Heroes Three Podcast

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Timestamps

(0:00:00) Intro

(0:00:59) Initial Thoughts

(0:04:43) A bit about "The Kung Fu Kid"

(0:09:43) Behind the scenes

(0:15:22) More initial thoughts

(0:19:06) Kung Fu Kids Games

(0:29:11) Plot Summary

(0:36:09) Movie discussion

(0:52:51) Martial Arts and the danger of optimization

(1:05:07) Back to the movie

(1:09:37) Housekeeping and new hosting site

(1:11:42) Fan mail!

(1:15:57) Plugs and training for next week

167 The Shaolin Temple

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 01:47:18 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're discussing the debut of Jet Li in the breakthrough mainland classic from 1982, The Shaolin Temple!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(01:17) Movie Background

(26:18) Back of the VHS

(27:06) Movie Talk

(1:26:46) Plugs and Training for next week

166 Blades of the Guardians

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:23:33 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're discussing the wuxia manhua adaption Blades of the Guardians, directed by Yuen Woo-ping and starring an ensemble cast led by Wu Jing!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(01:23) Blades of the Guardians Well Go US release

(04:28) Initial Thoughts

(19:03) Matthew's comic report

(25:47) More behind the scenes

(28:52) Back of the VHS

(29:28) Movie talk

(1:34:04) Plugs and training for next week

165 My Father is a Hero

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:55:01 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're following up our discussion on The Furious with a young Xie Miao starring alongside Jet Li and Anita Mui in My Father Is A Hero directed by Corey Yuen with story by Wong Jing!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(00:52) Why My Father is a Hero

(02:12) The 90s Hong Kong golden era

(21:33) Back of the VHS

(22:06) Movie talk

(1:28:12) Final thoughts

(1:30:13) Plugs and training for next week

164 The Furious

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:34:11 GMT

Heroes Three is going to the movies this week as we discuss our thoughts on the wild ride that is The Furious directed by Kenji Tanigaki alongside an all star cast of modern action cinema!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(00:58) Carlos's experience and thoughts

(17:22) Marty's take

(34:30) Matthew's take

(40:28) Movie talk

(1:02:48) Final thoughts

(1:05:57) Plugs and training for next week

163 I Am What I Am

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:08:36 GMT

Welcome back to another animated interlude episode of Heroes Three! This week we are doing a lion dance as we discuss Sun Haipeng's I Am What I Am from 2021!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(05:01) Marty thoughts

(13:07) Matthew Thoughts

(16:13) Southern China in film

(08:35) Why isn't this one being pushed?

(19:03) Comedy and possible references to classic Hong Kong cinema

(21:04) Lion dance

(23:50) A brief aside on bikes

(26:07) The emotional arc of the film

(30:15) Personal connection to Carlos

(31:27) The character designs

(34:35) Lion design and action

(46:10) Final thoughts

(37:22) The Ending

(47:39) Plugs and training for next week

(48:08) What we would want in a dub

(49:43) Training for next week

162 His Motorbike, Her Island

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:45:10 GMT

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Craig Neeson from SWIMFANS to talk about Nobuhiko Obayashi’s summer romance film, His Motorbike, Her Island from 1986 starring Riki Takeuchi and Kiwako Harada!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(0:40) Craig on the pod

(1:11) Why His Motorbike, Her Island

(6:08) Playful black and white

(11:21) Motorcycles and Kawasaki

(15:00) Experimental filmmaking

(18:29) Back of the VHS

(55:26) Final thoughts on Obayashi

(59:02) Listen to Swimfans

(1:00:03) Plugs and training for next week

161 The Ninja Hunt

Thu, 28 May 2026 02:48:48 GMT

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by ninja pop culture expert Keith Rainville to discuss the brutal and unflinching ninja classic, The Ninja Hunt directed by Tetsuya Yamanouchi and starring Jushiro Konoe and Bin Amatsu!

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Check out Keith talking with Fanatical Dragon!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(00:38) What is Vintage Ninja?

(02:56) Ninja Gari background

(12:42) Our initial thoughts

(26:02) Back of the VHS

(26:39) Movie Talk

(1:23:16) A bit about the 1982 remake

(1:30:14) Go to Vintage Ninja dot Net!

(1:38:47) Plugs and training for next week

160 The Twilight Samurai

Thu, 14 May 2026 02:08:19 GMT

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Joey Weiser to discuss the heartful samurai film Tasogare Seibei from 2002 starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Rie Miyazawa, directed by Yoji Yamada!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(0:46) Why The Twilight Samurai

(1:45) Carlos and Joey chance encounter

(6:30) Unknown appreciation

(9:04) Twilight Samurai background

(18:37) Talkin' Tora-san

(28:55) Back of the DVD

(29:28) Short recap

(31:36) Movie talk

(1:24:22) The Trilogy

(1:29:20) Joey plugs

(1:30:22) Plugs and training for next week

159 Enter the Fat Dragon

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:02:00 GMT

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Leon and Shaz from Hong Kong and Beyond to discuss Sammo Hung's loving send up of Bruceploitation, Enter the Fat Dragon from 1978!

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Join the Asian Cinema Circle

Check out our panel from VGM Con! Composer Crossover! Asian Cinema in Video Game Music!

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(1:27) Why this movie

(11:21) Enter or Way of the Dragon?

(14:17) A bit on the physical release

(20:18) Back of the VHS

(20:46) Movie recap

(1:19:32) Final Thoughts

(1:25:51) Plugs and Training for next week

158 Ghost Killer

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:07:57 GMT

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by The Fanatical Dragon to discuss the 2024 supernatural action film Ghost Killer, directed by Kensuke Sonomura and starring Akari Takaishi and Masanori Mimoto!

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Find The Fanatical Dragon here!

Eric Jacobus interviews Kensuke Sonomura!

Fanatical Dragon interviews Kenji Tanigaki!

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(0:56) Background

(17:59) Back of the Blu Ray

(18:34) Movie Talk

(47:46) A diversion on choreo and inspirations

(52:20) Fight "accents" and Eric Jacobus

(58:24) Back to the movie

(1:26:51) Carlos went to Beyond Fest Chicago

(1:33:43) Johnny Plugs

(1:37:50) VGMCon 2026 Panel!

(1:38:23) Outro and training for next week

157 Animated Shorts 2026

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 03:07:35 GMT

Welcome back to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we're returning to regular episodes with our selection of animated shorts! This episode we're join by Josh McKenzie to discuss 4 animated short features from around the world!

Schirkoa by Isan Shukla

Nobody by Yu Shui

Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek by Shuhei Morita

In the Shadow of Cypress by Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani

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Schirkoa

Nobody

Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek

Trailer for In the Shadow of the Cypress

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(2:43) Schrikoa

(16:51) Nobody

(27:34) Kakurenbo

(40:19) In the Shadow of the Cypress

(49:03) Engage with other cultures! It's amazing!

(54:48) Listen to Swimfans

(56:05) Plugs and Training for next week

156 The Hidden Fortress

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 02:33:23 GMT

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we're finishing up the year with Matthew's pick, the legendary Akira Kurosawa film The Hidden Fortress!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(0:31) The George Lucas Elephant in the room

(1:16) Our history with the movie

(6:11) West influences east influences west

(10:23) Clarity and simplicity

(20:18) Plot recap

(25:44) Movie discussion

(36:00) An aside on Star Wars

(42:16) Copying and creativity

(50:08) Back to The Hidden Fortress

(1:05:40) 2008 Remake

(1:07:07) Plugs and outro

155 One Cut of the Dead

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 01:26:48 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This episode it's Marty's pick and we are discussing Shin'ichiro Ueda's One Cut of the Dead!

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Making of One Cut of the Dead documentary!

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:29) Spoiler Free thoughts

(3:40) Start Spoilers

(1:07:51) Plugs and Training for Next Week

154 Outlaw Brothers

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 03:07:13 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! We're beginning our annual host picks to close out the year with Frankie Chan's Outlaw Brothers from 1990 starring Frankie, Yukari Oshima, and Max Mok!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(01:14) Why The Outlaw Brothers

(03:20) Marty Thoughts

(06:45) Cars!

(08:32) The H3 Checklist, Music, and outfits

(11:27) BotVHS

(11:53) Movie Recap

(18:28) Music clip Genius of Love

(04:53) Final Thoughts

(05:23) Plugs and training for next week

153 We're Going to Eat You

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 02:30:26 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're keeping the Halloween decorations up as we discuss Tsui Hark's We're Going to Eat You starring Norman Chui and Eddy Ko!

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:16) Why this movie

(3:26) Carlos and Marty initial thoughts

(6:19) Tsui Hark style and influences

(10:36) Hong Kong character actors!

(16:06) The music

(17:28) Horror and Action

(19:33) Back of the VHS

(20:09) Movie Recap

(53:32) Final thoughts

(1:01:56) Plugs and training for next week

152 Infernal Affairs

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 03:55:46 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're joined by SWIMFANS co-host Jennifer Hocking to close out our summer arc with 2002's critically acclaimed crime drama, Infernal Affairs!

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:09) Jennifer Hocking

(2:00) The Departed

(7:51) Andrew Lau and behind the scenes stuff

(13:14) Back of the VHS

(13:58) Movie Recap

(1:20:53) Final thoughts

(1:29:40) Listen to Swimfans!

(1:33:25) The End??

151 Zebraman

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 01:05:21 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're sneaking out in costume to grab a snack to discuss the 2004 superhero film Zebraman directed by Takashi Miike and starring Sho Aikawa!

