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# Sir Run Run Shaw's Kickass Media Legacy

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_Published 2014-01-08. Sir Run Run Shaw has passed away at the age of 106. Watch here to see the legacy he left behnd._


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## Transcript

>> Father of Kung Fu, Chinese media mogul, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Film producer Run Run Shaw leaves behind an impressive legacy after passing away at the age of 106.

>> See the astonishing ritual of the fire.

>> Shaw is best known for popularizing the kung fu genre and for igniting the Western 1970s kung fu craze with the film Five Fingers of Death.

>> The new movie sensation that's stunning the world.

>> in 1978, he produced the Thirty Sixth Chamber of Shaolin.

>> I'm an [ unk ].

>> Also in 1978, he produced Five Deadly Venoms. Then in 1982, he co- produced Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. Directors like the Wachowski siblings and Quentin Tarantino have been influenced by many of Shaw's films. With his company, Shaw Brother Studios, he's produced over a thousand films to date.

>> And then one day, without warning.

>> Many of his populist films are best known for their low- budget camp therapy.

>> See mighty warriors attack each other with their bare hands.

>> But Shaw's legacy is far greater than just being a film producer. He is the founder of the multi- billion dollar Chinese TV empire, Television Broadcast Unlimited. And he was an active philanthropist, having donated billions to charitable causes.

>> 13 million to disaster relief for the 2008 Szechuan earthquake, 10 million pounds to Oxford University, and he bailed out Macy's for around $ 50, 000, 000.

>> The world will miss his philanthropic generosity, and film buffs will miss the man that popularized the Kung Fu genre.

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