He qi dao

Grandmaster gave me a copy of "Hapkido" to watch. Unfortunately, it was the only copy he had, and it was kinda in poor condition. But what I saw of it was extraordinary. He could kick like nobody could. The throws, joint locks, simply incredible. To be honest, he still looks just as good today.

A good martial arts film in the mold of Fist of Fury that presents the art of Hapkido and has some great action scenes and features smaller roles for the likes of Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and Jackie Chan. Angela Mao is awesome!

Recommended for fans of kung fu cinema.

Jackie can be seen briefly in at least two scenes. I first noticed him near the end of the film in the scene where Angela visits the Japanese school and is prevented from leaving. Jackie, dressed in black, stands in the doorway and gets flipped to the floor by Angela. In another scene, he's also standing on the left side of a doorway, but he's wearing white.

I THINK I also saw Yuen Biao (in white) a couple of times, but unfortunately, I can't tell you where to look for him.

What surprised me was how prominently featured Lam Ching-Ying is in this movie. He's all over the fight scene that takes place in the street market, ultimately taking punches from Sammo Hung, who probably has more screen time than anyone else in the film.. certainly screen time spent fighting.

Finally, I was surprised to discover that the attractive young woman who gets ogled and nearly groped near the start is none other than Nancy Sit!

I first saw this in the late 80s on a rented vhs.

Revisited it recently.

This movie has tons n tons of fights but the best treat is Angela Mao.

We have a very young n slim but chubby face Sammo Hung.

We also have Jackie who appears in 6 scenes as an extra but all are blink n miss. He is visible after 72nd min but disappears within few seconds kinda u blink u miss.

Much before Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Scott Adkins, Van Damme, Michael Jai White, etc we get to see the lead actress Angela Mao do the front double kick in an awesome way.

She played the sister of Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon.

This movie has a sadistic scene where a man throws hot water on an old lady.

It is a bit vulgar when a guy ogles at a woman's back n suddenly the guy imagines the woman to be nude in a blink n miss scene. These two things were totally uncalled for.

Sammo Hung goes shirtless without being muscular.

This is female empowerment stuff n that too in the early 70s.

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 cannot stand the unfair way of students that side up with the invaders, 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.

This film may be best known for an uncredited cameo from Jackie Chan before he became an international star, but it is a decent film in its own right. While not quite as action-packed as "Lady Whirlwind" (which came out the same year from the same director), there is a better plot here, and the production value from Golden Harvest is noticeably higher.

A decent copy has been released from Shout Factory. While it is not pristine (this may not even be possible) and does not have much for special features, this is a film worth checking out.