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The Bare-Footed Kid

The Bare-Footed Kid (Chik geuk siu ji). Johnny To and Patrick Leung, 1993.

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Edition screened: Included in Arrow Shawscope: Volume Two Blu-ray box set, released 2022. Cantonese language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 87 minutes.


Summary: A man takes a small bird from its cage, crushes it in his hand, and throws it to the ground, 19:00-19:05.



Deadly Weapons

Deadly Weapons. Doris Wishman, 1974.

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Edition screened: Included in AGFA Blu-ray set The Films of Doris Wishman: The Twilight Years. English language. Runtime approximately 75 minutes.


Summary: No depictions of violence or harm to animals.


Senso

Senso. Luchino Visconti, 1954.

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Edition screened: Criterion Blu-ray #556, released 2011. Italian language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 123 minutes.


Summary: A 30-second scene in a marketplace (1:26:27-1:26:52) includes a line of suspended cow carcasses and butchers with cleavers. This is in the background and the actors appear to be pantomiming. No blood, gore or details. At the end of the scene a man enters with several dead game birds. 1:26:27-1:26:52.


Shawscope: Volume Two

Shawscope: Volume Two. Various directors, 1978-1993.

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Edition screened: Arrow Blu-ray box set, released 2021. Mandarin and Cantonese languages with English subtitle. Cumulative runtime of feature films approximately 1,286 minutes.


Summary: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Disciples of the 36th Chamber, Martial Arts of Shaolin, The Boxer’s Omen, and Mad Monkey Kung Fu contain violence to animals. See individual titles for details.


The Arrow set includes many documentaries, interviews and commentaries, and fourteen feature films:


The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, 1978, Liu Chia-Liang

Return to the 36th Chamber, 1980, Liu Chia-Liang

Disciples of the 36th Chamber, 1985, Liu Chia-Liang

Mad Monkey Kung Fu, 1979, Liu Chia-Liang

Five Superfighters, 1979, Lo Mar

Invincible Shaolin, 1978, Chang Cheh

The Kid with the Golden Arm, 1979, Chang Cheh

The Magnificent Ruffians, 1980, Chang Cheh

Ten Tigers of Kwangtung, 1978, Chang Cheh

My Young Auntie, 1981, Liu Chia-Liang

Mercenaries from Hong Kong, 1982, Jing Wong

The Boxer’s Omen, 1983, Kuei Chih-Hung

Martial Arts of Shaolin, 1986, Liu Chia-Liang

The Bare-Footed Kid, 1993, Johnny To and Patrick Leung


Tenacious D in 'The Pick of Destiny'

Tenacious D in 'The Pick of Destiny'. Liam Lynch, 2006.

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Edition screened: New Line DVD, released 2007. English language. Runtime approximately 93 minutes.


Summary: No particular depictions of violence or harm to animals.