So, welcome back after so many years: here's a 2021 update with DVDs coing from my personal collection 17 years of travel and it's time to make space and/or move forward to other targets in my life.
CHINA
International Title: Murder in 405
Original Title: 405谋杀案 (405 Mou Sha An)
Country / Year: China, 1980
Director: Yaoting Shen
Generee: Thriller / Drama
DVD: Guangzhou Beauty Communication (China)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: None
Extras: none
Notes: One of the very few chinese communist thriller ever shot before the 90's
Price: 15 €
International Title: Mysterious Buddha
Original Title: 神秘的大佛 (Shen Mi De Da Fo)
Country / Year: China, 1980
Director: Huaxun Zhang
Generee: Adventure / Mystery / Fantasy / Thriller
DVD: Guangzhou Beauty Communication (China)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English
Extras: none
Notes: The very first action / not political movie shot in China. Treasure hunts, a mysterious avenger (which looks like a mexican masked wrestler), secrets and adventure. Subtitled in english. An hystorical, yet forgotten, chapter in chinese movie history.
Price: 15 €
TAIWAN
International Title: Sakyamuni Buddha
Original Title: 佛祖降临 (Shi Jia Mou Ni)
Country / Year: Taiwan, 1980
Director: Hsu Ta Chuan
Generee: Fantasy / Drama / History
DVD: SD / Replico (Malaysia)
Audio: Original Taiwanese Hokkian, Mandarin, Japanese
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
Extras: none
Notes: The story of Siddartha Gautama whoi became Biddha. Typical of taiwanese cinema production, it is filled with lot of fantasy moments. Malaysian DVD with english subtitles non listed on the back cover. VERY rare to find and disappeared from the market since many years
Price: 25 €
International Title: The Legend of Mother Goddess
Original Title: 天后傳 (Tian Hou Chuan)
Country / Year: Taiwan, 1975
Director: Hou Cheng
Generee: Fantasy / Giant Monsters
DVD: Bintang Ramah Sdn (Malaysia)
Audio: Mandarin, Japanese
Subtitles: Traditional Chinese
Extras: none
Notes: Despite Taiwan has produced an incalculable amount of sci-fi, horror, giant monster movies, there's only a small handful of them available on DVD. This is one of the 3 or 4 titles available. Malaysian edition, hard to find
Price: 15 €
International Title: The Saviour Monk
Original Title: 地藏王 (Di Zang Wang)
Country / Year: Taiwan, 1975
Director: Liang Che Fu
Generee: Fantasy / Giant Monsters
DVD: Bintang Ramah Sdn (Malaysia)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: none
Notes: An extremely enjoyable mix of Fantasy / Religious movie vs evil giant monsters... a typical Taiwanese 70's delirium... Malaysian edition, hard to find
Price: 15 €
HONG KONG
International Title: A Cause to Kill
Original Title: 殺機 (Sha Ji)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1970
Director: Mitsuo Murayama (as Mu Shi-Chieh)
Generee: Thriller
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Celestial Pictures / IVL (Hong Kong)
Audio: Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Malay, Indonesian
Extras: Trailer, Other Trailers, Poster, Photogallery
Notes: Original Celestial Pictures/IVL Hong Kong pressing, comes with enclosed rare 2004 catalogue
Price: 35 €
International Title: A Maid from Heaven
Original Title: 七仙女 (Qi Xian Nu)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1963
Director: Ho Menghua
Generee: Fantasy
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Speedy (Malaysia)
Audio: Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Simplified Chinese, Malay
Extras: Trailer, Other Trailers, Poster, Photogallery
Notes: Celestial Pictures pressing for the Malaysian/Singaporean market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find
Price: 15 €
International Title: Angel with the Iron Fist
Original Title: 鐵觀音 (Tie Guan Yin)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1967
Director: Lo Wei
Generee: Spy / Action / Crime
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Scorpio (Singapore)
Audio: Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Simplified Chinese
Extras: Trailer, Other Trailers, Behind the Scenes, Original Poster, Photogallery
Notes: Celestial Pictures pressing for the Singaporean market. Uncut, uncensored and hard to find. Produced by Shaw Brothers Singapore branch, it was shot simultaneously in two version: the HK/Chinese/International version (this one) and the malaysian version titled "Nora Zain - Ajen wanita 001" where all the main actors have been replaced with local malaysian stars. The malaysian version has never been released internationally and it only exists in a sub-quality local VCD made in the early 2000's. The "Jefri Zain" trilogy (but in the second chapter she is called "Nora Zain") is exactly the "Angel with iron fists" trilogy where all the main chinese or singaporean actors have been replaced by local malaysian actors while keeping intact and identical all the remaining scenes and side actors. At the same time the whole trilogy (both in the HKese version and in the malaysian version) are remakes of international (mainly italian) spy movies shot shortly before
Price: 20 €
International Title: Asia-Polt / Asia-Pol Secret Service
Original Title: 亞洲秘密警察 (Ya Zhou Mi Mi Jing Tan)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1966
Director: Akinori Matsuo (as Ma Chi-Ho)
Generee: Spy / Action / Crime
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Celestial Pictures / IVL (Hong Kong)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Other Trailers, Original Poster, Photogallery
Notes: Original Celestial Pictures/IVL Hong Kong pressing. Good spy movie directed in China by a japanese director
Price: 30 €
International Title: Black Magic 2 / Revenge of the Zombies
Original Title: 勾魂降頭 (Gou Hun Jiang Tou)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1976
Director: Ho Meng Hua
Generee: Horror
DVD: Media Blaster / Tokyoi Shock (USA)
Audio: English, Mandarin
Subtitles: English
Extras: Original HK trailer, English trailer
Notes: Comes with slipcase. Uncut
Price: 25 €
International Title: Buddha's Palm
Original Title: 如來神掌 (Ru Lai Shen Zhang)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1982
Director: Taylor Wong
Generee: Fantasy / Martial Arts / Action
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Scorpio (Singapore)
Audio: Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Simplified Chinese, Malay, Indonesian
Extras: Trailer, Other trailers, Behind the scene, Original poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Movie Master/Scorpo pressing for the Singaporean market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find.
