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1970s Martial Arts Movies

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The Way of the Dragon(1972)

R
| 1h 40min | Action, Crime
3.7/5 (with 471 votes)

Tang Lung arrives in Rome to help his cousins in the restaurant business. They are being pressured to sell their property to the syndicate, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. When Tang arrives he poses a new threat to the syndicate, and they are unable to defeat him. The syndicate boss hires the best Japanese and European martial artists to fight Tang, but he easily finishes them off.

Directed by Bruce Lee - With Nora Miao, Chuck Norris, Hwang In-shik, Robert Wall, Paul Wei Ping-ao, Bruce Lee, ...
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Fist of Fury(1972)

R
| 1h 48min | Drama, Action, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 383 votes)

Chen Chen returns to his former school in Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While investigating the man's death, Chen discovers that a rival Japanese school is operating a drug smuggling ring. To avenge his master’s death, Chen takes on both Chinese and Japanese assassins… and even a towering Russian.

Directed by Lo Wei - With Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Lo Wei, Jackie Chan, Corey Yuen, James Tien, ...
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The Big Boss(1971)

R
| 1h 40min | Action
3.6/5 (with 302 votes)

Chen is a city boy who moves with his cousins to work at an ice factory. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fight. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.

Directed by Lo Wei - With Maria Yi, James Tien, Tony Liu, Bruce Lee, Chen Chao, Nora Miao, ...
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Game of Death(1978)

R
| 1h 41min | Drama, Action, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 277 votes)

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.

Directed by Bruce Lee, Robert Clouse, Sammo Hung - With James Tien, Chieh Yuan, Dan Inosanto, Ji Han-jae, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bruce Lee, ...

Drunken Master(1978)

PG-13
| 1h 51min | Action, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 395 votes)

After being punished for getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.

Directed by Yuen Woo-ping - With Jackie Chan, Yuen Siu-tien, Hwang Jang-lee, Dean Shek, Lam Kau
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Enter the Dragon(1973)

R
| 1h 42min | Action
3.7/5 (with 858 votes)

A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.

Directed by Robert Clouse - With John Saxon, Jim Kelly, Ahna Capri, Shih Kien, Robert Wall, Bruce Lee, ...
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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin(1978)

1h 55min | Action, Adventure
3.7/5 (with 164 votes)

The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, Lui manages to escape, and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to seek revenge.

Directed by Lau Kar-leung - With Gordon Liu, Lo Lieh, Wong Yue, Yu Yang, Norman Chui, Wu Hang-Sheng, ...
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A Touch of Zen(1971)

3h | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
3.9/5 (with 85 votes)

Ku Shen Chai, an artist in his early 30s, still lives with his mother, but he is suddenly shaken by the arrival of Yang Hui-ching, a mysterious princess on the run. Yang brings Ku into her circle of protectors, including a nameless monk whose spiritual guidance transforms him into a valiant fighter.

Directed by King Hu - With Hsu Feng, Roy Chiao, Tien Peng, Wang Rui, Miao Tian
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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow(1978)

PG
| 1h 38min | Action, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 132 votes)

Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the snake fist fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the eagle's claw style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.

Directed by Yuen Woo-ping - With Jackie Chan, Yuen Siu-tien, Hwang Jang-lee, Dean Shek, Fung Hak-On

The Five Venoms(1978)

1h 38min | Action
3.4/5 (with 53 votes)

A dying master sends his last student to check up on five former pupils, who each know a special style of kung-fu.

Directed by Chang Cheh - With Chiang Sheng, Sun Chien, Philip Kwok, Lo Mang, Wei Pai, Luther Chu, ...
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Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin(1978)

1h 36min | Action, Drama
3.3/5 (with 32 votes)

Jackie Chan stars as the young warrior Hsu Yiu Fong. Hsu has been entrusted with the book of the "Art of the Snake and Crane," after the mysterious disappearance of the eight Shaolin Masters who had written it. He must fight off numerous clans who are all attempting to steal the book from him, to find out the true reason for the disappearance of the Shaolin Masters.

