Best Martial Arts movies of 1970s

Actors : Chung-Kuei Chang, Chiu Ho, Sung-Chuan Shen, Chao-Ming Kang,
Directors : Kei Law,

Two men skilled in the arts of Kung-Fu are betrayed by their master and crippled for life, one left with no arms and the other with no legs. Despite their obvious disadvantages, they learn ...

Actors : Ni Tien, Norman Fell, Stella Stevens, Tamara Dobson,
Directors : Charles Bail,

When fellow operatives (and childhood friends) Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson disappear during an undercover mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones (Tamara Dobson) travels there to find ...

Actors : Yi-Min Li, Jack Long, Nancy Yen, Kuan-Wu Lung,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

An aging martial arts expert is gifted a plaque from the Emperor declaring him the Kung Fu World Champion. Unsure of whether or not be is deserving of this title, he embarks on a journey to defeat the 7 Grandmasters.

Actors : Shi-Kwan Yen, Feng Ku, Siu-Hung Leung, Kar-Yung Lau,
Directors : Chi-Hwa Chen,

A young man decides to learn Kung Fu to avenge the death of his father, a peaceful shopkeeper who was murdered by Manchurian gangsters for not paying protection money. At first he is ...

Actors : Ken Metcalfe, Jeannie Bell, Pat Anderson, Stan Shaw,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

A young karate expert searches for her brother's killer in Hong Kong.

Actors : Patty Shepard, Lee Van Cleef, Lieh Lo, Femi Benussi,
Directors : Antonio Margheriti,

A martial artist joins a hard-hitting gunfighter in the search for treasure while bandits step into their way.

Actors : Yeh Tien, Hsin Tang, Yu Wang, Fei Lung,
Directors : Yu Wang,

After his schoolmate and master is killed and he loses an arm, student Tien Lung has to learn the art of one-arm boxing.

Actors : Kara Hui, Ho Hsiao, Chia-Liang Liu, Lieh Lo,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

A disgraced former Kung Fu expert makes a living as a merchant with the help of a hot headed friend. When the men are harassed by gangsters, the merchant decided to teach his friend monkey boxing so they can defend their business.

Actors : Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Sheng Chiang, Chien Sun, Feng Lu,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Three North Shaolin teachers (Lu Feng, Chang Sheng, and Sun Chien) are called on by the Manchus to teach their soldiers and are urged to challenge the current South Shaolin teachers. They ...

Actors : Ronald L. Marchini, Michael Chong, Joshua Johnson, Mari Honjo,
Directors : Paul Kyriazi,

An evil Oriental Dragon Lady injects three martial arts fighters with a serum that turns them into zombie-like assassins, and she sends them out against her enemies.

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Chia Yung Liu, Lung Chan,
Directors : Chia Yung Liu,

The titular 'Odd Couple' are Sammo (King of Sabres) and Lau Kar Wing (King of Spears). They compete regularly against each other but every encounter results in a draw! Both decide to ...

Actors : Kwok Kuen Chan, Fei Ai, Shen Chan, Ping Chen,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Two clans compete for dominance over the martial arts world in this classic of violent swordplay and political intrigue. A complex tale of deception and double crosses. Killer Clans leaves ...

Actors : Hsiung Chao, Lieh Lo, Ping Wang, Yu Wang,
Directors : Yu Wang,

The golden age of kung-fu film's first superstar Jimmy Wang Yu (even before Bruce Lee) wrote, directed and starred in his classic favorite of a noble young martial arts student who won't ...

Actors : Carter Wong, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Han Jae Ji, Angela Mao,
Directors : Feng Huang,

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 can't stand the unfair...

Actors : Carter Wong, Jack Long, Lieh Lo, Kuan-Wu Lung,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

Two warlord chiefs, a ton-fa wielder who can destroy an opponents weapon and a Tai Chi expert that is impervious to weapons, send a pair of killers to track down and kill an old master ...

Actors : David Chiang, Cecilia Wong, Chia Yung Liu, Lily Li,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

Shaolin Mantis (Orig. Tang lang) is a 1978 Shaw Brothers film directed by Lau Kar-leung. Starring David Chiang and Liu Chia Hui. Shaolin Mantis tells the story of a man who learns martial arts by observing a praying mantis.

Actors : William Smith, Barbara Leigh, Guich Koock, Christopher Joy,
Directors : Andy Sidaris,

A government agent discovers a plot by a cartel of seven gangsters to take over the state of Hawaii. He hires a team of seven hitmen to stop them.

Actors : Hark-On Fung, Kuan Tai Chen, Hsin Fang, Sheng Fu,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Hung escapes Shaolin after the temple is attacked by the Ching, only to be jailed with the help of Fang (also of Shoalin) who mistakes him for a bandit. Fang must now help Hung escape so they can challenge the Ching together.

Actors : Lois Ayres, Allan Baker, John Ballee, Billy Schwartz,
Directors : Lance D. Hayes,

A remote monastery in China has trained a talking gorilla, King Kung Fu, in the ancient art of kung fu. Having mastered his fighting skills, King Kung Fu is sent to America to demonstrate ...

Actors : Yi Chang, Ka-Yan Leung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Fanny Wang,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Chung Yao, a martial arts expert, has long been on the run from his stepbrother, who he caught trying to rape his wife on their wedding night. His brother has never given up the chase ...