Here is the outer box: a nicely shimmering cassette (but in green this time).

Inside are a big disc-holder and the book.

The contents taken out of the cassette.

The contents opened up. That disc-holder is really pretty.

Each double-page in the holder holds a Blu-ray and a short description of the films on them.

All discs shown. They contain:
Disc 1: The One-Armed Swordsman
Disc 2: Return to the One-Armed Swordsman and The New One-Armed Swordsman
Disc 3: The Lady Hermit and Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan
Disc 4: The 14 Amazons
Disc 5: The Magic Blade and Clans of Intrigue
Disc 6: Jade Tiger and The Sentimental Swordsman
Disc 7: The Avenging Eagle and Killer Constable
Disc 8: Buddha's Palm and Bastard Swordsman

Disc 9 is a Blu-ray full of bonus materials, and 10 is a soundtrack CD.

The book, like in the previous boxsets, has 60 pages.

In it you get information about all films, lots of pictures, background information about the actors and indeed the studio. Splendid!

The back of the disc-holder.

The (back)end of this release.

Another fine set indeed. Will the fourth one (if Arrow continues with these...) be yellow? Gold? Purple?
We'll see!

Pretty Packaging: The SHAWSCOPE VOLUME 3 Boxset Still Kicks Shins

Pretty Packaging: The SHAWSCOPE VOLUME 3 Boxset Still Kicks Shins

Ard Vijn, Editor, Europe; Rotterdam, The Netherlands (@ardvark23)

April 27 2025, 4:00 AM

When I had the second Shawscope boxset featured in a Pretty Packaging article, the last thing I wrote was: "Any bets on whether Volume Three will be green or yellow?"

Well... Volume Three is here, and this time there is green on my green tiles...

This third boxset focuses mostly on historical swordplay films from studio Shaw Brothers, like the One-Armed Swordsman trilogy. You get 14 films in total, spread out over eight Blu-rays, with a bonus Blu-ray and a music CD of soundtracks.

This release looks as pretty in green as the other one looked in red (and previously in blue), so here is a gallery of shots. Click on the edge of the pictures to scroll through them, or at the center of each to see a bigger version.

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