Price: 25 €
International Title: Corpse Mania
Original Title: 屍妖 (Shi Yao)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1981
Director: Kuei Chih-Hung
Generee: Horror
DVD: Shaw Brothers / IVL / Mei Ah (China)
Audio: Cantonese, Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
Extras: Trailer, Other trailers, Behind the scene, Original poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/IVL/Mei Ah pressing for the chinese market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find. Comes with holographic slipcase
Price: 20 €
International Title: Demon of the Lute
Original Title: 六指琴魔 (Liu Zhi Qin Mo)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1983
Director: Tang Tak Cheung
Generee: Fantasy / Adventure / Martial Arts
DVD: Shaw Brothers / CAP / United (Thailand)
Audio: Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Thai
Extras: Trailer, Other trailers
Notes: Shaw Brothers / CAP / United pressing for the thai market. Uncut, remastered and uncensored. Comes with slipcase
Price: 15 €
International Title: Enchanting Shadow
Original Title: 倩女幽魂 (Ching Nu Yu Hun)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1960
Director: Li Han Hsiang
Generee: Horror / Fantasy / Drama
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Scorpio / Speedy (Malaysia)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Malay
Extras: Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster and more
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Movie Master/Scorpio/Speedy pressing for the Malaysian market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find.
Price: 20 €
International Title: Ghost Eyes
Original Title: 鬼眼 (Gui Yan)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1974
Director: Kuei Chih Hungg
Generee: Horror
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Scorpio / Speedy (Malaysia)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster and more
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Movie Master/Scorpo pressing for the Singapore market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find. Comes with slipcase
Price: 20 €
International Title: Hex / Hex vs Witchcraft / Hex After Hex
Original Title: 邪 (Xie) / 邪鬥邪 (Che Dau Che) / 邪完再邪 (Xie Wan Zai Xie)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1980, 1981, 1982
Director: Kuei Chin Hung
Generee: Horror
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Unknown Chinese Label (China)
Audio: Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Simplified Chinese
Extras: Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster and more
Notes: Absolutely impossible-to-find box set containing the 3 "Hex" movies on 3 separated DVD. Found in Cambodia in a chinese warehouse many years ago. Never seen anywhere else. Uncut, remastered, uncensored
Price: 50 €
International Title: Interpol 009
Original Title: 特警零零九 (Te Jing 009)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1967
Director: Ko Nakahira (as Yang Shiu Hsi)
Generee: Spy / Action
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Scorpio (Singapore)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Movie Master/Scorpo pressing for the Singapore market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find. Comes with slipcase
Price: 30 €
International Title: Lady Jade Locket
Original Title: 連瑣 (Lian Suo)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1967
Director: Yen Chuan
Generee: Horror
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Scorpio (Singapore)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Movie Master/Scorpo pressing for the Singapore market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find. Comes with slipcase
Price: 20 €
International Title: Legendary Weapons of China
Original Title: 十八般武藝 (Shi Ba Ban Wu Yi)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1982
Director: Liu Chia Liang
Generee: Fantasy / Action / Martial Arts
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Celestial Pictures / Zone Culture (China)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Zone Culture pressing for the Mainland China market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find. Comes with slipcase
Price: 20 €
International Title: Madame White Snake
Original Title: 白蛇傳 (Bai She Zhuan)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1962
Director: Feng Yueh
Generee: Horror / Drama / Fantasy
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Speedy (Malaysia)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Movie Master/Speedy pressing for the Malaysian/Singaporean market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find
Price: 20 €
International Title: Na Cha the Great
Original Title: 哪吒 (Na Zha)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1974
Director: Chang Cheh
Generee: Fantasy / Adventure / Martial Arts
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Speedy (Malaysia)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Malay
Extras: Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Speedy/Movie Master pressing for the Malaysian/Singaporean market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find
Price: 20 €
International Title: Princess Iron Fan
Original Title: 鐵扇公主 (Tie Shan Gong Zhu)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1966
Director: Ho Meng Hua
Generee: Fantasy / Adventure / Musical
DVD: Shaw Brothers / CAP / United (Thailand)
Audio: Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Thai
Extras: Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Shaw Brothers / CAP / United pressing for the thai market. Uncut, remastered and uncensored. Comes with slipcase
Price: 15 €
International Title: Raw Passions
Original Title: 裸血 (Luo Xie)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1969
