Best Martial Arts movies of 1970s

Actors : James Tien, Hark-On Fung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Sing Chen,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

The Iron-Fisted Monk marks the directorial debut of Sammo Hung (Painted Faces, TVÂ's Martial Law), who used the opportunity to push the envelop in kung fu action films.

Actors : Chuck Boyd, Sylvia Chang, Don Wong, Chuck Norris,
Directors : Wei Lo,

A Chinese-American cop, skilled in martial arts, battles the most powerful criminal gang in San Francisco that is responsible for the death of his partner.

Actors : Carter Wong, Jack Long, Lieh Lo, Kuan-Wu Lung,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

Two warlord chiefs, a ton-fa wielder who can destroy an opponents weapon and a Tai Chi expert that is impervious to weapons, send a pair of killers to track down and kill an old master ...

Actors : Siu Tin Yuen, Yi-Min Li, Jack Long, Kuan-Wu Lung,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

Supposedly dead, embittered former official, The Ghost Face Killer has returned and seeking revenge on those martial arts masters than once opposed him - his name is infamous and his Five ...

Actors : Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Eiji Gô, Yutaka Nakajima,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.

Actors : David Chiang, Jeanette Yu Wei, Ping Wang, Lung Ti,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

A Kung Fu artist sacrifices everything to avenge his father's execution.

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Chia Yung Liu, Lung Chan,
Directors : Chia Yung Liu,

The titular 'Odd Couple' are Sammo (King of Sabres) and Lau Kar Wing (King of Spears). They compete regularly against each other but every encounter results in a draw! Both decide to ...

Actors : Lois Ayres, Allan Baker, John Ballee, Billy Schwartz,
Directors : Lance D. Hayes,

A remote monastery in China has trained a talking gorilla, King Kung Fu, in the ancient art of kung fu. Having mastered his fighting skills, King Kung Fu is sent to America to demonstrate ...

Actors : Tsui Ling Yu, Jason Pai Piao, Kuan Tai Chen, Feng Ku,
Directors : Chih-Hung Kuei,

Director Kuei Chih Hung was famous for his modern day crime thrillers, his horror flicks, and even his comedies. But if the only kung-fu film he ever made was this one, he'd still be spoken...

Actors : Carter Wong, Lingfeng Shangguan, Peng Tien, Nan Chiang,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

During the Manchurian invasion of China, the son of the Ming Dynasty General takes refuge in the Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts, so that he may seek revenge for his dead father. But ...

Actors : Jun Fujimaki, Shin'ichi Chiba, Eiji Gô, Masashi Ishibashi,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

This movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan.

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Yi Lung Huang, Fu-Chien Chang, Feng Cheng,
Directors : Wing-Cho Yip,

Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. One day he gets into a fight defending the locals from a ...

Actors : Kwok Kuen Chan, Sing Chen, Wai-Man Chan, Bruce Li,
Directors : Chi Lo,

Fantastic fighting sequences mark this kung fu action film.

Actors : Chia-Hui Liu, Yi Ling Chen, Sheng Fu, Kuan-Chun Chi,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

When the ruling dynasty in China sends soldiers to destroy the Shaolin Temple, students use their martial arts to defend the school.

Actors : David Chiang, Norman Chu, Lieh Lo, Lily Li,
Directors : Ho Meng-Hua,

International favorite, David Chiang, stars as the great Chih Shim, the monk who saved the Southern Shaolin Temple. Joining him is Lo Lieh, the Shaws' first international star who returns ...

Actors : Timothy Brown, Aldo Ray, Alan Tang, James Hong,
Directors : Al Adamson,

Young black man teams up with a Chinese kung-fu expert to fight a drug ring.

Actors : Feng Ku, Yue Wong, Lung Ti, Angie Chiu,
Directors : Chung Sun,

The Kung-Fu Instructor was director Sun Cheng's homage to Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo where Ti Lung plays a righteous weapon instructor. It's the first time a Shaw Brother's director uses a ...

Actors : Jirô Yabuki, Shin'ichi Chiba, Yasuaki Kurata, Etsuko Shiomi,
Directors : Yu Kohira,

Karate master Kazuma gets severely beaten and crippled by nefarious rival Nikaido. Kazuma trains his loyal daughter Yumi in the martial arts so she can exact a harsh revenge on Nikaido and his band of evil thugs.

Actors : Siu-Tung Ching, Feng Kuan, Chiu-Sing Hau, Hui Huang Lin,
Directors : Mar Lo,

A small-time crook goes in search of the other half of a wooden keepsake which will lead him to the legendary kung fu technique of the Gibbon Clan Fist.

Actors : Ping Ou Wei, Yuan Chuan, Lieh Lo, Bruce Li,
Directors : Bruce Li,

An undercover cop has been assigned to bust up a narcotics ring but comes up against the mob's hired martial arts assassin. Both men are the best in their field and in a battle to the death, only one will survive...