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Subgenre Sampler

 
Heroic Ones, TheHeroic Ones, The (1970)
Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. David Chiang, Chin Han, Ti Lung
Martial arts film set in 1880s imperial China, where a Mogul king secretly assembles his loyal generals on a mission to take on his greatest rivals.…
Incident at Blood Pass, TheIncident at Blood Pass, The (Machibuse) (1970)
Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Shintaro Katsu
Pedigree shogun face off between genre icons Mifune and Katsu in a tautly conceived show down over hijacked gold between a remote mountain pass.…
Twelve Gold Medallions, TheTwelve Gold Medallions, The (Shi er jin pai) (1970)
Dir. Cheng Kang
Feat. Yue Hua
A Shaw Brothers "wuxia" film starring Yueh Hua as an emperor loyalist trying to prevent a message enscribed on twelve gold medallions delivered by…
Zatoichi Meets YojimboZatoichi Meets Yojimbo (Zatoichi 20) (1970)
Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Shintaro Katsu, Toshiro Mifune
An enjoyable spin on the Japanese samurai genre, depicts a comedic rivalry between Katsu and Mifune in a secluded mountain village. Although lacking…
Zatoichi: Festival of FireZatoichi: Festival of Fire (Zatoichi 21) (1970)
Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Shintaro Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai
One of the strongest of the later films in the 25–strong Zatoichi cycle (this is 21), with the blind masseur with the cane sword getting into…
Red LionRed Lion (Akage) (1969)
Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Shiwa Iwashita
A fine samurai comedy from dir. Okamoto (KILL!), has a luckless soldier (Toshiro Mifune) don a brilliant red hairpiece (thus impersonating a…
Kill!Kill! (Kiru) (1968)
Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai
A sharp and blackly comic tale set in 1830s Japan around two bedraggled swordsman – one a former samurai (Nakadai), the other a farmer aspiring…
Assassin, TheAssassin, The (Da ci ke) (1967)
Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. Yu Wang
More understated than later Shaw Brothers efforts, this costume actioner stars 'Jimmy' Wang Yu as a patriotic swordsman of ancient Han–era…
King Kong EscapesKing Kong Escapes (1967)
Dir. Ishiro Honda
Feat. Mie Hama, Akira Takarada, Rhodes Reason
Kaiji co–production between Japan and the USA which pits a robot version of King Kong (MechaniKong!) against a giant dinosaur Gorosaurus. A…
One Armed SwordsmanOne Armed Swordsman (Dubei dao) (1967)
Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. Yu Wang
Jimmy Wu Yang predates his one–armed boxer classic MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE as a disabled swordsman training in the art of…

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