Director: Chen Lo
Generee: Thriller
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Scorpio (Singapore)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Movie Master/Scorpo pressing for the Singapore market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find. Comes with slipcase
Price: 20 €
International Title: Spooky Encounters / Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Original Title: 鬼打鬼 (Gui Da Gui)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1982
Director: Sammo Hung
Generee: Horror / Comedy / Action
DVD: Fortune Star / Speedy Video (Malaysia)
Audio: Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Simplified Chinese
Extras: Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Fortune Star / Speedy Video pressing for the malaysian market. Remastered, uncut, uncensored.
Price: 15 €
International Title: Summons to Death
Original Title: 催命符 (Cui Ming Fu)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1967
Director: Lo Wei
Generee: Spy / Action / Thriller
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Scorpio (Singapore)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Movie Master/Scorpo pressing for the Singapore market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find. Comes with slipcase
Price: 35 €
International Title: The Bamboo House of Dolls
Original Title: 女集中營 (Nu Ji Zhong Ying)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1973
Director: Kuei Chi Hung
Generee: W.I.P. - Women in Prison
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Celestial Pictures / IVL (Hong Kong)
Audio: Mandarin, Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Simplified Chinese, Malay, Indonesian
Extras: Behind the scenes, Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Original Celestial Pictures/IVL Hong Kong pressing. Very rare
Price: 45 €
International Title: The Battle Wizard
Original Title: 天龍八部 (Tian Long Ba Bu)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1977
Director: Hsueh Li Pao
Generee: Fantasy / Martian Arts
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Celestial Pictures / Zone Culture (China)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Behind the scenes, Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Zone Culture pressing for the Mainland China market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find. Comes with slipcase
Price: 15 €
International Title: The Black Falcon
Original Title: 黑鷹 (Hei Ying)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1967
Director: Takumi Furukawa (as Tai Kao Mei)
Generee: Spy / Action / Crime
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Celestial Pictures / Zone Culture (China)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Behind the scenes, Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Zone Culture pressing for the Mainland China market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find. Comes with slipcase. HK remake (almost scene-to-scene) of Sergio Sollima's "Agente 3S3 Passaporto per l'Inferno" ("Passport to Hell"). Produced by Shaw Brothers Singapore Branch, it was shot simultaneously in two version: the HK/Chinese/International version and also in a malaysian-only local version titled "Jefri Zain - Gerak kilat" where all the main actors have been replaced with local malaysian stars. The malaysian version has never been released internationally and only exist in a sub-quality local VCD made in the early 2000's. The "Jefri Zain" trilogy basically is exactly the "Angel with iron fists" trilogy where all the main chinese or singaporean carachters have been replaced by local malaysian actors while keeping intact and identical all the remaining scenes and side actors. At the same time the whole trilogy (both in the HKese version and in the malaysian version) are remakes of international (mainly italian) spy movies shot shortly before
Price: 15 €
International Title: The Boxer's Omen
Original Title: 魔 (Mo)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1983
Director: Kuei Chih-Hung
Generee: Horror
DVD: Image Entertainment (USA)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English
Extras: Trailer
Notes: Super top cult horror. Almost impossible to find in the USA DVD edition which is the only digital support ever available of this cult movie (never printed on DVD by Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong, nor in any other country). SUPER RARE and VALUED
Price: 75 €
International Title: The Cave of Silken Web
Original Title: 盤絲洞 (Pan Si Dong)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1967
Director: Ho Meng Hua
Generee: Fantasy / Adventure
DVD: Shaw Brothers / CAP / United (Thailand)
Audio: Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Thai
Extras: Trailer
Notes: Shaw Brothers / CAP / United pressing for the thai market. Uncut, remastered and uncensored. Comes with slipcase
Price: 15 €
International Title: The Devil's Treasure
Original Title: 黑夜怪客 (Hei Ye Guai Ke)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1973
Director: Jeong Chang-Hwa
Generee: Adventure / Action
DVD: Fortune Star (Hong Kong)
Audio: Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Trailer
Notes: A really enjoyable action/adventure movie
Price: 15 €
International Title: The Enchanting Ghost
Original Title: 鬼屋麗人 (Gui Wu Li Ren)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1970
Director: Chou Hsiu Chang
Generee: Horror
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Scorpio (Singapore)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Behind the scenes, Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Movie Master/Scorpo pressing for the Singaporean market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find.
