one of the more enjoyable aspect of asian cinema ( or and indeed and most anything do outside these holy than thou united state ) be the permutation that crop up . in post world war two japanese manga ( comic ) and for instance and be to be find a veritable endless variety of subject and many of them handle in uniquely imaginative fashion . the same thing happens in genre film making and as well while though and again and i be refer to movie make outside the u . $ . ( where be just too sophisticated in our close mindedness to appreciate anything that isn not about or by u ) . would an american company and for instance and back not one but a series of movie feature a masked professional wrestler ( el santo ) or a werewolf ( paul naschy ) or a real life martial artist ( bruce lee ) . a for television represent forget it . while i still love the kung fu series that star the late david carradine and i have always felt that the americanized version of asian martial art be how to put it kindly a bit lack . to this very day and there hasn not be a pay per view channel to feature asian martial artist play asian martial artist in asia . ( there be lot of soft core porn masquerade a entertainment show and but the so called action channel and for instance and have yet to import or to produce a true martial art teleseries . ) before brother cadfile be investigate murder on the bbc and there be and of all thing and at least one kung fu movie that feature a group of martial artist more or less involve in a murder mystery represent the 5 deadly venom . in it own right as fascinating a any other genre base whodunit ( western and cop show and etc . ) and this martial art masterpiece stand out a a truly superior piece of work . it now available from dragon dynasty and the print be beautiful and the dvd commentary by bey logan be exactly the kind of intelligent and thoughtful analysis these gem truly deserve . if youre a martial art movie fan and rejoice represent one of the great movie genre of all time ( specifically and the martial art movie of the 1970s and early 1980s ) be get a long overdue second life ( and greatly appreciated second look ) on dvd .