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:52) Why Zebraman

(4:05) Matthew's History

(5:59) Marty's Experience

(9:47) Miike as a director

(14:30) Zebraman Production

(20:11) Show Aikawa

(22:40) Back of the VHS

(23:27) Movie Recap

(58:50) Final thoughts

(1:00:14) Zebraman 2

(1:03:03) Plugs and training for next week

150 Armour of God

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:58:14 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're joined by The Fanatical Dragon to celebrate 150 episodes and discuss Jackie Chan's take on Indiana Jones/James Bond, Armour of God!

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149 The Magic Crystal

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 02:02:41 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're talking Spielberg and Wong Jing with the martial arts comedy adventure, The Magic Crystal starring Andy Lau, Cynthia Rothrock, and Richard Norton!

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TimesSqKungFU compares the 88films and Vinegar Syndrome BR release of Magic Crystal

Cynthia talks Magic Crystal!

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(2:37) The fight choreography

(4:09) The TWO blu ray releases!

(9:36) Production background

(16:08) Carlos history with the film

(18:06) Back of the VHS

(18:42) Movie recap

(1:25:52) Plugs and Training for next episode

148 The Tower

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 02:55:45 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're putting our protective gear on and running straight into the fire as we discuss the South Korean disaster film, The Tower directed by Kim Ji-Hoon!

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:51) Why The Tower

(1:13) Disaster Movie Talk

(12:23) Overall thoughts

(20:14) Back of the VHS

(20:51) Movie recap

(58:08) Final thoughts

(1:02:39) Plugs and training for next week

147 Message From Space

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 03:36:50 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Vintage Henshin's Mike Dent to discuss Kinji Fukasaku's 1978 space opera Message From Space starring Vic Morrow, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Etsuko Shihomi!

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Zhang Yimou Q&A at TIFF in 2018

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:31) Why Message From Space

(5:37) Behind the scenes

(14:16) Strengths of Message From Space

(21:52) Back of the VHS

(22:33) Movie talk

(1:19:43) Final thoughts

(1:24:12) Mike plugs

(1:25:20) Plugs and training for next week

146 The Mighty Peking Man

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:00:01 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we begin our summer arc of Hollywood blockbusters from Asian cinema with the 1977 giant monster film The Mighty Peking Man, directed by Ho Meng-Hua and starring Danny Lee, Evelyne Kraft, and Ku Feng!

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro

1:19 Why The Mighty Peking Man

22:46 Back of the VHS

22:24 Movie Recap

1:10:18 Final thoughts

1:13:11 Plugs and training for next week

145 Riding Bean

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 01:49:10 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Josh McKenzie to discuss the 1989 original video animation, Riding Bean created by Kenichi Sonoda!

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Full post with gifs!

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:04) Why Riding Bean

(23:44) OVA Discussion

(51:32) Plugs and what we've been watching

(59:06) Training for next week

144 Shadow

Wed, 28 May 2025 01:45:57 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we conclude our first look into the works of Zhang Yimou with the 2018 desaturated wuxia epic, Shadow!

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Come see Carlos host a talk back for the premiere of Africa: A Kung Fu Story along with Executive Producer and Composer of the film, Arnold Cifax Jr.!

June 5th, at the Milwaukee Art Museum

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(2:24) Carlos on a panel about Africa A Kung Fu Story

(4:03) Our Shadow history

(5:53) Shadow is a mixed bag visually

(15:41) Pretty with no charisma

(20:40) Shadow Visuals

(29:31) Getting into the movie itself

(30:09) Amazon synopsis

(30:37)

(56:53) Final thoughts

(58:57) Overall Zhang Yimou thoughts

(1:07:04) Plugs and training for next week

(1:07:35) Surprise Fanmail section!

(1:13:38) Training for next week

143 House of Flying Daggers

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:34:00 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast. This week we discuss Zhang Yimou's wuxia follow up to Hero, 2004's House of Flying Daggers starring Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Zhang Ziyi!

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142 Hero

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:13:00 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we discuss the worldwide hit film Hero from 2002, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, and Donnie Yen!

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Come check us out live at VGM CON, April 11-13th! We will be hosting a panel on the influence of Asian cinema on video games Saturday at 1:30pm! More info at the VGM CON website HERE!

Ek Cup Chaha from 2019 by Sumit Yempalle

141 To Live

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 03:13:57 GMT

Welcome to the latest episode of Heroes Three podcast! This week we are continuing our look at the works of Zhang Yimou with 1994's To Live, starring Ge You and Gong Li.

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:01) Why To Live

(15:05) Technical aspects of the film

(20:55) Novel talk

(22:46) A bit about puppets

(25:34) Movie talk

(41:50) Tanget on 90s alt comedy

(42:41) Movie talk 2

(1:07:59) Book ending and final thoughts

(1:13:41) Plugs and Training for next week

140 Raise the Red Lantern

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 04:20:25 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This episode we begin an arc discussing the work of Zhang Yimou, beginning with Raise the Red Lantern (with a touch of Red Sorghum for comparison) from 1991 starring Gong Li.

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:57) Why no Red Sorghum?

(4:38) Zhang Yimou Background

(7:51) Different kind of movie for Heroes Three

(9:21) Matthew's limited Yimou experience

(10:52) Gong Li and Red Sorghum

(14:24) Movie Discussion

(1:09:18) Final Thoughts

(1:13:29) Plugs and Training for next week

139 Animated Shorts 2025

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 02:57:45 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This episode we're warming up with another look at a handful of animated shorts.

The Boy Who Cheated Death from 2024 by Pipou Phuong Nguyen

Gurren Lagann Parallel Works episode 8 from 2008 by You Yoshinari

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege intro cinematic from 2004 directed by Takashi Yamazaki, with fight choreography by Donnie Yen and Kenji Tanigaki

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(01:05) The Heroes Three catch up

(05:42) A Cup of Tea

(11:37) The Boy Who Cheated Death

(16:02) Gurren Lagann Parallel Works Ep 8

(26:51) Onimusha 3 Intro

(39:31) Plugs and training for next week

138 God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 03:06:37 GMT

Happy Holidays from Heroes Three! This week we are closing out 2024 with Marty's host pick, God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai directed by Wong Jing and starring Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat, and Gong Li!

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Making of The Host documentary

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(3:00) Production background

(6:36) Carlos and Matthew Initial Thoughts

(8:40) Hong Kong cross talk with hollywood

(11:01) Movie Thoughts

(16:05) Gong Li: Too Hot for Taiwan?

(26:22) Back to the movie

(58:40) Possible releases in the US

(1:01:14) Ng Man-tat and Stephen Chow

(1:03:10) Final thoughts and plugs

137 The Host

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 02:38:01 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three! Host picks continue with Matthew's choice, and he brought the Bong Joon-ho monster film from 2006, The Host!

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:35) Carlos's "The Host" history

(2:58) Marty's "The Host" History

(8:01) The strengths of this movie

(13:05) The cast

(16:29) Carlos plot recap

(20:18) Movie discussion

(54:30) Final Thoughts

(56:06) Plugs and training for next week

136 Memories

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 02:36:21 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three! Some host picks to close out the year and Carlos brings one of his all time favorites, Katsuhiro Otomo's Memories from 1995!

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Full cast and credits at Anime News Network!

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Making Memories Documentary

Read the Memories short by Otomo here!

Animation Obsessive's great writing on Magnetic Rose here!

Weird cel wobble from Fist of the North Star

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:52) Why Memories

(2:49) Carlos Memories memories

(7:54) Marty's surprising Memories memories

(11:27) Matthew's Memories first time

(16:10) Production History

(19:26) Based on a true story??

(20:53) Wrong info online

(23:08) Magnetic Rose

(37:11) Stink Bomb

(52:54) Cannon Fodder

(1:04:56) Final thoughts

(1:09:51) Outro and training for next week

135 Purana Mandir

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:19:00 GMT

This week on Heroes Three, we make a brief Halloween diversion to look at Bollywood horror with the Ramsay Brothers' Purana Mandir (1984)!

Watch it (stretched out but in full) on youtube

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:24) Raat thoughts

(2:10) Purana Mandir discussion

(37:42) Lily Li RIP

(39:09) Outro and training for next week

134 Revenge of the Ninja

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 01:25:36 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three! This week Summer of Ninja ENDS as we are joined by Leon from Hong Kong and Beyond to discuss the apex of 80s ninja cinema, Revenge of the Ninja from Sam Firstenberg and Cannon Films starring Sho Kosugi!

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Check out Leon and Shaz at Hong Kong & Beyond!

YouTube & Podcast

Full cast and credits at IMDB!

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⁠Full blogpost with gifs here!⁠

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:55) Our history with Revenge of the Ninja

(9:26) Production Info

(18:42) Revenge of the Ninja Trailer

(20:14) Movie Recap

(1:00:13) An aside on nunchucks

(1:08:52) Back to the Movie

(1:25:04) Leon plugs

(1:26:36) Our plugs

133 Five Element Ninjas & The Super Ninja

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:19:00 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! The Summer of Ninja continues as we take on another double feature, Chang Cheh's Five Element Ninjas from 1982 and The Super Ninja from 1984-ish.

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:12) Why these two

(4:56) 5 Element Ninjas Reputation

(7:07) Chang Cheh and Shaw Brothers

(11:07) Chu Ko Choreo

(13:32) 5 Element Ninjas Discussion

(35:51) Break Time

(38:27) The Super Ninja

(57:19) Plugs and Training for Next Week

132 Ninja in the Dragon's Den

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 03:31:12 GMT

The Summer of Ninja doesn't stop here at Heroes Three podcast. This episode we are very excited to be joined by The Fanatical Dragon to discuss the directorial debut of the legendary Corey Yuen, Ninja in the Dragon's Den from 1982 starring Conan Lee and Hiroyuki Sanada!

Check out The Fanatical Dragon on Youtube!

The Fanatical Dragon Patreon

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Some great additional finds for the film at Vintage Ninja!

Japanese Program Stills Part 1 and Part 2!