Price: 15 €
International Title: The Goddess of Mercy
Original Title: 觀世音 (Guan Shi Yin)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1966
Director: Lim Won Shik
Generee: Fantasy / Adventure / Horror
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Scorpio / Speedy (Malaysia)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Movie Master/Scorpo pressing for the Malaysian market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find.
Price: 15 €
International Title: The Killer Snakes
Original Title: 蛇殺手 (She Sha Shou)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1974
Director: Kuei Chih Hung
Generee: Horror
DVD: Shaw Brothers / IVL / Celestian Pictures (Hong Kong)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Malay, Indonesian
Extras: Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster, Production Notes
Notes: Original Celestial Pictures/IVL Hong Kong pressing, comes with enclosed rare 2003 catalogue
Price: 35 €
International Title: The Lotus Lamp
Original Title: 寶蓮燈 (Bao Lian Deng)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1965
Director: Yueh Feng
Generee: Fantasy
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Speedy (Malaysia)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Movie Master/Speedy pressing for the Malaysian/Singaporean market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find
Price: 15 €
International Title: The Mermaid
Original Title: 魚美人 (Yu Mei Ren)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1965
Director: Kao Li
Generee: Fantasy / Drama
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master (Malaysia)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Movie Master pressing for the Malaysian/Singaporean market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find
Price: 15 €
International Title: The Mighty Peking Man
Original Title: 猩猩王 (Xing Xing Wang)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1977
Director: Ho Meng Hua
Generee: Fantasy / Adventure
DVD: Shaw Brothers / IVL / Celestian Pictures (Hong Kong)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Malay, Indonesian
Extras: Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster, Production notes
Notes: Original Celestial Pictures/IVL Hong Kong pressing, comes with enclosed rare 2003 catalogue
Price: 20 €
International Title: The Monkey Goes West
Original Title: 西遊記 (Xi You Ji)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1966
Director: Ho Meng Hua
Generee: Fantasy / Adventure
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Speedy (Malaysia)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Malay
Extras: Trailer, Other trailers, Original Poster, Production notes
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Movie Master/Speedy pressing for the Malaysian/Singaporean market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find
Price: 15 €
International Title: The Sexy Killer / The Drug Connection
Original Title: 毒后秘史 (Du Hou Mi Shi)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1976
Director: Sun Chung
Generee: Thriller
DVD: Shaw Brothers / IVL / Celestian Pictures (Hong Kong)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Malay, Indonesian
Extras: Behind the scenes, Trailer, Other trailers, Production notes
Notes: Original Celestial Pictures/IVL Hong Kong pressing, comes with enclosed rare order form
Price: 35 €
International Title: The Shadow Boxing / Tai Chi Shadow Boxing
Original Title: 太極陰陽拳 (Mao Shan Jiang Shi Quan)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1980
Director: Liu Chia Liang
Generee: Fantasy / Martial Arts
DVD: IVL / Celestial Pictures / Unknown Chinese Label (China)
Audio: Mandarin, Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Malay, Indonesian
Extras: Behind the scenes, Trailer, Other trailers, Original poster, Production notes
Notes: Unknown DVD coming from China. Real silver pressed DVD with traycard and slipcase, pirated from the original IVL / Celestial Pictures edition
Price: 15 €
International Title: The Snake Prince
Original Title: 蛇王子 (She Wang Zi)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1976
Director: Chen Lo
Generee: Horror / Fantasy / Drama
DVD: Shaw Brothers / Movie Master / Scorpio (Singapore)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Extras: Other trailers, Original poster, Production notes
Notes: Celestial Pictures/Movie Master/Scorpo pressing for the Malaysian market, uncut, uncensored and hard to find.
Price: 20 €
International Title: To Kill a Jaguar
Original Title: 絕不低頭 (Jue Bu Di Tou)
Country / Year: Hong Kong, 1977
Director: Hua Shan
Generee: Martial Arts / Action / Thriller
DVD: Shaw Brothers / CAP / United (Thailand)
Audio: Cantonese
Subtitles: English, Thai
Extras: Original trailer
Notes: Shaw Brothers / CAP / United pressing for the thai market. Uncut, remastered and uncensored.
Price: 15 €
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