Martial Arts
Fist of Fury (1972)
7.3/10
Director: Lo Wei
Starring: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, James Tien, Robert Baker
AKA 'The Chinese Connection'. In what many enthusiasts consider to be 'the ultimate martial arts movie', Bruce Lee is a true force of nature as he bat... Read more
Way of the Dragon (1972)
7.3/10
Director: Bruce Lee
Starring: Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Nora Miao, Robert Wall
A.k.a. 'Return of the Dragon'. Bruce Lee travels to Rome to help a friend whose restaurant is being terrorised by gangsters. Amazing fights, climaxed... Read more
The Big Boss (1971)
7.1/10
Director: Lo Wei
Starring: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien, Nora Miao
Aka "Fists of Fury". In his first starring martial arts epic, Bruce Lee plays a naive country boy who chops and kicks his way through corruption and d... Read more
The 12 Golden Medallions (1970)
Director: Cheng Kang
Starring: Chin Ping, Chiao Chiao, Huang Tsung Hsin, Ching Miao, Yao Hua
In this kung fu classic from the Shaw Brothers, Traitorous minister Chin Kuei tries to halt General Yueh Fei's victorious battles against the country'... Read more
Yakuza Deka 1: Secret Police (1970)
Director: Yukio Noda
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Tetsuro Tanpa
Sonny Chiba plays a hard-bitten undercover cop trying to win the confidence of two rival yakuza gangs in order to bust their illegal drugs operations.... Read more
Yakuza Deka 2: The Assassin (1970)
Director: Yukio Noda
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Ryohei Uchida, Fumio Watanabe, Osman Yusuf, Giant Baba
Sonny Chiba returns as undercover cop Hayata. This time he's after a marijuana syndicate, and he's going to have to go very undercover to net these g... Read more
Dragon Swamp (1969)
6.8/10
Director: Lo Wei
Starring: Cheng Pei-Pei, Yueh Hua, Lo Lieh
Cheng Pei-Pei ('Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon') is a naive young martial artist sent to retrieve the Jade Dragon Sword and her own long lost mother i... Read more
The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
7.4/10
Director: Chang Cheh
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Chiao Chiao, Huang Tsung-shun
One of the classics of martial arts cinema, this is often referred to as the first real martial arts film, focusing as it does on techniques and style... Read more
Sanshiro Sugata II (1945)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Susumu Fujita, Denjiro Okochi, Ryunosuke Tsukigata, Yukiko Todoroki, Masayuki Mo...
This sequel was suggested by the Japanese government, in the wake of a devastating loss in the second world war. Set in 1887, the Japanese culture is... Read more
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
6.8/10
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Denjiro Okochi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Ryunosuke Tsuki...
Based on a best-seller, the debut film from master auteur, Akira Kurosawa, tells the beginning of Judo in Japan. The eponymous protagonist is on a qu... Read more