Ninja Vinyl with a wonderful rip of Legend of a Ninja and it's B-side, Silver Moon!

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:07) Seasonal films, Conan Lee, and Ng See Yuen

(11:16) Releases of the film

(16:12) Spanish dubs and new dub crew

(21:28) BotVHS

(22:04) Movie Recap

(1:37:54) Fanatical Dragon Plugs

(1:40:16) Johnny saying really nice stuff about us

(1:41:43) Our plugs

131 Watari Ninja Boy & Samurai Reincarnation

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 03:17:02 GMT

Welcome back to the Summer of Ninja here at Heroes Three podcast. This week another guest emerges from the shadows to help us discuss a double feature of ninja magic! Joey Weiser is here to talk about both Watari, Ninja Boy from 1966, and Samurai Reincarnation from 1981!

Full cast and credits - Watari and Makai Tensho

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Find Joey Weiser and his work here!

Tragic-Planet

X and Instagram

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:48) Why these movies

(2:35) Joey's history with these films

(5:38) Carlos history with these films

(6:55) Marty Thoughts Watari Ninja Boy

(10:01) Marty Thoughts Makai Tensho

(14:31) Matthew's thoughts

(15:32) Watari Ninja Boy

(41:10) Samurai Reincarnation Makai Tensho

(1:08:14) Wrapping up

(1:11:56) A brief bit on Ninja Scroll

(1:14:49) Joey plugs!

(1:17:09) Plugs and training for next week

130 Castle of Owls

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 03:02:19 GMT

Welcome back to the Summer of Ninja here at Heroes Three podcast. This week we are thrilled to be joined by Keith J Rainville, the masked lord of Vintage Ninja, to discuss the criminally under-represented Castle of Owls directed by Eiichi Kudo from 1963!

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Make sure to head over to Vintage Ninja for all your ninja needs!

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(2:17) Keith talks Vitage Ninja

(8:26) Why Castle of Owls

(21:14) BotVHS

(22:05) Movie Recap

(1:41:32) A brief bit about the remake

(1:47:38) A prayer to the physical release gods

(1:51:38) Go to vintageninja.net!

(1:52:06) Plugs and training for next week

129 Shinobi no Mono

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:50:19 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we begin the Summer of Ninja. Join us as we enter the shadows to discuss Shinobi no Mono from 1962 directed by Satsuo Yamamoto and starring Raizo Ichikawa!

Full cast and credits - HERE

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You can get the Radiance Shinobi no Mono set here US or UK

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:04) Ninja research

(5:10) Our ninja history

(15:10) BotVHS

(15:42) Movie Recap

(26:30) Carlos read the Book of Ninja

(29:51) Back to the movie

(1:13:04) Wrap up

128 Macross: Do You Remember Love?

Wed, 22 May 2024 08:55:54 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we're discussing the iconic yet elusive 80's anime masterpiece Macross: Do You Remember Love? from 1984 directed by Noboru Ishiguro and Shoji Kawamori!

Full cast and credits - HERE

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Mari Iijima speaks on Macross and Minmay!

Check out ⁠Dude, You Remember Macross? podcast⁠

Also, check out Coop's ⁠writing on Macross⁠ and much ⁠more⁠!

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:14) Our Macross History

(5:21) Macross localization history

(10:45) Production history

(23:00) Three pillars of Macross

(29:30) More stand out stuff

(32:55) Animation cel talk

(36:29) Let's talk about the movie!

(41:40) Western release of DYRL

(46:44) Back to the movie

(1:16:07) Wrapping up

(1:18:48) Macross video games

(1:24:42) Live action Macross treatment?

(1:27:03) Other Macross media

(1:33:37) Plugs and training for next week

127 Tom-Yum-Goong

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 01:59:34 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we're wishing you a happy Songkran as we close out our first look at the high impact action of Thailand cinema with Prachya Pinkaew's Tom-Yum-Goong from 2005 starring Tony Jaa with action by Panna Rittikrai!

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Making of Chocolate Vignettes

Tom-Yum-Goong BTS!

Terry Yum Goong!

Tom-Yum-Goong the Game?!

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:18) Why Tom-Yum-Goong

(16:17) Back of the DVD

(16:59) Movie recap

(51:09) Where we complain about modern action for 9 minutes

(59:47) Back to the movie

(1:30:29) Final Thoughts

(1:34:45) Plugs and training for next week

126 Chocolate

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:11:34 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we're discussing the break out role for JeeJa Yanin in Prachya Pinkaew's Chocolate from 2008!

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125 Ong-Bak

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 12:25:10 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we're leaving our village, heading into the big city, and we can't return until we've discussed the ins and outs of Ong-Bak!

Full cast and credits - HERE

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Full blogpost with gifs!

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:13) Our Ong-Bak history

(5:54) Tony Jaa the new Jet Li??

(12:26) Influences and inspriations

(14:27) The supporting cast

(18:57) Versions and music

(24:55) Back of the DVD

(25:29) Movie recap

(1:30:23) Final Thoughts

(1:32:39) Plugs and training for next week

124 Born to Fight

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:24:50 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we're beginning an arc on the hard hitting action from Thailand with Panna Rittikrai's directorial debut, Born to Fight from 1986!

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Watch Born to Fight!

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:02) Panna Rittikrai

(2:10) Our home movie experience

(6:53) Amateur energy (complimentary)

(15:36) The repeated shot

(18:50) Working class hero

(20:18) Muay Thai and MMA

(25:42) Back of the VHS

(26:24) Born to Fight talk

(57:03) Plugs and outro

123 Animated Shorts 2024

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 03:42:27 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast, we ring in the new year with 5, count 'em, FIVE animated shorts from India, Japan, and Thailand!

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:55) Giveaway Winner

(1:38) Godzilla Update

(6:31) Animated Shorts!

(8:33) 1. Wade

(14:09) Ramayana Talk

(15:25) 2. Kick-Heart

(24:24) 3. Hidari

(28:52) 4. On Your Mark

(35:49) A Bit About Thai Animation

(37:50) 5. Nine

(42:25) Outro

122 Iron Monkey

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 01:46:16 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we are looking back on 2023, and closing out our arc on Yuen Woo-ping directed films with the excellent Iron Monkey from 1993!

Full cast and credits at HKMDB.

This is the last episode where YOU COULD WIN AN IN THE LINE OF DUTY BLURAY BOX SET!

We will pick a winner at the end of January, 2024.

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:00) 2023 in Review

(11:00) Back to Iron Monkey

(36:27) Back of the VHS

(37:03) Movie Recap

(1:50:34) Final thoughts

121 In the Line of Duty 4

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 01:55:00 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we are continuing our look at films directed by Yuen Woo-ping with In the Line of Duty 4 starring Cynthia Khan, Yuen Yat Chor, and Donnie Yen!

Full cast and credits at HKMDB.

Continuing this episode and until the last episode in our Yuen Woo-ping arc YOU COULD WIN AN IN THE LINE OF DUTY BLURAY BOX SET!

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Donnie Yen Interview

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:55) Giveaway!

(2:13) Marty's Godzilla Minus One thoughts

(9:13) Back to In the Line of Duty 4!

(19:44) Back of the VHS

(20:22) Movie Recap

(1:19:50) Final thoughts

120 Mismatched Couples

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:54:45 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we are continuing our look at films directed by Yuen Woo-ping with Mismatched Couples from 1985 starring Donnie Yen and YWP himself!

Full cast and credits at HKMDB.

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Teresa Carpio's 1985 album, Why Give Up?⁠

Shirley Tan Speaks About Mismatched Couples

Kenny Perez's Dynamic Wushu!

119 The Miracle Fighters

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 01:43:04 GMT

Halloween isn't over for us just yet. This week Heroes Three podcast discusses the magical kung fu fantasy, The Miracle Fighters from 1982 directed by Yuen Woo-ping and the Yuen Clan!

Full cast and credits at HKMDB.

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:35) Why this movie

(13:48) Back of the VHS

(14:22) Movie Recap

(1:18:10) Final thoughts

(1:22:34) In the Line of Duty Giveaway!

(1:24:23) Plugs and training for next week

118 The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 03:03:40 GMT

Boo!

This week we've entered the cursed city of Ping Kwei to face the horrors of The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires! Happy Halloween!

Peter Cushing Narrates the Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires LP!

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117 The Buddhist Fist

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 00:05:53 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast Marty starts us on an arc covering podcast favorite Yuen Woo-Ping with the Yuen clan action comedy from 1980, The Buddhist Fist!

Full cast and credits at HKMDB.

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:48) Why this movie

(4:52) Simon Yuen

(7:42) Peace Films

(10:59) We like the movie BECAUSE of its flaws

(14:55) No wikipedia article

(17:53) Back of the DVD

(18:31) Movie Recap

(1:31:29) Final thoughts

(1:35:21) Plugs and training for next week

116 The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 13:16:45 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we are joined by Swimfans host Jennifer Hocking to discuss the 1963 Japanese creationist myth animated feature by Toei Animation, The Little Prince and the Eight Headed Dragon!

Full cast and credits at ANN

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Animation Obsessive takes a look at the Dance Sequence in Little Prince!

Sadao Tsukioka Discusses Animating on the Film!

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:22) Why this movie

(4:28) Big video game influence

(5:15) Famous staff

(6:51) Wind Waker and Samurai Jack

(7:47) Move looks real good

(10:57) Releases of the movie

(13:13) Japanese mythology

(21:57) Susano and Tsukuyomi

(23:04) Ifukube is real good

(25:57) The Fire god

(29:59) Amaterasu and Takamagahara

(34:56) Dance sequence

(39:41) Orochi and the Village

(47:46) Art quality isn't a linear progression over time

(52:05) The value of "I could do that"

(54:05) Alex's thoughts

(57:56) Aspect ratios, letterboxing, and pan and scan

(1:00:23) Final thoughts

(1:02:19) Plugs and training for next week

115 Shin Godzilla

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:00:00 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we are closing out our summer of G with the beginning of the Reiwa era! Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi bring to us their take on Godzilla with 2016's Shin Godzilla!

