Come Drink with Me Limited Edition Blu-ray Arrow Films Cheng Pei-pei King Hu Shaw Brothers

Considered one of Shaw Brothers’ greatest and most influential action masterpieces!

Introducing Arrow Video's Limited Edition Blu-ray release for King Hu's iconic 1966 wuxia film, Come Drink with Me. When the Governor’s son is taken hostage by bandits, a mysterious swordsman named Golden Swallow (Cheng Pei-pei, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) is hot on their trail to ensure the son’s release. What the bandits don’t realize, however, is that Golden Swallow is actually a woman, and that the hostage is her brother. 

Limited Edition Features: 

• Limited edition O-card featuring newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anne Billson, and a 2010 essay by George Chun Han Wang about the relationship between director King Hu and producer Run Run Shaw

Features: 

• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
• Uncompressed Mandarin and English original mono audio
• Optional English subtitles, plus English hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub
• Brand new audio commentary by film critic and historian Tony Rayns
• Interview with star Cheng Pei-pei, filmed by Frédéric Ambroisine in 2003
• Interview with star Yueh Hua, filmed by Frédéric Ambroisine in 2007
• Interview with star Chen Hung-lieh, filmed by Frédéric Ambroisine in 2003
• Talk Story with Cheng Pei-pei, a 2016 Q&A at the University of Hawaii moderated by George Chun Han Wang
• Cinema Hong Kong: Swordfighting, a documentary on the history of the wuxia genre and Shaw Brothers’ contributions to it, produced by Celestial Pictures in 2003 and featuring interviews with Cheng Pei-pei, Gordon Liu, Lau Kar-leung, John Woo, Sammo Hung, Kara Hui, David Chiang and others
• Original theatrical trailer, plus trailer for the sequel Golden Swallow
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella

Technical Specs: 

• Production Year: 1966
• Region Code: A
• Running Time: 95
• Number of Discs: 1
• Language: Mandarin/English
• Subtitles: English/English SDH
• Audio: Mono 1.0
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1