Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
A Force Of One (1979)- Dir. Paul Aaron
Feat. Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Clu Gulager… - Passable crime thriller with Chuck Norris near the start of his career playing a karate champion assisting the police to hunt down a…
Bushido Blade, The (1979)- Dir. Shusei Kotani
Feat. Richard Boone, Frank Converse, James Earl Jones… - Predating SHOGUN by a year, this martial arts adventure set in mid–19th century Japan, has an American marine (Boone) pledged to recover the…
G.I. Samurai (Sengoku jieitai; Time Slip) (1979)- Dir. Mitsumasa Saito
Feat. Sonny Chiba, Jun Eto - A squadron of Japanese soldiers, together with their weaponry, helicopter and gunboat, are accidentally caught in a 'time slip' and transported back…
Heroes Of The East (Zhong hua zhang fu) (1979)- Feat. Chia Hui Liu, Yuka Mizuno
- Graceful martial arts film focused around a Chinese man who must prove the superiority of Chinese kung fu over Japanese to his disillusioned Japanese…
Jaguar Lives! (1979)- Dir. Ernest Pintoff
Feat. Joe Lewis, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence… - A Spanish–American actioner featuring "three Bond villains" and "one Bond beauty" in the cast but who, in true exploitation fashion, barely…
Magnificent Butcher (Lin shi rong) (1979)- Dir. Sammo Hung, Yuen Woo Ping
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen - Peak Samo Hung martial artistry, collaborating here with with action legend Yuen Woo Ping for a tale based on the true–life exploits of Lam Sai…
Shaolin Temple (1979)- Dir. Cheung Hsin Yen
Feat. Jet Li - Martial Arts superstar Jet Li’s debut film, as a Shaolin–trained fighter who exacts revenge upon an evil warlord, already displaying the…
Drunken Master (1978)- Dir. Yuen Woo Ping
Feat. Jackie Chan - The martial arts comedy that put Jackie Chan on the map tells the tale of a disobedient son learning the art of Drunken Fist Kung Fu in order to stop…
Clans of Intrigue (Chu liu xiang) (1977)
- Dir. Che Yuan
Feat. Ti Lung - Another collaboration between dir. Yuan and the charismatic Ti Lung, in a historical detective story set around a legendary swordsman who tries to…
Death Duel (San shao ye de jian) (1977)- Dir. Che Yuan
Feat. Derek Yee, Chen Ping, Yu An-an - A Shaw Bros. extravaganza that benefits from its pared–down take on the swordplay–and–intrigue formula and impressive visuals,…
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