Subgenre Sampler
Martial Arts: 374 Films to Buy & Rent
Man from Hong Kong, The (1975)
- Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Feat. George Lazenby, Bill Hunter, Rebecca Gilling…
- Cracking martial arts adventure tracking an inspector sent to Australia to expel a drug courier. Photogenically set against the backdrops of Ayers…
Master of the Flying Guillotine (1975)
- Dir. Yu Wang
Feat. Yu Wang
- Legendary martial arts anomaly cited by Quentin Tarantino as his favourite kung fu film, this stars (and is directed by) Jimmy Yu Wang as a…
Street Fighter's Last Revenge, The (Gyakushû! Satsujin ken) (1975)
- Dir. Teruo Ishii
Feat. Sonny Chiba
- Second sequel to THE STREET FIGHTER featuring Sonny Chiba, one of Japan’s great action stars of the 70s.
Sporting zero grace, a certain street…
Velvet Smooth (1975)
- Dir. Michael Fink
Feat. Johnnie Hill
- Minor blaxploitation starlet Johnnie Hill gets to strut her stuff as a "fighting whirlwind" in this cheesey 70s effort.
Green Hornet, The (1974)
- Dir. William Beaudine
Feat. Bruce Lee, Van Williams
- One of Bruce Lee’s final released efforts, this stylised TV–movie is cut together from episodes of the 60s crimefighting show. Included is a…
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (Shura-yuki-hime: Urami Renga) (1974)
- Dir. Toshiya Fujita
Feat. Meiko Kaji, Yoshio Harada, Kazuko Yoshiyuki…
- Excellent, though not widely celebrated sequel, has Kaji put her sword skills to work in Meiji Japan playing off the ruthless government against an…
Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (1974)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Peter Cushing
- Fusion of Hammer horror and martial arts spectacle follows Peter Cushing's Van Helsen to China where he discovers ol' fangface lurking behind an…
Lone Wolf & Cub 6: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
- Dir. Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Junko Hitomi…
- The continuing adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro.
Lone wolf and Cub return for their final battle…
Return of the Street Fighter (Satsujin ken 2) (1974)
- Dir. Shigehiro Ozawa
Feat. Sonny Chiba
- First sequel to THE STREET FIGHTER, has premiere Japanese martial artist Sonny Chiba – beloved of Quentin Tarantino – fight with a…
Street Fighter, The (1974)
- Dir. Shigehiro Ozawa
Feat. Sonny Chiba
- Career–making martial arts outing for Japanese icon Sonny Chiba, mugging his heart out as a brutal enforcer who turns the tables on his…