Full cast and credits at Wikizilla.

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Great Disasters podcast covers the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

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114 Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:50:33 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we are making our way into the Millennium series of Godzilla films with Shusuke Kaneko's vengeful take on the big G, Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidora: Giant Monster's All-Out Attack!

Full cast and credits at Wikizilla.

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Kaiju Masterclass Interviews Shusuke Kaneko!

Gamera 2 Trailer(the best)

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:13) Why GMK

(5:05) Godzilla '98

(6:40) Japan response

(10:20) Biollante is Jurassic Park, GMK is Anaconda

(11:25) Sets and CG

(14:42) Back of the VHS

(15:33) Movie recap

(1:26:38) Final thoughts

(1:31:07) Plugs and training for next week

113 Godzilla vs Biolante

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 02:58:32 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we are moving into the Heisei era of Godzilla films with the ambitious biogenetic espionage monstrosity that is Godzilla vs Biollante directed by Kazuki Omori from 1989!

Full cast and credits at Wikizilla.

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⁠⁠Kaiju Masterclass talks Biollante!⁠⁠

Kaiju Masterclass Kazuki Omori Interview

Suitmaker Fuyuki Shinada Interview

⁠Ed G talks BvG history and behind the scenes⁠

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:56) Koichi Sugiyama did the music!

(3:08) Why Biolante

(5:48) Carlos went to G fest!

(9:23) Godzilla vs Biolante background

(33:03) Back of the VHS

(33:42) Movie discussion

(1:49:40) Final Thoughts

(1:51:55) Training for Next Week

112 Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 12:35:06 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we discuss the end of the Showa era Godzilla films with Jun Fukuda's Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla from 1974!

Full cast and credits at Wikizilla.

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Kaiju Masterclass Talks Jun Fukuda!

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:40) The kid-ification of Godzilla

(7:57) TV-ification of Godzilla

(13:50) Robot-ification of Godzilla

(24:42) Back of the VHS - like the actual one

(25:47) Movie Discussion

(1:08:04) Final Thoughts

(1:20:12) Outro

111 King Kong vs Godzilla

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:54:10 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we are running for our lives as we discuss the iconic battle between two titans of cinema! Ishiro Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya's 1962 slugfest, King Kong vs. Godzilla!

Full cast and credits at Wikizilla.

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Watch the 4K Japanese version on the Internet Archive!

Read the synopsis for the proposed sequel on Wikizilla!

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:37) Background since Godzilla

(31:38) Book recommendations

(34:15) Back of the VHS

(35:06) Movie Discussion

(1:36:13) Cancelled Godzilla projects

(1:39:45) Outro

110 Godzilla (1954)

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 01:43:42 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we are talking about the debut of an icon with 1954's Godzilla directed by Ishiro Honda with special effects directed by Eiji Tsuburaya!

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Watch "Bringing Godzilla Down to Size" on Youtube

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Timestamps -

(0:00) Intro

(6:14) Godzilla Background

(45:25) Back of the VHS

(46:11) Movie Discussion

(1:19:39) US Version

(1:27:53) Outro

109 Project A-Ko

Thu, 11 May 2023 01:32:14 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we are discussing the breakthrough action parody anime, Project A-ko from 1986 directed by Katsuhiko Nishijima and produced by Studio A.P.P.P!

Full cast and credits at Anime News Network https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=61

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Project A-Ko Secret File

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Timestamps -

(0:00) Intro

(1:20) Enter the Dragon Screening

(3:51) Project A-Ko

(50:44) Training for Next Week

(52:31) One Last A-Ko Thought

(54:28) Training Next Week for Reals

108 Project A

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're very excited to be discussing the first film to feature all three of our favorite trio. Jackie, Sammo, and Yuen Biao star in Project A from 1983!

Full cast and credits at HKMDB.

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Hong Kong Movie Tours Project A Behind the Scenes

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107 Odd Couple

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:02:54 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast. This week we're rounding out our trio focus is on Sammo Hung, and we get a double dose of him while we discuss the 1979 kung fu comedy Odd Couple co-starring and directed by Lau Kar Wing!

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106 Knockabout

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 01:16:42 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast. This week we're taking a look at the lead role debut of Yuen Biao! Sammo Hung guides our hero on and off camera in 1979's Knockabout!

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Download the Episode Here

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Yuen and Sammo promo for the film

How to cook Beggar's Chicken!

105 The Young Master

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 02:52:40 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we begin another arc focusing on our favorite trio. Join us as we discuss Jackie Chan's second directorial effort, The Young Master from 1980!

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The Young Master NGs

Jackie Interview on the Action of The Young Master

Jackie Interview Reflecting on TYM

The Young Master Export Soundtrack Selections

104 Animated Shorts and Heroes Three Return 2023

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 02:22:44 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we return with episode 104 where we discuss 3 short animated films and look forward to another year of Asian Cinema Appreciation!

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Watch Cat Soup!

Shin Chan does Jackie, Yuen Biao, and Sammo?!

Watch A Deer of Nine Colors!

Nine Colored Deer collab with a Gacha Game in 2022??? Looks Beautiful!

Watch Polygon!

103 Born Invincible

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 11:56:45 GMT

Welcome to episode 103 of Heroes Three Podcast! We're closing out the year with a pick from Carlos. Joseph Kuo's Born Invincible starring Carter Wong and Lo Lieh, with action by Yuen Woo-ping!

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Born Invincible Trailer!

Interview with Carter Wong from this year!

Watch Born Invincible and pray for a restoration!

102 My Sassy Girl

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:00:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 102 of Heroes Three Podcast! This week we continue out host picks to close out the year with Marty's choice, the Korean rom-com smash hit My Sassy Girl from 2001!

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101 Castle of Cagliostro

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 02:46:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 101 of Heroes Three! This week is Matthew's pick and we are joined by Swimfans co-host Josh McKenzie to talk about Hayao Miyazaki's directorial debut, Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro from 1979!

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Ep 100 Q&A Special

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 03:11:00 GMT

Welcome to the Heroes Three episode 100 Q&A spectacular! This week we answer your questions. Thank you to everyone that dropped us a line!

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Ep 99 The Matrix

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 03:00:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 99 of the Heroes Three podcast. This week we close our set of episodes discussing Hong Kong in Hollywood with the landmark film, The Matrix, by the Wachowskis with action by Yuen Woo-ping!

Download the episode here!

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Swimfans also discuss The Matrix HERE

Pre-Bullet Time Bullet Time from....The Gap?!

The Matrix Revisited

Ep 98 Face Off

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 02:15:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 98 of Heroes Three podcast! This week it's more HK in Hollywood! We're swapping all of our faces and changing our voices to discuss John Travolta and Nicolas Cage turning it up to 11 in John Woo's full force sci-fi action extravaganza, Face/Off.

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Ep 97 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 97 of Heroes Three podcast! This week we are seeing green as we get overly excited and almost break format to talk about Golden Harvest and New Line Cinema's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 1990.

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Ep 96 Bloodsport

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 96! This week we're joined by Craig from Swimfans podcast to talk about the legendary action film and totally true story of Frank Dux in 1988's Bloodsport starring Jean-Claude Van Damme!

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Ep 95 No Retreat, No Surrender

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 02:59:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 95. This week we close out our Bruce Lee talk, for real this time, with some leftovers, some Bruceploitation talk, and a look at Corey Yuen's US directorial debut, No Retreat, No Surrender from 1985!

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Ep 94 Game of Death II

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:32:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 94. This week we're joined by Jennifer from Swimfans to talk about the wild ride that is Game of Death II starring "Bruce Lee", Kim Tai-Chung, Roy Horan, and Hwang Jang-Lee from 1981 directed by Ng See-Yuen.

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Ep 93 The Game of Death

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 93. This week we discuss the ups and downs of Bruce Lee's Game of Death! We also take some time to talk about some of Bruce Lee's other unfinished works.

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Ep 92 Enter the Dragon

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 03:10:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 92. This week we discuss the legends in front of and behind the camera of Bruce Lee's breakout hit in the United States, 1973's Enter the Dragon!

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Check out Matthew Polly's comprehensive autobiography, Bruce Lee: A Life.

Check out The Kung Fu Genius, Alex Richter's podcast here.

Ep 91 The Way of the Dragon

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 03:12:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 91. This week we bust out our passports and make our way to Rome to discuss the directorial debut of Bruce Lee in 1972's The Way of the Dragon!

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The Way of the Dragon needle drop listing

Kung Fu Movie Guide interviews Bob Wall

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Ep 90 Fist of Fury

Wed, 18 May 2022 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 90. This week we discuss the next step in Bruce Lee's legendary path to stardom. Chen Zhen takes his revenge on the Japanese villains with his Fist of Fury!

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Ep 89 The Big Boss

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 02:53:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 89. This week we've joined up IN PERSON for the first time ever to discuss the legendary Bruce Lee's first starring role in 1971's The Big Boss. One take, and no NGs!

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Ep 88 Kung Fu Hustle

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 02:15:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 88. This week we close out our first look at the works of Stephen Chow with the mega hit martial arts comedy from 2004, Kung Fu Hustle!

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Ep 87 King of Comedy

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 03:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 87. This week we're hoping for call backs while munching on some Pringles as we discuss Stephen Chow's King of Comedy!

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Ep 86 Forbidden City Cop

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 13:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 86. This week we continue our arc of Stephen Chow films with the wuxia comedy co-directed by Stephen Chow and Vincent Kok, 1996's Forbidden City Cop!