Directed by Chi-Hwa Chen - With Jackie Chan

New Fist of Fury(1976)

1h 54min | Action, Drama
2.9/5 (with 32 votes)

A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with their grandfather who runs a Kung-Fu school there. However, the master of a Japanese Kung- Fu school in Taiwan has plans to bringing all other schools on the island under his domination, and part of his plan involves the murder of the grandfather.

Directed by Lo Wei - With Jackie Chan, Nora Miao, Chan Sing, Han Ying-chieh
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Shaolin Wooden Men(1976)

1h 37min | Action
3.4/5 (with 52 votes)

Little Mute is an orphan traumatized into silence by the death of his father at the hands of a vicious fighting master. Living at the Shaolin monastery, he befriends a dangerous prisoner who teaches him a secret form of deadly kung fu. Seeing his intense determination, other masters share the wisdom of the Gliding Snake and Drunken Master techniques. In one of the most exciting fight scenes ever filmed, Little Mute must run the gauntlet of the famous 108 wooden men in an extreme test of skill and endurance. But if he becomes a master, will he use his unmatched force for redemption or revenge?

Directed by Chi-Hwa Chen - With Jackie Chan, Chin Kang, Chiang Kam, Chang Ping-Yu, Doris Lung Chun-Erh

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx(1972)

1h 21min | Action, Drama
3.7/5 (with 74 votes)

In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.

Directed by Kenji Misumi - With Tomisaburō Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Akiji Kobayashi, Shin Kishida
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The Kentucky Fried Movie(1977)

R
| 1h 23min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 125 votes)

A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.

Directed by John Landis - With Bill Bixby, George Lazenby, Evan C. Kim, Tony Dow, Donald Sutherland, Tara Strohmeier, ...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril(1972)

1h 21min | Action
3.7/5 (with 57 votes)

In the fourth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.

Directed by Buichi Saitō - With Tomisaburō Wakayama, Asao Koike
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Half a Loaf of Kung Fu(1978)

R
| 1h 37min | Comedy, Action
3.2/5 (with 33 votes)

A young daydreamer assumes the identity of a dead martial arts hero and quickly finds himself caught up in a plot by several clans to steal famous martial arts artifacts being transported by an escort company.

Directed by Chi-Hwa Chen - With Jackie Chan

Five Fingers of Death(1972)

1h 44min | Action
3.3/5 (with 37 votes)

A young boxer joins a martial arts school to increase his skill so he can enter a martial arts competition. He leaves the school when he hears that a local gangster is terrorizing the town. He comes to the aid of a young singer and brings on the wrath of the local gang. He eventually enters the martial arts competition after learning iron palm technique and takes out all competition.

Directed by Chang-hwa Jeong - With Lo Lieh, Wang Ping, Tien Feng, Wong Gam-Fung, Fang Mian, Ku Wen-Chung, ...
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The Invincible Armour(1977)

1h 30min | Thriller, Action
3.4/5 (with 12 votes)

Hwang Jang Lee is a corrupt Ming guard who frames John Liu for murder. A wanted fugitive, John hides out with a teen who is an expert in the infamous Iron Armor technique, a technique that means the expert can withstand anything. However, Hwang is an expert in it as well as the Eagle Claw's. Can John stop Hwang before it's too late?

Directed by Ng See-yuen
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Warriors Two(1978)

1h 35min | Action, Drama
3.6/5 (with 15 votes)

In an attempt to save his village from being taken over by brutes, Wah is beaten to a pulp and his mother brutally murdered. Determined to take revenge, Wah learns the art of Wing Chun and enters into a showdown with the nasty villains.

Directed by Sammo Hung - With Bryan Leung, Sammo Hung, Casanova Wong, Dean Shek, Eric Tsang
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The Cub Tiger from Kwang Tung(1973)

1h 20min | Action, Comedy, Drama
2.6/5 (with 27 votes)

Hsiao Hu has been secretly training in martial arts, as his father (Tien Feng) has forbidden him. Later, some local store owners ask Ah to help protect them from a greedy Chinese extortion ring. Ah discovers that the crime lord behind the extortion had killed his father years before and is determined for revenge.

