I wasn't sure about including this film in these entries about Taiwanese Black Movies released by IFD & Filmark because it is not a "real" gangster movie but finally I decided to do it because Escape to Freedom was starred by most of the people who developed the subgenre at the time.
Another reason I have dediced to post an entry about this movie is because Escape to Freedom is one of those "lost" or missed movies from IFD catalog without any clue like manay of their taiwanese films...remember the Thunderbolt saga, they were the most popular ones but they are not longer avaliable from IFD.
Escape to Freedom was a 1982 production starring Elsa Yeung ( one of the IFD Queens...and it is quite possible she doesn't know about it) & Tien Peng among other popular taiwanese actors. The movie changes the gang wars in the streets of Taipei for a national adventure against Japanese invaders... This anti-japanese war movies were also a subgenre itself in Taiwan, like the Gangster movies.
The movie was bought by IFD in released under several different titles. The IFD first official title for this production was Scape to High Risks but then it was also released on tape in countries like Spain as Highnoon Scape.
Once again, IFD just bought the rights for its international release, dubbed it into English language & sold it around the world keeping the original taiwanese cut.
The movie was directed by Ching Gong, who was an excellent director & scriptwriter at Shaw Bros. Some personal favourite of mine are his The Criminal series released & produced by Shaw Bros during the middle 70's. Those works outlined what the Taiwanese Black Movies would be in a near future.
The producer of Escape to Freedom was Yang Teng Kuei who was also the man who made possible many of Danny Lee's direct to video police adventures such as Shoot to kill & all those bloody and ultraviolent gangster thrillers that just were a logic continuation of the style and features of the original taiwanese black movies.
Jesus, very interesting to read about the Taiwan Black Movies but you need to add the label "Taiwan Black Movies" to all 15 entries! LOL. I only get 3-4 of the articles when I click the label. You're not making it easy for the reader. LOLZ.
ResponderEliminarhahahahaha!!!!...IFD didn't make it easy to us to understand their movies, I do the same.
ResponderEliminarAll the entries are labelled under Taiwan Black Movies label, but I commited a mistake I don't know how to solve. If you check the labels you see there are two of a kind: Taiwan Black Movies & Taiwan Black Movies. ( there is a dot at the end)
I am totally useless at computer matters & I would like to erase one of them but I don't know how to do!!!
Jefe!. Quería preguntarte una cosa, pero no localizo tu email ni nada, así que lo hago por aquí...
ResponderEliminar¿Puedes decirme algo de AVA C. CAPARAS?, director de LOS PALOS DE LA MUERTE???.
Gracias mil y espero que todo vaya bien!.
Abrazos.
Poco que decir de ave c. Caparás, sólo dirigió esta peli en plan guerrillero, es decir, un pequeño grupo técnico artístico rodando sin ningún tipo de permisos por las calles de Manila. Lo que sí te puedo decir es que el protagonista es Roland dantes, que fue el protagonista de la peli de relleno que la ifd uso para hitman the cobra.
ResponderEliminarEso había leído, que solo hizo esa peli... sin embargo, según IMDB tiene 7 pelis acreditadas como director.... ????.
ResponderEliminarMuchas gracias por la info, compañero.
Jesus Manuel,
ResponderEliminarAcabo de nominar tu blog para un Liebstar Blog Award en http://solorpggamer.blogspot.com/2012/12/and-liebster-blog-award-goes-to.html
oh, gracias...pero no me creo meredor de ningún premio, ni nada parecido. Esto es simplemente un hobby mas.
ResponderEliminarQuedo muy agradecido!
Bueno, tu simple hobby me ha informado mas de lo que yo pensaba acerca de estas peliculas. Es muy interesante saber de los actores, y tambien de las peliculas originales .
ResponderEliminarSaludos.