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Ep 85 Love on Delivery

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 03:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 85, 1994's Love on Delivery starring Stephen Chow, Ng Man-tat, and Christy Cheung!

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Ep 84 Duel to the Death

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:25:00 GMT

This week on Heroes Three we're joined by Swimfans host Jennifer as we say farewell for now to chanbara and leap into some wuxia with the directorial debut of Tony Chin Siu-Tung in the wild ride that is Duel to the Death from 1983!

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REAL ULTIMATE POWER

Wulin Warriors

Ep 83 Lady Snowblood

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 02:43:00 GMT

This week on Heroes Three we're consumed by vengeance as we talk about another Kazuo Koike joint, Shurayuki-hime, Lady Snowblood from 1973 directed by Toshiya Fujita and starring the striking Meiko Kaji!

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Full blog post with amazing Zatoichi inspired works here!

Ep 81 The Sword of Doom

Wed, 05 May 2021 03:14:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 81 of Heroes Three Podcast! This week we take a look into the madness of Kihachi Okamoto's dramatic take on Daibosatsu Toge, The Sword of Doom starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Toshiro Mifune from 1966!

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Ep 80 The Tale of Zatoichi

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 03:26:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 80 of Heroes Three Podcast. This week we start our journey into the world of Chanbara film with the classic Tale of Zatoichi from 1962, directed by Kenji Misumi and starring Shintaro Katsu!

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Episode 79: Sword of the Stranger

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 02:41:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 79 of Heroes Three! This week we take some time to catch up and change our stance as we talk about ourselves a li'l bit and discuss the Bones animated feature from 2007, Sword of the Stranger!

Locking Katana Tsuba via Hokuto Andy on Twitter

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Episode 78: Dragons Forever

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 02:59:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 78 of Heroes Three, this week we finish our welcome back arc with the legendary final film from our favorite trio, Dragons Forever from 1988 directed by Sammo Hung!

Kung Fu Movie Guide podcast interview's Benny the Jet!

Full cast and credits at HKMDB

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Kung Fu Drive-In Podcast interview's Benny the Jet!

Cyclone Z Dragon's Forever Behind the Scenes

When We Touch the theme from Dragons Forever

Episode 77: Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:51:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 77 of Heroes Three, this week the Lucky Stars are taking a little vacation and avoiding assassins in 1985's Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars!

Full cast and credits at HKMDB

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Episode 76: My Lucky Stars

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:20:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 76 of Heroes Three. This week the Lucky Stars go to Japan to help Muscles and Ricky take down the mob, all the while avoiding Michiko Nishiwaki's own muscles. Matthew, Marty, and Carlos are talking about 1985's My Lucky Stars directed by Sammo Hung and starring everyone!

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Episode 75: Winners & Sinners

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:28:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 75 of Heroes Three. We're getting back into the swing of things with the star studded Sammo Hung comedy action film, Winners and Sinners!

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Behind the Scenes Photos at HK Movie Tours

Episode 74: A Chinese Ghost Story

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:00:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 74 of Heroes Three! This week Matthew and Carlos wander the forest looking for Marty and end up in an abandoned temple. Marty isn't there but we find something much scarier as we discuss the 1987 Tsui Hark production, A Chinese Ghost Story starring Leslie Cheung, Wu Ma, and Joey Wong.

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Full film credits at HKMDB

Episode 73: Yokai Daisenso

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 03:26:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 73 of Heroes Three podcast! This week Matthew and Carlos get lost in the fog as hordes of Yokai descend upon them. Will they survive long enough to discuss 1968's Yokai Daisenso?! Tune in to find out!

Buy Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda's Yokai Attack!

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Full film credits on IMDB

Episode 72: My Young Auntie (1981)

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 03:51:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 72 of Heroes Three! This week we talk about the the antics and action of Lau Kar Leung's 1981 film My Young Auntie starring Kara Hui in her first leading role!

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Full film credits at HKMDB

Episode 71: She Shoots Straight (1990)

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 03:45:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 71 of Heroes Three! This week we continue our look into ladies kickin' ass with the Corey Yuen directed Girls with Guns action drama She Shoots Straight aka Lethal Lady from 1990 starring the mesmerizing Joyce Godenzi!

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Full film credits at HKMDB

Joyce biographical article on the Jehova's Witness website?! Here

Episode 70: Angel (1987)

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:30:00 GMT

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Yukari Oshima talks about her history in HK cinema

Episode 69: The Great Chase (1975)

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 02:36:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 69 of Heroes Three podcast. This week Etsuko Shihomi flies off the screen in the Norifumi Suzuki exploitation film, The Great Chase from 1975!

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Full film credits at IMDB

Episode 68: Wing Chun

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 03:40:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 68 of Heroes Three. This week we're flying back into our look at Women in action with Yuen Woo-ping's take on the legendary martial artist, 1994's Wing Chun, starring Michelle Yeoh and Donnie Yen! Joining us this episode is special guest Diana Goodman from the Thirty Twenty Ten podcast!

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Diana Goodman on bluesky- @LeCineNerd

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Full film credits at HKMDB

Episode 67: Paprika

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 67 of Heroes Three. This week we swear we're only resting our eyes for a couple minutes as we get sucked into the dream world of Satoshi Kon's Paprika from 2006!

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Full film credits at Anime News Network

Episode 66: Hard Boiled

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 66 of Heroes Three! This week we close out our first look into Heroic Bloodshed with 1992's Hard Boiled.

Hong Kong Movie Tours looks at some locations from Hard Boiled

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Episode 65: The Killer

Wed, 27 May 2020 02:28:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 65 of Heroes Three! This week we set our sights on John Woo's masterpiece, The Killer from 1989 starring Chow Yun Fat and Danny Lee.

Music from Red Heat by James Horner used in The Killer

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Full film credits at HKMDB

Shing Fui On biography on HK Cinemagic (archived)

Hong Kong Movie Tours takes a look at locations from The Killer

The guns from The Killer at the IMFDB

Episode 64: City on Fire

Wed, 13 May 2020 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 64 of Heroes Three! This week we get fired up as we discuss Ringo Lam's City on Fire and the influence of films on one another.

John Woo pays tribute to Patrick Lung Kong and Story of a Discharged Prisoner

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Episode 63: A Better Tomorrow

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:38:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 63 of Heroes Three. This week we discuss the birth of the Heroic Bloodshed genre with John Woo's A Better Tomorrow from 1986 starring Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, and Chow Yun Fat.

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Full film credits at HKMDB

Tiger on Beat theme by Teddy Robin and Maria Cordero

Episode 62: Tiger on the Beat

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 03:09:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 62 of the Heroes Three podcast. This week we load our guns and rev our chainsaws as we take a look at the wild 80's gun action film from Lau Kar Leung, Tiger on the Beat starring Chow Yun Fat and Lloyd Hutchin-errr, Conan Lee!

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Full film credits at HKMDB

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Episode 61: Drunken Master II aka Legend of the Drunken Master

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 03:09:00 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three! This week we stumble out of our trip through drunken films with the legendary Drunken Master II by Lau Kar Leung and Jackie Chan. Joining us this week are Karl and Will from the Super Marcato Bros podcast!

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Full film credits at HKMDB

Update 2022: "Hong Kong Rescue" no long exists. Whoops!

Check out the Super Marcato Video Game Music Podcast HERE

Episode 60: Drunken Tai Chi

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 04:50:00 GMT

This week on Heroes Three Podcast we find the balance of Yin and Yang with a young and fresh faced Donnie Yen in Drunken Tai Chi from 1984!

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Full film credits at HKMDB

Episode 59: Dance of the Drunk Mantis

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 03:03:00 GMT

This week on Heroes Three Podcast we stumble our way into the pseudo sequel to Drunken Master, Yuen Woo-ping's Dance of the Drunk Mantis from 1979. Beggar So returns to train his...son?!

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Full film credits at HKMDB

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Episode 58: Drunken Master

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 05:20:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 58 of the Heroes Three podcast. This week we return with a kung fu classic, 1978's Drunken Master! Jackie and Yuen Siu-tien rejoin Yuen Woo-ping to put their take on the legendary Wong Fei-hung following the success of Snake in the Eagle's Shadow. With our return, we've added a couple of new segments to the show. We hope you enjoy an informative Intermission and Carlos puts Matthew and Marty to the test with a Kung Fu Quiz at the end of the episode.

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Full film credits at HKMDB

Episode 57: Ichi the Killer

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 05:05:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 57 of Heroes Three Podcast! This week we close out the year and our first look at Japanese cinema from the late 90's/early 00's with the controversial action/horror film Ichi the Killer from 2001 directed by Takashi Miike.

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity Trailer

Episode 56: Battle Royale

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 02:37:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 56 of Heroes Three! This week we've been whisked away to a distant island to fend for our lives as we take a look at Kinji Fukasaku's magnum opus, Battle Royale!

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Makai Tensho Trailer

Message from Space Trailer

Giant Robo Intro

Episode 55: Versus

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 03:47:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 55 of Heroes Three Podcast. This week we step into the Forest of Resurrection to face the hyper zombie hordes in the most stylish way possible as we talk about Ryuhei Kitamura's major motion picture debut, Versus!

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Yudai Yamaguchi and Tak pay tribute to Wheels on Meals!

Vintage Henshin gives you a crash course on Ultraman in the US!

Episode 54: Ju-On The Grudge

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 03:13:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 54 of Heroes Three Podcast! This week Marty has vanished and Jennifer joins us to talk about the Japanese horror film Ju-On: The Grudge by director Takashi Shimizu from 2002.

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Episode 53: The Super Inframan

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 53 of Heroes Three Podcast. This week we leap back into the realm of Tokusatsu with the Shaw Brothers take on the genre, 1975's Inframan!!!

