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The Chinese Boxer shifted martial arts focus to hand-to-hand combat, laying the groundwork for contemporary movies. Five Fingers of Death was the first international martial arts success, fueled the Kung Fu craze of the 1970s. Enter the Dragon ignited the Kung Fu craze in the 1970s, influencing martial arts cinema's move into the mainstream.

Martial arts movies have captivated audiences for decades through expertly choreographed fight sequences, powerful stories of good versus evil, and shockingly effective action sequences, with a select few being responsible for where the genre stands today. From the United States Kung Fu craze in the 1970s right up until modern times, martial arts movies have stood as some of the most exciting and over-the-top releases seen on the big screen. With massive stars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan leaving their mark on martial arts movies, the genre has gone through countless changes over the decades.

In the 1970s, American audiences were treated to an explosion of Hong Kong, Korean, and Taiwanese martial arts and kung-fu films, including the works of Bruce Lee and rival studios Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. As the output cranked out in that style featured plenty of full-fledged classics as well as numerous cheap knock-offs, none of those movies would be involved without the influence of a particular one, Jeong Chang-hwa’s notorious “Tian xia di yi quan,” which went through a slew of titles including “Hand of Death,” “Five Fingers of Death,” or “Invincible Boxer” but also known as “King Boxer” as part of the Shawshope Vol. 1 boxset from Arrow Video.

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After an attack on his teacher, Chao Chih-hao (Lo Lieh) and his beloved Sung Ying-ying (Wang Ping) are asked to join his colleague Sun Hsin-pei (Mien Fang) before an upcoming tournament is held in the area.

In the 1970s, American audiences were treated to an explosion of Hong Kong, Korean and Taiwanese martial arts and kung-fu films, including the works of Bruce Lee and rival studios Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. As the output cranked out in that style featured plenty of full-fledged classics as well as numerous cheap knock-offs, none of those films would be involved without the influence of one film in particular, Jeong Chang-hwa’s notorious “Tian xia di yi quan”, which went through a slew of titles including “Hand of Death”, “King Boxer” or “Invincible Boxer” but more famously known as “Five Fingers of Death”.

“Five Fingers of Death” is part of the Asian selection at Fantasia International Film Festival

After an attack on his teacher, Chao Chih-hao and his beloved Sung Ying-ying are asked to join his colleague Sun Hsin-pei before an upcoming tournament is held in the area. When his...

Like millions of you around the world, i love Kung Fu movies. It is the only real genre that keeps me going back for more and that is why i will always love Kung Fu movies.

I know many of you have probably seen many of the movies i will post about, but this is also for anyone new to the genre of Kung Fu and even Swordplay and looking for other movies to enjoy. I hope you enjoy the movies i have listed and please feel free to comment about any of the movies.

1.Hell’s Wind Staff (1979)

Director: Tony Wong Yuk Long, Tony Liu Jun Guk

Cast: Hwang Jang Lee, Meng Hoi, Meng Yuen Man, Jason Pai Piao

Fight Choreographers(s): Corey Yuen, Chin Yuet Sang, Hsu Hsia, Yuen Shun Yee

Studio: Yuk Long Movies

2.Incredible Kung Fu Master (1979)

Director: Cheung Tung Cho

Cast: Sammo Hung, Tung Wei,...