Subgenre Sampler
Martial Arts: 374 Films to Buy & Rent
Duel to the Death (Xian si jue) (1982)
- Dir. Ching Siu Tung
Feat. Norman Chu, Damian Lau
- Groundbreaking martial–arts actioner from dir. Ching Siu–Tung (CHINESE GHOST STORY) about a Ming–era duel between a Chinese (Lau)…
Human Lanterns (Ren pi deng long) (1982)
- Dir. Chung Sun
Feat. Leih Lo
- The Shaw Brothers' first international star, Lo Leih, excels in this horror–suspenser as a mad lampshade maker in olden–day China who…
Legend of a Fighter (Huo Yuan-Jia) (1982)
- Dir. Yuen Woo Ping
Feat. Kar-yan Leung
- A 'wireless' kung–fu masterclass from one of Hong Kong's most feted martial arts exponent, dir. Ping (choreographer for THE MATRIX), here…
Legendary Weapons of China (1982)
- Dir. Liu Chia Liang
Feat. Liu Chia Liang
- Forthright Shaw Brothers classic with the invincible Gordon Liu as a dogged kung fu master pursued relentlessly by hired assassins. And intriguing…
Ninja Wars (Iga ninpûchô) (1982)
- Dir. Mitsumasa Saito
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Sonny Chiba
- Period fantasy action involving magicians, love potions and endangered royalty in ancient Japan, a story resolved with a fair amount of…
Prodigal Son, The (Bai Ga Jai) (1982)
- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen, Ching-Ying Lam…
- One of the all–time great kung fu features, has a young man (Biao) pursue the martial arts, but eventually discovering that his rich father has…
Shaolin Prince (1982)
- Dir. Chia Tang
Feat. Ti Lung
- Respected fight choreographer Tang Chia helms one of his few films as director: two princes are separated at birth; one is raised by Shaolin monks…
They Call Me Bruce? (A Fistful of Chopsticks) (1982)
- Dir. Elliott Hong
Feat. Johnny Yune
- An early, if fumbled, attempt at Asian vs. American humour sees a Mafioso's chef (Yune) sent on a drug–smuggling mission and being mistaken for…
Force Five (1981)
- Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Joe Lewis
- Ultraviolent action, with Joe Lewis leading a skilled quintet of martial artists to rescue a girl from an island fortress ruled over by a religious…
Game of Death 2 (1981)
- Dir. Ng See Yuan
Feat. Bruce Lee
- Posthumous reworking of Bruce Lee's uncompleted final film utilises a lookalike and found footage to pad out the fight sequences already…