Golden Harvest Logo History

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Full film credits at HKMDB

Watch The Super Inframan on Amazon YouTube GooglePlay Apple

Episode 52: Who Am I?

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 01:15:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 52 of Heroes Three. This week we rack our brains as we try to remember our past and the film Who Am I? from 1998 starring and co-directed by Jackie Chan.

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Full film credits at HKMDB

Jackie Chan on......MARTIN?!

Jackie Chan: My Stunts Special

Episode 51: The Twin Dragons

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 01:35:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 51 of Heroes Three. This week we deal with double the Jackie and a whole bunch of cameos in the Tsui Hark/Ringo Lam co-directed benefit film, The Twin Dragons, released in 1992 in HK, and 1999 in the US!

What's your favorite Jackie stunt of all time??? Let us know on social media - Twitter Instagram Facebook Email

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Full film credits at HKMDB

Check out the new album by Marcato Network Bro Will Brueggemann and Carlos!

Super Star Squadron!

Full blogpost with gifs here

Episode 50: Mr Nice Guy

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:12:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 50 of Heroes Three. This week we travel down under and discuss 1997's Mr. Nice Guy starring Jackie Chan and directed by Sammo Hung!

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Check out some art from the show by Carlos - Kung Fu Carlito on Teepublic

Full film credits at HKMDB

Mr. Nice Guy song sung by Jackie

Mr. Nice Guy US Trailer

Episode 49: Rumble in the Bronx

Thu, 22 Aug 2019 01:37:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 49 of Heroes Three. This week we discuss Jackie's big break into the Western world and take a look at the smash hit Rumble in the Bronx from 1995!

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Check out some art from the show by Carlos - Kung Fu Carlito on Teepublic

Full film credits at HKMDB

Original US Trailer

Bilingual conversation

Scenes from the movie

Episode 48: 2.0

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 03:13:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 48 of Heroes Three. This week we return to Indian cinema with the highly anticipated sequel to 2010's Enthiran. Join us as we do the needful and take a look at Shankar's 2.0.

Check out our coverage of 2010's Enthiran in episode 22 of the podcast

Full cast and credits at wikipedia

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Check out the art Carlos made for our Enthiran episode here - Kung Fu Carlito on Teepublic

Watch the movie on Amazon here - Tamil Telugu Hindi

Chitti faces off against Shah Rukh Khan in Ra.One!

Episode 47: The Kid with the Golden Arm

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 02:53:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 47 of Heroes Three. Join us as we finish our first look at the work of the Venom Mob with the "buck wild" kung fu caravan film from 1979, The Kid with the Golden Arm! Full cast and credits at HKMDB

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Check out some of the art from the show by Carlos and Warren here - Kung Fu Carlito on Teepublic

Music cues for the film from Italian cinema

Riz Ortolani - Nela Streta Morsa Del Ragno

Gino Peguri - Il Pirata Mattacchione

Gino Peguri - Nel Mar Dei Caraibi

Episode 46: Invincible Shaolin

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 05:12:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 46 of Heroes Three. This week it's Shaolin vs Shaolin as the evil Manchu pit our Venom Mob against each other in 1978's Invincible Shaolin!

Full cast and credits at HKMDB

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A Mantis Trying to Stop a Chariot

Film Trailer

Episode 45: Crippled Avengers

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:12:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 45 of Heroes Three. This week the Venom Mob returns as they overcome disability and exact revenge as the Crippled Avengers!

Full cast and credits at HKMDB

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Check out some of the art from the show by Carlos and Warren here - Kung Fu Carlito on Teepublic

Check out Risk System here - Steam Itch Humble Bundle

Risk System trailer

Episode 44: The Five Venoms

Wed, 15 May 2019 11:46:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 44 of Heroes Three. This week we begin our look into the work of Chang Cheh and the legendary Venom Mob! Join us as we try to unmask The Five Venoms, and listen through to see how confused Carlos makes himself.

Full cast and credits at HKMDB

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Fight choreographer Leung Ting talks about creating the Five Venom styles

Grandmaster Leung Ting, student of Ip Man, talks about Wing Chun!

Episode 43: Fist of the North Star the Movie 1986

Wed, 01 May 2019 02:17:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 43 of Heroes Three. This week Mike joins us as we stumble through the wastelands of 199X, searching for hope and water while we discuss 1986's violent epic, Hokuto no Ken aka Fist of the North Star the Movie!

Some of the uncut scenes from the Italian VHS

Full cast and credits at Anime News Network

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The Japanese trailer

The alternate ending from the Japanese VHS release

Episode 42: The Grandmaster

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:42:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 42! This week we close out our block of films focusing on the Wing Chun legend, Ip Man, with Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmaster from 2013.

Full cast and credits at HKMDB

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Check out some of the art from the show by Carlos and Warren here - Kung Fu Carlito on Teepublic

Episode 41: Ip Man 3

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 08:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 41! This week we end our look at Wilson Yip and Donnie Yen's take on the legendary Ip Man with 2015's Ip Man 3. Ip Man must once again protect Hong Kong, but this time the stakes are personal.

Behind the scenes with Donnie and Mike

Full cast and credits at HKMDB

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Donnie Yen on Ip Man 3

The Wi-Fi is Unbreakable

Episode 40: Ip Man 2

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 02:51:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 40! This week we take a look at Ip Man's struggles in Hong Kong as he takes on Martial Clubs and the foreign devils that want to oppress them in 2010's Ip Man 2!

Master Wong Shun Leung's The Science of In-Fighting! Learn some Wing Chun!

Full cast and credits at HKMDB

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Check out some of the art from the show by Carlos and Warren here - Kung Fu Carlito on Teepublic

Episode 39: Ip Man

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 04:15:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 39 of Heroes Three Podcast. This week we discuss Donnie Yen and his breakthrough role as the titular Wing Chun Grandmaster Ip Man from 2008 directed by Wilson Yip!

Real footage of Grandmaster Yip

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Episode 38: Future Cops

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 04:09:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 38 of Heroes Three. This week Matthew, Marty, and Carlos take a look at the Wong Jing film that almost was a Street Fighter adaption, Future Cops from 1993!

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Episode 37: Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 05:11:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 37 of Heroes Three! This week we mark our return with a very Carlos-centric episode. We discuss Street Fighter II Movie from 1994, directed by Gisaburo Sugii.

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Full blogpost with The Influence of Street Fighter II MOVE on the Games plus gifs

Episode 36: Pedicab Driver

Wed, 26 Dec 2018 04:22:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 36 of Heroes Three! This week we close out our first focus on the works of Sammo Hung with 1989's Pedicab Driver.

Full blogpost with gifs here

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Episode 35: Millionaires Express

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 13:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 35 of Heroes Three! This week, we hop on the Millionaires Express (1986), with Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, and almost every other 80s Hong Kong action star!

Episode 34: The Prodigal Son

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 04:41:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 34 of Heroes Three! This week, we watch the Yuen Biao led ode to Wing Chun directed by Sammo Hung, The Prodigal Son (1983)!

Iron-fisted Monk original trailer!

Episode art by Warren and Carlos.

Watch The Prodigal Son on Amazon Prime

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Episode 33: The Iron-Fisted Monk

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 03:11:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 33 of Heroes Three! This week, we watch Sammo Hung's directorial debut The Iron-Fisted Monk (1978)! Episode art by Warren and Carlos.

Check out the movie on Amazon - Here

Check out Warren on Instagram - @ultimatewarren

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Episode 32: Mr Vampire

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 03:39:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 32 of Heroes Three! This week sink our nails into the jiangshi themed zombie/vampire comedy/horror Mr. Vampire (1985)!

Episode 31: Oily Maniac

Fri, 12 Oct 2018 11:19:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 31 of Heroes Three! This week we dip into the schlock-y, exploitation monster movie Oily Maniac (1976)!

IMDB

HKMDB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z41dLqfV5wo

Episode 30: Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 01:36:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 30 of Heroes Three! This week we finish our look at Journey to the West inspired movies with the Stephen Chow directed Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)!

Full blog post with gifs

Music featured in the movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-Q2zGLk4rs

Special FX vid of KL Hog

Here's a really nice video comparing Journey to the West Conquering the Demons to Asura's Wrath

Also check out Richmond Lee's look at the influence of Buddhism on the game Asura's Wrath HERE

Episode 29: A Chinese Odyssey Part 2 - Cinderella

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 03:31:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 29 of Heroes Three! This week, we take a look at the second part of the Journey to the West inspired Stephen Chow comedy A Chinese Odyssey: Cinderella (1995)!

Only you scene

Episode 28: A Chinese Odyssey Part 1 - Pandora's Box

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 06:31:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 28 of Heroes Three! This week, we take a look at the first part of the Journey to the West inspired Stephen Chow comedy A Chinese Odyssey: Pandora's Box (1995)!

Snap Zoom video

Buy the Journey to the West novel here

Episode 27: Havoc in Heaven

Wed, 15 Aug 2018 03:19:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 27 of Heroes Three! This week we look at the wonderful animated mainland Chinese film Havoc in Heaven (1964)!

Watch the film - Uproar in Heaven on YouTubeWatch 1941's Princess Iron Fan This episode's art by the chptRs project - Instagram, tumblr

Episode 26: Legendary Weapons of China

Wed, 01 Aug 2018 01:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 26 of Heroes Three! This week we close our first look at the work of Lau Kar-leung with a bang as we discuss the magical, mysterious, and of course action packed Legendary Weapons of China from 1982!

Full cast and credits at HKMDB

Episode 25: Martial Club

Wed, 18 Jul 2018 03:13:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 25 of Heroes Three! This week we return to Peking Opera in the light Lau Kar-leung film Martial Club (1981) starring Gordon Liu and Kara Hui.