Directed by Chu Mu, Hai-Feng Wei - With Jackie Chan
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Thriller: A Cruel Picture(1973)

NR
| 1h 44min | Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama
3.2/5 (with 80 votes)

A young woman, muted after a sexual assault as a child, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who have wronged her after being kidnapped and forced to work as a prostitute.

Directed by Bo Arne Vibenius - With Christina Lindberg, Heinz Hopf, Per-Axel Arosenius, Despina Tomazani, Solveig Andersson-Carlsson, Marie-Louise Mannervall, ...

Magnificent Bodyguards(1978)

R
| 1h 41min | Action
3.2/5 (with 18 votes)

Chan is asked by a young, wealthy lady to take her sick brother to a particular doctor in order to be cured. To reach this doctor, Chan and a handful of travelling companions must pass through bandit-infested wild country. They meet and kung-fu-fight several gangs of thugs along the way.

Directed by Lo Wei - With Jackie Chan

Spiritual Kung Fu(1978)

1h 39min | Action
3.0/5 (with 32 votes)

Jackie Chan plays the part of the class clown in a shaolin temple whose deadliest secret is stolen. All is lost until Jackie's character discovers dancing blue ghosts with bright red hair who haunt the library.

Directed by Lo Wei - With Jackie Chan, James Tien, Dean Shek, Yuen Biao

Hapkido(1972)

R
| 1h 37min | Action
3.3/5 (with 20 votes)

Korea, 1934. During the Japanese occupation, there is open warfare between rival martial arts schools. There is a fight in the marketplace, and three Chinese students can't stand the unfair way of students that side up with the invasors, when they gang assault one of the fighting men. Between the three, they send the aggressors away. Retaliation is heavy: their school is destroyed, and they are banished. They return to China, and start their own school, and set out on good-will visits to the other martial arts schools, only to find that everybody in their neighbourhood is already dominated by the Japanese. They have many kung fu fights to win, before they eventually manage to establish peace.

Directed by Huang Feng - With Angela Mao, Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Corey Yuen, Ji Han-jae, ...

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires(1974)

R
| 1h 25min | Action, Horror
3.0/5 (with 50 votes)

Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the cause of these phenomena, for the undead are controlled by the most diabolical force of all.... Count Dracula. But he is not alone- to aid him comes a mystical brotherhood of seven martial arts warriors.

Directed by Roy Ward Baker, Chang Cheh - With Peter Cushing, John Forbes-Robertson, David Chiang, Robin Stewart, Julie Ege, Lau Kar-wing, ...

Hand of Death(1976)

1h 37min | Action
3.0/5 (with 26 votes)

A young monk must face the Extended Iron Claw technique of a powerful warlord seeking to destroy Shaolin.

Directed by John Woo - With Tao-liang Tan, James Tien, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, John Woo, Wei Yang, ...
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The Heroic Ones(1970)

NR
| 1h 57min | Action, Drama, History
3.3/5 (with 11 votes)

A Mogul king decides to take stealthy action to help overpower his greatest rivals. He chooses nine out thirteen of his loyal generals to embark on the mission. However, jealously amongst them sparks a treacherous family feud that could lead to catastrophic consequences for all involved.

Directed by Chang Cheh - With David Chiang, Ku Feng, Chin Han, Ti Lung
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The Bod Squad(1974)

1h 39min | Action, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

Five Western girls are kidnapped by Chinese pirates and sold to a brothel. While they are being trained to become prostitutes, a couple of local citizens take mercy on them and plots their escape by teaching them kung-fu. The five scantily-clad girls, using their newfound martial arts skills then fight their way to freedom.

Directed by Ernst Hofbauer, Kuei Chih-hung - With Sonja Jeannine, Yueh Hua, Wang Hsia, Gillian Bray, Deborah Ralls

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades(1972)

R
| 1h 29min | Drama, Action
3.6/5 (with 58 votes)

In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.

Directed by Kenji Misumi - With Tomisaburō Wakayama, Gō Katō, Isao Yamagata
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