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The East Meets The West

Exploring the history and films of Hong Kong"s Shaw Brothers Studios, as well as the history of Spaghetti Western films!!

tv & film film history

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The East Meets the West Ep. 22 - House of Traps...

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2023/11/29

We're back for more! On this episode, Re-Gor and Patsy the Angry Nerd discuss the Venom Mob film, “House of Traps” from 1982. Then we discuss a spaghetti western released in the US in 1971 as “A Fistful of Dynamite,” then re-released in 1972 as “Duck, You Sucker!” Check out the movie ads from both films on the website, as well as some screenshots from “Ode.” Enjoy!Patsy the Angry Nerd can be found at: throwdownthursdaypodcast.com Facebook groups:

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101:22

The East Meets the West Ep. 21 - Ninja in the Deadly...

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2023/08/21

We're back for more! Today we've got an awesome couple of films for you! There's the non-Shaw Brothers film, Ninja in the Deadly Trap (1981), starring 3 of the Venoms Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Lu Feng, which was also directed and choreographed by Kwok. Then we discuss the classic and much beloved Spaghetti Western, The Companeros (1970) starring Franco Nero, Thomas Milian, and Jack Palance! Enjoy! Patsy the Angry Nerd can be found at: throwdownthursdaypodcast.com Facebook groups: Throwdown

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113:05

The East Meets The West Ep. 20 - Five Fingers of...

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2023/03/21

Finally! The long awaited episode 20 of The East Meets the West has arrived!! Patsy the Angry Nerd and Re-Gor are joined by podcaster extraordinaire, Rod Barnett!! The films we discuss today are: Five Fingers of Death aka King Boxer from 1972 starring Hong Kong Kung-Fu legend Lo Lieh, and Long Days of Vengeance from 1967 starring the inimitable Giuliano Gemma! Don't forget to check out the newspaper ads for Five Fingers of Death on the web page! Rod Barnett can be found at:

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180:32

The East Meets the West Ep. 19 - Sword Stained with...

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2022/08/14

We're back after a bit of a hiatus! On today's show, Re-Gor and Patsy discuss the Shaw Brothers film Sword Stained with Royal Blood from 1981 and the spaghetti western The Mercenary from 1968. In Sword Stained with Royal Blood havoc breaks out when a warrior on the run uncovers a sword, training manual, treasure map and a secret message on the body of a deceased master. The Mercenary concerns Sergei Kowalski (Franco Nero), a mercenary only out for himself and a few dollars, who joins up with a

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163:35

The East Meets the West Ep. 18 - 10 TIGERS OF...

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2022/04/29

After an unplanned hiatus, we're back with more Shaw Brothers and Spaghetti Western goodness!!! On this episode, Patsy the Angry Nerd and I discuss the films 10 Tigers of Kwangtung from 1980, and The 5-Man Army from 1969. In 10 Tigers, the Venoms are back in a complicated story that moves between past and present and details the origins of the Chinese legend of the 10 Tigers from Kwangtung! Great cinematography and fighting as always, and we had a hilarious time dissecting this film! In the 5-Man

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137:49

The East Meets the West Ep. 17 - LEGEND OF THE FOX...

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2022/02/14

We're back!! Sorry for the delay! Patsy and I discuss Legend of the Fox from 1980 and The Big Gundown from 1966. In Legend of the Fox, Chin Siu Ho plays a young man who believes himself to be an orphan. Until one rainy night when he and three different men find themselves taking shelter from the storm in the same place. The Big Gundown stars Lee Van Cleef as unofficial lawman John Corbett who is tasked with hunting down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a

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111:49

The East Meets the West Ep. 16 – The Rebel Intruders...

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2021/11/10

Patsy and I return to our regular format as we delve back into the Venom films and a Bud Spencer film! First up is The Rebel Intruders from 1980. Three refugees become sworn brothers during a war. One (Kuo Chui/Philip Kwok) works in a whore house, one (Chiang Sheng) in a gambling house, and the other (Lo Mang) in a martial arts school. They become embroiled in the war and are betrayed by one's mentor. And in Today We Kil, Tomorrow We Die! (1968) Brett Halsey stars as a Django lookalike who goes on

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161:23

The East Meets the West Ep. 15 – Legend of the 7...

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2021/10/21

Last episode was part 2 of our Primer on Shaw Brothers films and Spaghetti Westerns. Today, we break our usual form again as we will NOT be discussing a Venom film from Shaws or a Terence Hill related Spaghetti Western. This episode, we've got a very special guest returning to the show, podcaster extraordinaire, Derek M Koch! Derek, Patsy and I discuss two wonderful films: just in time for Halloween we present the Shaw Brothers/Hammer Films team-up, Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) and the

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115:07

The East Meets the West Ep. 14 - Primer Episode Part 2

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2021/09/19

Welcome to the latest episode of the now Award Winning Show, The East Meets the West! We won Best Long Form Show at the Amalga-Mania Awards!! On the second part of our Primer, an effort to bring new listeners up to speed on what the show is about as well as recap things for existing listeners along with new information, Patsy, John Grace, Sevenhooks and I continue our discussion. Here we discuss Spaghetti Westerns as a genre as our guests bring some new information and facts to the table that we

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107:34

The East Meets the West Ep. 13 - Primer Episode Part 1

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2021/07/19

This episode is not going to be our usual one in which we take a deep dive first into a Shaw Brothers film, then a Spaghetti Western movie. This episode is a primer intended for new listeners, as well as helping current listeners bone up on their Shaw and Spaghetti movies, or even to maybe clarify things that weren't clear before. Patsy and I are joined by two experts on both Shaw and Spaghetti: John Grace from Midnight Movie Cowboys and a man known only as Sevenhooks! We discuss actors,

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156:21

The East Meets the West Ep. 12 – The Flag of Iron...

