| A Book of Heroes | |||||||
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| Director: | Kevin Chu | ||||||
| Producer: | Raymond Wong Pak-ming | ||||||
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| Music: | Fu Li | ||||||
| Cinematography: | Liao Ching-song | ||||||
| Editing: | Huang Chiu-Kuei | ||||||
| Distributor: | Long Shong Pictures | ||||||
| Language: | Mandarin Cantonese (dubbed) Hokkien | ||||||
A Book of Heroes (released in the Philippines as Fight to Win Again)[1] is a 1986 Taiwanese-Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Kevin Chu, produced by Raymond Wong Pak-ming, and starring Yasuaki Kurata and Yukari Oshima.
Policeman Hu Pai and his girlfriend are on a quest to find stolen gold before the Yamashita gang can get to it. Meanwhile, Oshima Yamashita is unaware that his hired fighter is actually an undercover cop.[2]
A Book of Heroes was released in Taiwan in 1986. In the Philippines, the film was released as Fight to Win Again by Pioneer Releasing on 25 August 1987,[1] connecting it to the unrelated Hong Kong film The Magic Crystal (released as Fight to Win in the country); posters credited Yukari Oshima and Yasuaki Kurata as Cynthia Luster and Shoji Karada respectively.
A Book of Heroes was first released on VCD in Hong Kong by Joy Sales on 22 November 2007; it has since gone out of print.[3] The online store FLK Cinema, which originated in Clapham, London,[4] also released the film on DVD-R (with the title Fight to Win Again).[5] [6]
The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies authors Bill Palmer, Karen Palmer, and Ric Meyers gave the film three and a half out of four stars, indicating a "Very Good" quality.[2]