000 years ago. Made in two seasons of 13 episodes and shown on BBC television in a dubbed version narrated by Burt Kwouk, the central figure is Lin Chung (Atsuo Nakamura), an army officer who comes, Robin Hood-style, to lead a rebellion against the evil Kao Chiu (Kai Satu). The result plays like something somewhere between <I>Seven Samurai</I> and <I>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon</I>. Though not without humour, this is a much more serious saga than <I>Monkey</I> (1978), adapted by the same team and similarly a hit for the BBC. <p> Bolstered by wirework in the excellent fight scenes, this is traditional Kurosawa-influenced adventure, a saga of rebels against an oppressive empire with as much appeal to <I>Star Wars</I> fans as to martial arts devotees. Each episode tells a self-contained tale within the wider framework and the strong production values and compelling storytelling are not too compromised by the dubbing, which is carefully done to a high standard. This is a lavishly made TV epic that remains hugely entertaining a quarter-century after it first aired. <p> <B>On the DVD:</B> <I>The Water Margin</I> is presented in a beautifully designed fold-out package with a small poster and an episode guide leaflet. The 13 43-minute-long episodes are spread across six DVDs. The extras are identical throughout, apart from episode-specific photo galleries, reflecting the fact that each disc is also sold separately. There are 16 character profiles, synopses of all 26 episodes, production notes and previews of the <I>Monkey</I> DVDs and <I>Blake's Seven</I> videos. Other than the restoration of some violence, the episodes are exactly as they were shown on the BBC; there's no option to watch the original Chinese versions. The sound is unexceptional mono, the picture grainy, a little soft and shows some print damage. Unfortunately the 4:3 transfers also demonstrate obvious pixilation in fast moving and visually complex scenes, the quality being more like digital TV than state-of-the-art DVD. --<I>Gary S Dalkin</I>
|
|
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Shipping: refer to store website
|
|
£42.97
at Amazon.co.uk
|
 |
Fabulous Films Ltd. The Water Margin - A Concubine's Dowry Liang Shan Po And The Millionaire
Release Date: 1996-10-28, Rating Suitable for 12 years and over,
|
|
Availability: Usually dispatched within 5 to 8 days
Shipping: refer to store website
|
|
£12.99
at Amazon.co.uk
|