Special New Years Lion Dance from Martial Club

Episode 24: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

Wed, 04 Jul 2018 11:55:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 24 of Heroes Three. This week is about one of the most influential kung fu films ever made, Lau Kar-leung's The 36th Chamber of Shaolin!

Full cast and credits at HKMDB

Interview with the RZA from the Dragon Dynasty DVD

Follow Jennifer on Twitter - @Diatron5

Episode 23: Executioners from Shaolin

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 10:22:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 23 of Heroes Three! This week we take on the kung fu-y-est movie so far, Shaw Brothers and Lau Kar-leung present, Executioners from Shaolin (1977).

Full cast and credits at HKMDB

Wu-Tang Clan Aint Nuthing ta F' Wit

Episode 22: Enthiran

Wed, 23 May 2018 01:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 22 of Heroes Three! This week, we detour into Bollywood with the bonkers romantic-sci-fi-musical-action-drama Enthiran (2010).

Watch Enthiran on iTunes

Watch Enthiran on Amazon

Selected song playlist

The Wrestlers (1896) by H. S. Bhatavdekar

Cast and credits on IMDB

Episode 21: Police Story 4 First Strike

Wed, 09 May 2018 04:51:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 21 of Heroes Three! This week we finish our look at Police Story with Jackie Chan's First Strike (1996)!

Full crediting at HKMDB

This episode's artwork is by Lauren Marvell.

Check out more of her work at https://www.laurenmarvell.com/!

Episode 20: Police Story 3 Supercop

Wed, 25 Apr 2018 03:52:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 20 of Heroes Three! This week is all about the high flying Jackie Chan movie, Police Story 3 Supercop (1992)!

Full Cast and Credits

Warren G - What's Love Got Do With It video with Jackie

Episode 19: Police Story 2

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 04:10:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 19 of Heroes Three! This week is all about the explosive sequel Police Story 2 (1988).

Full cast and credits at HKMDB

This episode's guest artist is gabo! Follow him on twitter - @galvosaur

Episode 18: Police Story

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three Episode 18! This week we take a look at the glass shattering Jackie Chan classic Police Story (1985).

Full cast and credits at HKMDB

Jackie singing Hero's Story live with subtitles

Anita Mui sings "Leaping into the Spotlight"

Episode 17: JAKQ Dengekitai

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three episode 17 with guest Mike Dent! This week we are taking a look at episode 3 of the 70s sentai series JAKQ Dengekitai (1977) featuring guest star Etsuko Shihomi.

JAKQ Dengekitai Episode 3 subtitled by Love & Care

Follow our guest, Mike Dent on twitter

Art School Dropouts

Forgotten Kingdom web series

Tokusatsu releases from Generation Kikaida and Shout Factory

Episode 16: Hoero Tekken/Roaring Fire

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 13:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three! This week we discuss Hiroyuki Sanada's action adventure film from 1982, Hoero Tekken, also known as Roaring Fire!

Hoero Tekken on IMDB

Seishun Hurricane by Hiroyuki Sanada

Composer Kentaro Haneda's discography

1 copy of Roaring Fire on VHS. Get it while it's hot!

Buy Hoero Tekken on DVD

Episode 15: The Street Fighter

Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:10:00 GMT

Welcome to Heroes Three! This week we continue our exploration of Japanese action with the Sonny Chiba grindhouse staple The Street Fighter (1974)

IMDB Link

Keanu Reeves Meets Sonny Chiba

Analogia de Video Juegos blog about Sonny Chiba

Etsuko Shihomi in Action

Episode 14: Yojimbo

Wed, 31 Jan 2018 11:44:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 14 of Heroes Three! This week we travel to japan and look at the Akira Kurosawa masterpiece Yojimbo (1961).

Trailer Jerry Fujio's "Toku he Ikitai"

Camera work genius

IMDB Link

Episode 13: Fearless

Wed, 27 Dec 2017 11:47:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 13 of Heroes Three! This week we finish our first look at the work of Jet Li with his "final" film, Fearless from 2006.

Full credits at HKMDB

Episode 12: Fist of Legend

Wed, 13 Dec 2017 12:02:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 12 of Heroes Three! This week is all about the incredible Jet Li remake Fist of Legend (1994).

Credits on IMDB

Credits on HKMDB

Episode 11: Kung Fu Cult Master

Wed, 29 Nov 2017 08:00:00 GMT

Welcome to episode 11 of Heroes Three! This week we take a look at the crazy fun wuxia film Kung Fu Cult Master (1993) (sometimes known as Lord of the Wu Tang).

Credits on IMDB

Credits on HKMDB

Movie in full on youtube (the dub got taken down)

Episode 10: Once Upon a Time in China

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 08:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 10 of Heroes Three! This one is about the ground breaking Jet Li film Once Upon a Time in China (1991).

Film Credits on IMDB

Episode 9: Encounters of the Spooky Kind

Tue, 31 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to the Halloween Special of Heroes 3! This one is about the completely bonkers Sammo Hung horror comedy Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980).

Full credits on HKMDB

Episode 8: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Wed, 18 Oct 2017 07:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 8 of Heroes Three! This week is about the Ang Lee classic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).

Film credits at IMDB

Making-of Featurette

Episode 7: Yes, Madam!

Wed, 04 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 7 of Heroes Three! This week is about the Cynthia Rothrock, Michelle Yeoh 80s-tastic crime drama Yes Madam (1985)

Cynthia Rothrock KFC Commercial

Interview with Benny and Cynthia

Full credits on HKMDB

Episode 6: Broken Oath

Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 6 of Heroes Three! This episode discusses the exploitation flavored revenge film Broken Oath (1977) starring lady Kung Fu herself Angela Mao.

Angela Mao New York Times article

Film Credits at HKMDB

Episode 5: Come Drink with Me

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 5 of Heroes Three! This episode discusses the martial arts cinema classic Come Drink With Me (1966) starring the legendary Cheng Pei-pei.

Interview with Cheng Pei-pei

Interview with Benny 'The Jet' Urquidez

Episode 4: Wheels on Meals

Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 4 of Heroes Three! Karl and Will, The Super Marcato Bros, join us to cover the kung fu comedy classic Wheels on Meals (1984) starring Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao.

Super Marcato Bros

Film credits at Hong Kong Cinemagic

Episode 3: Dreadnaught

Wed, 02 Aug 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 3 of Heroes Three! This episode is all about the Yuen Biao-led horror-infused film Dreadnaught (1981).

Episode 2: Magnificent Butcher

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 06:52:00 GMT

Welcome to Episode 2 of Heroes Three! In this episode we look at the 1979 Sammo Hung vehicle Magnificent Butcher.

Play list with all the music used in the original version:

Episode 1: Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

Wed, 05 Jul 2017 13:13:00 GMT

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Heroes Three! In this episode we look at the 1978 kung fu classic Snake in the Eagle's Shadow.

Interview with Hwang Jang Lee about kicking out one of Jackie's teeth

http://swimfanspod.com/

9th Anniversary Special!

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:50:04 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! We got another little quiz and some fun discussion to celebrate 9 years!

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:48) Chattin' about physical releases

(9:27) Quiz Time

(9:37) Question 1

(12:30) Question 2

(20:43) Question 3

(24:18) Question 4

(26:27) Question 5

(32:06) Question 6

(37:12) Wrapping up

School of the Holy Beast - Heroes Three Gaiden

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:00:01 GMT

Thing are weird in Heroes Three HQ, so welcome back to another Heroes Three Gaiden: Three is (Not) the End. This week, Matthew is joined by Jennifer and Joey to discuss pink film, nuns, and lack of subtley with School of the Holy Beast (1974), directed by Norifumi Suzuki. AKA The Transgressor

Follow Jenn on Bluesky and Letterboxd

Follow Joey on Bluesky and Pachinko Pop on Letterboxd

Full cast and credits - IMDB

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(02:00) Movie Background

(05:27) Quick Recap

(07:40) Our Leading Lady, Yumi Takigawa

(10:34) Highlights

(33:29) Home releases for Suzuki's movies

(36:10) Final Thoughts

(38:51) Plugs and the end

8th Anniversary Special!

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:05:21 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! Join us as we have a little fun celebrating 8 years of the show!

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:23) Outed for having a podcast

(4:24) Quiz question 1

(6:08 Question 2

(6:13) Burp diversion

(6:48) Question 2 for real

(10:55) Question 3

(13:33) Question 4

(16:50) Question 5

(20:16) Question 6

(23:20) Question 7

(29:51) Matthew's Question

(32:35) Marty's Question

(36:54) Carlos G-Fest Update

(42:17) Let's talk about this street fighter live action movie casting

(51:34) Wrapping up

Heroes 3 VGM Con 2025 Panel is Live on YouTube

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:11:20 GMT

The video of our 2025 VGM Con panel "The Bruce Lees of Fighting Games" is now on youtube! Plus us chatting about VGM Con a bit. Please check it out in the link below!

https://youtu.be/40Rs0v_hpYY

142.5 - Cause: Birth of Hero and VGM CON Panel Preview

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 02:47:03 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we're in the thralls of preparing our VGM CON panel, so please enjoy this short discussion on Cause: The Birth of Hero and a little preview of our upcoming panel!

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The Avenging Fist

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Today on Heroes Three our very regular hosts have a very normal time talking about the very regular film The Avenging Fist directed by Andrew Lau from 2001!

Full cast and credits at HKMDB

Carlos vs Japan!

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 02:43:36 GMT

This week, we take a detour to hear about Carlos's super fun trip to Japan! Ninja museum, boar encounters, and super grannies await!

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Full blogpost with pictures here!

7th Anniversary! Ninja in Video Games

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 03:30:30 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we're celebrating our 7th anniversary! The Summer of Ninja continues as we take a look at some of our favorite ninja in video games.

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Full blogpost with videos and gifs here!