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2021/06/11

We continue to dive further into the Venom Mob films of the Shaw Brothers, and Terence Hill's Spaghetti Western legacy. The Venoms films are hitting their stride like a well oiled machine, and Terence Hill gives a similar performance to that of the character Trinity, but is so good at it that it leaves you wanting more! Patsy the Angry nerd and I had a lot of fun covering today's films. This episode we discuss The Flag of Iron (1980) - When the virtuous Iron Flag Clan are ambushed by the Eagle

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77:46

The East Meets the West Ep. 11 – 2 Champions of...

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2021/05/15

On today's episode, Patsy the Angry Nerd and I discuss a couple of really good ones: 2 Champions of Shaolin from the Shaw Brothers, and the Spaghetti Western, Trinity is Still My Name with Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. In Champions, Two young warriors from the Ming loyalist Shaolin Clan are engaged in a deadly secret mission that could bring down the Qing empire. The Venoms are back except for Philip Kwok who sat this one out, but helped with the fight choreography. In Trinity, Bambino tries to

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98:33

The East Meets the West Ep. 10 - Shaolin Hellgate...

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2021/04/14

The parallels between Shaw Brothers films and Spaghetti Westerns continues to amaze us! Through no conscious intent, both films we cover on today's episode delve into religion as a major theme throughout. In the Shaw Brothers film, Shaolin Hellgate (aka Heaven and Hell - 1980) guest starring The Venoms, we find a psychedelic mashup of a bunch of things, but to simplify it, it's like West Side Story meets Dante's Inferno! It's a crazy trip through Heaven, Earth, and Hell and Patsy and I had fun

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The East Meets the West Ep. 9 – Shaolin Daredevils...

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2021/03/30

On today's episode, Patsy the Angry Nerd and I discuss the Shaw Brothers film, Shaolin Daredevils (aka The Daredevils) from 1979 another Chang Cheh directed film which once again unites all of the Venom Mob, and the Spaghetti Western, Boot Hill (1969) – the third in the trilogy directed by Guiseppe Colizzi and Starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer who reprise their roles as Cat and Hutch. Through no purposeful planning, we are finding more and more similarities between Spaghetti Westerns and

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122:29

The East Meets the West Ep. 8 - Magnificent Ruffians...

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2021/02/23

On today's episode, Patsy the Angry Nerd and I cover the Shaw Brothers film, The Magnificent Ruffians from 1979, once again uniting all of the Venom Mob; and Ace High from 1968, the sequel to God Forgives...I don't, starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer who reprise their roles as Cat and Hutch. In Magnificent Ruffians, a cruel Kung-Fu Master, living in the early 20th century, when Kung-Fu warriors became scarce due to modern weaponry, lures 4 Kung Fu masters to his house so that he can trick them

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145:27

The East Meets the West Ep. 7 – Shaolin Rescuers and...

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2021/02/03

As we delve further into Shaw Brothers films and Spaghetti Western movies, Patsy the Angry Nerd and I realize that we are still just barely scratching the surface. Our films this episode are Shaolin Rescuers (aka Avenging Warriors of Shaolin) from 1979, and the Spaghetti Western, God Forgives...I Don't! from 1967. God Forgives...I Don't! is the first teaming of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer; a co-starring relationship that the two would have for several years, as their on-screen chemistry is so

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The East Meets The West Ep. 6 – Life Gamble and Day...

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2021/01/20

Howdy! Continuing our journey into Shaw Brothers films and Spaghetti Westerns, Patsy the Angry Nerd and I discuss the 4th Venom Mob film, Life Gamble from 1978, and the amazing team up of the legendary Lee Van Cleef with Spaghetti Western icon Giuliano Gemma in Day of Anger from 1967. Life Gamble is a complicated Kung-Fu film about a stolen jade artifact and all the people vying for it, including a ruthless gambler, thieves, con artists, an iron-fisted villain and a badass Kung-Fu warrior turned

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162:04

The East Meets The West Ep. 5 - Masked Avengers and...

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2020/12/21

Wènhòu péngyǒu! (Greetings friends!) We've got a fun episode for you, and it's the last episode of 2020! Re-Gor and Patsy the Angry Nerd take the year out with a bang as they cover the Shaw Brothers film, Masked Avengers from 1981 and the spaghetti western, The Return of Ringo from 1965! In the first feature, a gang of masked evildoers terrorize the countryside and it's up to a band of heroes to take them down! The second is the sequel to “A Pistol for Ringo” and is

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162:05

The East Meets The West Ep. 4 - The Kid with the...

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2020/12/02

Howdy Pardners! It's time once again for an episode of The East Meets the West! In this episode, Patsy the Angry Nerd and I cover the Shaw Brothers film, The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979), and the Spaghetti Western flick, A Pistol for Ringo (1965)! The Venom Mob are in top form here, once again directed by Chang Cheh, but it is sadly the last time all 5 Venoms would star in together - Sun Chien, Lo Meng, Kuo Chue (Phillip Kwok), Lu Feng and Wei Bai. This was due to the fact that Wei Bai had health

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112:24

The East Meets The West Ep. 3 - Invincible Shaolin...

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2020/11/17

We're back! After a ridiculous hiatus, The East Meets the West returns on a regular basis, with Patsy the Angry Nerd! This episode we cover the another Chang Cheh directed Shaw Brothers film, Invincible Shaolin (1978), also starring the Venom Mob! Our second feature covered is the 1967 Lee Van Cleef picture, Death Rides a Horse! Patsy and I had great fun exploring these movies, in particular because he's never seen a Spaghetti Western or Shaw Brothers film! If you haven't either, it's never too

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