Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure > Martial Arts: 300 Films to Buy & Rent
Velvet Smooth (1975)
- Dir. Michael Fink
Feat. Johnnie Hill
- Minor blaxploitation starlet Johnnie Hill gets to strut her stuff as a "fighting whirlwind" in this cheesey 70s effort.
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (Shura-yuki-hime: Urami Renga) (1974)
- Dir. Toshiya Fujita
Feat. Meiko Kaji, Yoshio Harada, Kazuko Yoshiyuki…
- Excellent, though not widely celebrated sequel, has Kaji put her sword skills to work in Meiji Japan playing off the ruthless government against an…
Lone Wolf & Cub 6: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
- Dir. Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Junko Hitomi…
- The continuing adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro.
Lone wolf and Cub return for their final battle…
Return of the Street Fighter (Satsujin ken 2) (1974)
- Dir. Shigehiro Ozawa
Feat. Sonny Chiba
- First sequel to THE STREET FIGHTER, has premiere Japanese martial artist Sonny Chiba – beloved of Quentin Tarantino – fight with a…
Street Fighter, The (1974)
- Dir. Shigehiro Ozawa
Feat. Sonny Chiba
- Career–making martial arts outing for Japanese icon Sonny Chiba, mugging his heart out as a brutal enforcer who turns the tables on his…
Enter the Dragon (1973)
- Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Bruce Lee, John Saxon
- The martial arts film by which all others are measured, Lee gets to display his masterful skill at every opportunity. Virtually plotless, but loaded…
Female Yakuza Tale (Yasagure anego den: sôkatsu rinchi) (1973)
- Dir. Teruo Ishii
Feat. Reiko Ike
- A scorned Reiko Ike returns in this remarkably trashier sequel to SEX AND FURY, ready to unleash another roaring rampage of revenge on sadistic…
Game of Death (1973)
- Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger…
- Bruce Lee chop–socks his way to justice as a kung–fu film star exploited by gangsters out to punish him off–screen as well as on.
Illicit Desire (Feng liu yun shi) (1973)
- Dir. Han Hsiang Li
Feat. Hong-Yip Cheng, Chen Ping
- Shaw Brothers sexploitation from the early 1970s, this was actually a huge hit at the Hong Kong box–office with three steamy scantily costumed…
Lady Snowblood 1 (Shurayukihime) (1973)
- Dir. Toshiya Fujita
Feat. Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon…
- A classic samurai B–movie made in the heyday of 'Wu Xia' influence, with Kaji playing a bereaved young woman who seeks revenge on the gangsters…