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:12) Ninjas in Games overview

(2:22) Ninjas Hayate

(0:12) Ninjas in games overview

(2:22) Ninja Hayate

(6:51) Ninja JaJa Maru Kun

(11:52) Legend of Kage

(14:01) Ganbare Goemon

(19:58) Ninja C64

(21:18) The Ninja Master

(22:54) Ninja Warriors

(26:31) Final Fantasy

(28:49) Street fighter

(30:42) Shinobi

(33:37) Shadow Dancer

(34:13) Ninja Gaiden

(38:45) Ninja Spirit

(40:19) Mirai Ninja Cyber Ninja

(42:22) Final Fight

(46:01) Wrath of the Black manta

(47:55) Ninja Turtles

(54:06) shadow of the ninja

(55:02) Ninja Golf

(56:17) Fatal Fury

(57:04) Sengoku

(57:45) Yo Noid

(1:01:00) Mortal Kombat

(1:03:56) Fighting game ninjas

(1:04:43) Matthew's Bloody Roar story

(1:06:48) Hagane the Final Conflict

(1:09:13) Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow

(1:10:52) Metal Gear

(1:15:10) Open the floor to other ninjas

(1:15:44) Mark of the Ninja

(1:17:15) Ninja Five-0

(1:19:08) Ninja brain dump

(1:21:36) Plugs and training

April Fools 2024 Pryde of the X-Men

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 12:33:04 GMT

Happy today to you! This episode we're indulging Carlos before his birthday by checking out some Japanese animation with X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men from 1989!

Watch Pryde of the X-Men here!

Godzilla Minus One

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:07:35 GMT

With the release of Godzilla Minus One worldwide, of course we have to take some time to discuss it! This week we're joined by Mike Dent for a half spoiler free, half spoiler full episode on the newest incarnation of Godzilla. Enjoy!

Full cast and credits on wikizilla!

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Operation Jet Jaguar

Godzilla vs. Megalon 2023

Godzilla the Ride Cam Rip

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(1:10) Spoiler Free Movie Discussion

(24:08) Our theater experiences

(31:55) SPOILER Discussion

(1:04:33) Final Thoughts

6th Anniversary Special

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 01:10:58 GMT

This week on Heroes Three podcast we're celebrating our 6th anniversary with Vintage Henshin's Mike Dent, talking about the recent G-Fest and having some fun discussing some of the unmade films of the Godzilla series!

Check out Vintage Henshin on PATREON!

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Ode to the Maser Tank!

Check out the A Space Godzilla translation at Maser Patrol - PART 1 PART 2

Godzilla vs Charles Barkley

Kiyotaka Taguchi's Daikaiju Bugon trailer!

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(2:25) G Fest Talk

(19:01) We picked out unmade Godzilla projects to talk about

(19:46) Batman Meets Godzilla (Matthew pick)

(28:01) A Space Godzilla (Carlos pick)

(40:35) Godzilla vs. Junior Godzilla (Marty pick)

(49:59) Original Godzilla Revival (Mike pick)

(56:21) Our Godzilla movie OCs

(56:48) Barkley v Godzilla Rematch (Matthew)

(1:02:04) Dragon vs Dragon, Bruce Lee vs Godzilla (Carlos)

(1:10:23) Godzilla Meets the Blues Brothers (Marty)

(1:14:20) Mike's Whole-ass Film Treatment

(1:26:58) Matthew talks Godzilla Comics and Kaiju Preservation Society

(1:30:02) Carlos talks books

(1:30:53) Outro

Project AI

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 01:05:58 GMT

What happens when Matthew, Marty, and Carlos turn to the modern conveniences of artificial intelligence to help produce Heroes Three podcast??? Tune in to find out!

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Halloween 2022: Kore ga UFO da! Soratobu Enban

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 02:11:00 GMT

Happy Halloween from us here at Heroes Three podcast! This year we're looking up to the stars as we discuss aliens and UFOs thanks to the 1975 animated short film from Toei Animation, Kore ga UFO da! Soratobu Enban aka Get That Flying Saucer!

Full blogpost with UFO videos and a link to the full short here!

Full credits at Anime News Network

We're also officially asking for questions for our upcoming 100th episode! Send your questions to us through social media or send us an email.

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5th Anniversary Special!!!!!

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 02:43:00 GMT

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast 5th Anniversary Special! Have some fun with us as we celebrate 5 years with a little quiz covering HK cinema, Jackie Chan's singing, some infamous dub clips, and the usual bad jokes from Carlos.

Logo artwork by Warren Iles - https://www.teepublic.com/user/store5371designs

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Everything Everywhere All At Once Mini

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 02:32:00 GMT

We interrupt our scheduled Bruce Lee talk to bring you a short, spoiler free conversation on the recently released Everything Everywhere All at Once directed by the Daniels. Go see it in theaters if you can!b5AzZaYChs8M0kQd3V0F

See you next episode for our look at Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury!

Bruce Lee in Video Games, the Blogpost part 1!

April Fools - Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story TRUE OR FALSE QUIZ!

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 04:18:00 GMT

Today on Heroes Three we take a look at Dragon The Bruce Lee Story from 1993, and learn a little about what’s true, and what’s false about this legend.

Bruce Lee in Video Games

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 02:30:00 GMT

CHECK OUT THE BLOG POST LINK! Welcome to Heroes Three! This week we take a look at Bruce Lee's influence on interactive media. Bruce Lee in video Games!

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Bruce Lee in Video Games, the Blogpost part 2!

Heroes Three Welcome Back 2022

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 04:36:00 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! Matthew, Marty, and Carlos bring in the new year with a short episode discussing physical media releases of the past year and beyond. We also take some time to reflect on some of the events of the past year. Thank you for listening!

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New logo work by Warren - https://www.instagram.com/ultimatewarren

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Cradle 2 the Grave - Heroes Three Gaiden 03

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 03:14:00 GMT

Welcome to another Heroes Three Gaiden episode. This week Swimfans cohost Alex joins us again to talk about the 2003 film Cradle 2 the Grave starring Jet Li and DMX!

Full cast and credits on IMDB

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April Fools 2021 Pandasploitation

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 11:30:00 GMT

Today, and ONLY today, Heroes Three suffers through the media created to capitalize on the success of Kung Fu Panda. That’s right, we’re talking about Pandasploitation!

Heroes Three Returns 2021

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:18:00 GMT

Welcome back to Heroes Three Podcast! It's 2021 and we FINALLY found Marty. In this chill, welcome back episode we talk about the podcast itself, where we've been and where we're going. Remember your training! Download Episode here!

Heroes Three Gaiden Tokyo Godfathers Holiday Special!

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 03:50:00 GMT

Happy holidays from us at Heroes Three! Join us as we discuss Satoshi Kon's heartwarming feature Tokyo Godfathers from 2003. Jennifer joins us once again to talk about the film and some holiday memories!

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Full film credits at Anime News Network

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01 Redline - Heroes Three Gaiden "Three is (not) the End"

Wed, 18 Nov 2020 05:09:00 GMT

Welcome to another Heroes Three Gaiden episode! This week Jennifer from the Swimfans podcast joins us to talk about the hand drawn animated masterpiece Redline, directed by Takeshi Koike.

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Full film credits at Anime News Network

Heroes 3 Gaiden Ongaku Hen 2

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 02:09:00 GMT

Please enjoy another selection of video game music tunes while we finish up our Yokai Daisenso episode. Today I'm sharing a handful more of my VGM Fight Club tracks, and we will see you next week for some spooky fun!

Full blogpost with videos

Track List

1. Title - Mega Man 3 Remade - RushJet1

2. Junk Factory - X-Men - Snappleman

3. Castle Dracula - Castlevania Harmony of Despair - Yasushi Asada

4. Idaten - Shinobi III - Luke Jansen

5. Hot For Rock Shuffles Part 2 - TMNT IV Turtles in Time - Prince uf Darkness

6. The Decisive Battle - Final Fantasy 6 - The Black Mages

7. City Lights - Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight - Junko Tamiya

8. Lei-Lei Stage (China) - Vampire Hunter - Takayuki Iwai

9. Fight! Kikaioh - Choukou Senki Kikaioh - Yuki Iwai

10. Guile is a Traveler -CPS-1 Arrange - Street Fighter II - desk

11. HOOOOO!! - The King of Dragons - ansgaros

12. Akuma's Stage ~Killing Moon~ - Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike - Hideki Okugawa

3rd Anniversary Special; Heroes Three Tournament Edition

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 03:46:00 GMT

Welcome to the Heroes Three 3rd Anniversary Special! This week we take some time to put together a dream fighting game roster made up of some of our favorite Asian Cinema characters. This is Heroes Three Tournament Edition!

This week's logo was done by Ultimate Warren! Hit this dude up for some great logo work!

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April Fools 2020 Super Heroes Three - Soccer Killer

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 04:16:00 GMT

AVANJERS ASAMBL!!!! Welcome to Super Heroes Three! The Mighty Marvel podcast. This week the True Believers take a look at 2017's Soccer Killer directed by Jeffrey Lau. Exclesior!

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2nd Anniversary Quiz

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 03:11:00 GMT

Welcome to the 2nd Annual Heroes Three Quiz! Come celebrate with us as Carlos puts Matthew and Marty through the wringer, testing them on the second year of the show.This week's artwork is by Chris Ekins, one of the minds behind the amazing Risk System video game!

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Man I'm Glad I'm Mii...

Only youuuuu...

♫♫♫♫Jackie Chaaaaaan♫♫♫♫

April Fools 2019: Martial Law "How Sammo Got His Groove Back"

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 08:00:00 GMT

Today, for no specific reason at all, we took a look at the 90's Action Comedy TV show Martial Law, season 1, episode 9, How Sammo Got His Groove Back starring Sammo Hung and introducing Arsenio Hall!