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Subgenre Sampler
Heroic 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.…
Twelve 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 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 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 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…
Touch of Zen, A (Hsia Nu) (1969)
- Dir. King Hu
Feat. Hsu Feng - A dazzling blend of medieval potboiler, religious fable and martial arts spectacular, set in an ancient China wracked by civil war. Centred on the…
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, 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…
One 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…
Zatoichi: The Outlaw (Zatoichi 16) (1967)- Dir. Satsuo Yamamoto
Feat. Shintaro Katsu - A middle–installment in the longrunning Zatoichi series, sees the wandering masseur become embroiled in a violent plot involving two rival…
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