Best Martial Arts movies of 1970s

Actors : Meg Lam, Siu Tin Yuen, Lau Chan, Bruce Li,
Directors : Bong Luk,

A well-to-do villager decides learning kung fu is the best way to protect himself and his family from the local gangsters. But the mentor he visits is a conman who is only after his money.

Actors : Lung Wei Wang, Jenny Tseng, Hsia Hui Wu, Sheng Fu,

International favorite Alexander Fu Sheng cemented his stardom in this, the fourth film in his esteemed director's "Shaolin" series. Fu gives both a great dramatic and kung-fu performance ...

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Yi Lung Huang, Feng Cheng, Fu-Chien Chang,
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 : Meng Lo, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Jason Pai Piao, Feng Lu,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Two friends who long to be heroes join the fight against a Ching warlord and his students. They get help from a Kung Fu student and a rebel. They also save Hung Si Quan's life.

Actors : Siu-Lung Leung, Wai-Man Chan, Shan Kwan, Angela Mao,
Directors : Chang-hwa Jeong,

Angry and aggressive orphan Lotus Lin gets raised as a Buddhist in a Shaolin temple after her mother dies in the wake of giving birth to her in prison. Consumed with rage, Lin gets expelled...

Actors : Meng Lo, Sheng Chiang, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Li Wang,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Three refugees become sworn brothers during a war. One (Kuo Chui/Philip Kwok) works in a whore house, one (Chiang Sheng) in a gambling house, and the other (Lo Mang) in a martial arts ...

Actors : Ling Chia, Kuan Tai Chen, Lin Chiao, Sing Chen,
Directors : Hsueh Li Pao,

A kung-fu fighting detective investigating the murder of the emperor's wife uncovers a high-ranking conspiracy.

Actors : Vonetta McGee, Calvin Lockhart, Rosalind Cash, Paul Stevens,
Directors : Hugh A. Robertson,

A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It ...

Actors : Lingfeng Shangguan, Peng Tien, Mei-Yi Chang, Pao-Shan Chang,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

Despite the national resistance, the Manchurians have taken over China, but the Ching Emperor fears that the Shaolin Temple disciples would overthrow the dynasty. So he disguises himself as...

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

Fantastic fighting sequences mark this kung fu action film.

Actors : Siu-Tung Ching, Chiu-Sing Hau, Feng Kuan, 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 : Shin'ichi Chiba, Jirô Yabuki, Etsuko Shiomi, Yasuaki Kurata,
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 : Dana, Sing Chen, Bruce Li, Lik Cheung,

The tribe of a remote island worships the legendary Snake Pearl. Two masters of kung fu visit the isle and discover they must defend the daughter of the murdered chief against a evil wizard.

Actors : Yuen Man Meng, Jang Lee Hwang, Hoi Mang, Yeong-Mun Kwon,
Directors : Chin-Ku Lu,

Two young kung fu experts are terrorized by an evil warlord whose weapon is known as the Hell's Wind Staff. With the aid of an old rival of the warlord, they train in the Dragon Hands and ...

Actors : Wilfredo Roldan, Warhawk Tanzania, Elsie Roman, Larry Fleischman,
Directors : Barry Rosen,

A martial arts master takes on an evil demon that haunts the New York City subways.

Actors : Jirô Yabuki, Shin'ichi Chiba, Kenji Imai, 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 : 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 : Joe Lewis, Barbara Bach, Donald Pleasence, Christopher Lee,
Directors : Ernest Pintoff,

A world's new kung-fu hero (Joe Lewis) is out to stop drug dealers, gangs and help save the world from an evil con (Christopher Lee).

Actors : Hung Pai, Fei Meng, Lin Lin Li, Yasuaki Kurata,
Directors : Yang Ming Tsai,

A gifted but proud young martial arts student injures and kills an opponent. In retaliation , his father is killed. The young student vows revenge and begins to prepare for his epic face-off.

Actors : Dean Shek, Ching Wong, Kar-Yung Lau, Lily Li,
Directors : Ricky Lau,

Street performer Cho (Lau) is hoping to raise money to study martial arts. Soon, he becomes friends with Yan (Shek) the son of a rich man who was robbed. The duo set off to help catch the ...