Best Action movies of 1978

Actors : Hua Yueh, Lieh Lo, Norman Chu, Ping Chen,
Directors : Meng Hua Ho,

While Ho Meng-hua didn't direct the like-titled sequel to his internationally popular Flying Guillotine, he did helm this exceptional follow-up, which stars the gorgeous Chen Ping as the ...

Actors : Wei Tung, Don Wong, Lu-Ling Li, Sing Chen,
Directors : Hao-han Chang,

An assassin terrorizes the countryside, killing many fighters from distinct clans and leaving only one clue - a mask. A secret government agent (Don Wong Tao) posing as an assassin, is on ...

Actors : Kang-jo Lee, Il-do Jang, Eun-ju Lim, Bong Choi,

The existance of a book of secret Buddhist martial art skills comes to the attention of two sets of warring factions. They drug the high-level martial arts student who is studying the book ...

Actors : Yoku Shioya, Isao Sasaki, Katsuji Mori, Kazuko Sugiyama,
Directors : Hisayuki Toriumi,

A 'movie' version of several Gatchaman episodes.

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Mehra, Simple Kapadia, Neetu Singh,
Directors : Basu Chatterjee,

A young man fights spies to defend his country.

Actors : Ho Wan, Chun Jo, Eun-ju Lim, Bong Choi,
Directors : Hyeok-su Lee,

A high-ranking monk orders seven of his followers out into the country in order to create an accurate topographical map of Korea. They have orders to meet in the home of an 8th man when ...

Actors : Ling Chia, Yi Chang, Kuan-Hsiung Wang, Angela Mao,
Directors : Hsin Yi Chang,

Two female and one male (the strong, silent type) constables compete to recapture the Night-Shining Pearl, stolen by the Four Chiefs, who are lead by the treacherous Coldwater Tiger.

Actors : Sing Chen, Ying Bai, Barry Chan, Hua Tsung,
Directors : Bing Lin,

The Emperor's spy, the daughter of the killed governor Shih Han, a mysterious mercenary and a blind swordsman team up to defeat Chief Pirate, leader of the 72 Desperate Rebels, but ...

Actors : Vicente Fernández, Patricia Rivera, Fernando Almada, Roberto Cañedo,
Directors : Alberto Mariscal,

A young boy witnesses the assassination of his father by a criminal who gives him an earring to remember him by. Now grown up, the man is out in the hunt for his father's killer taking anyone down in his way.

Actors : Blackie Shou Liang Ko, John Liu, Cecilia Wong, Chi Ping Chang,
Directors : Hsin Yi Chang,

A criminal monk leaves the Shaolin monastery on a brutal rampage that terrorizes the county. A massive manhunt quickly pursues him. Meanwhile, Chow, an amorous young man, is caught with ...

Actors : Hema Malini, Prem Chopra, Dharmendra, Sulochana Latkar,
Directors : Pramod Chakravorty,

This is the story of a eccentric young man, Ashok (Dharmendra) who believes in doing good without worrying about the consequences. This does not find any favor with his sister-in-law Sarla ...

Actors : Larry Allen Abshier, Yun Chan, Son Dae-won, James Joseph Dresnok,

The film follows Yu Rim, a Korean expatriate in the United Kingdom working as a journalist, who is ordered by the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea to proceed to Seoul and gather intelligence on the United States Forces Korea.

Actors : Lingfeng Shangguan, Barry Chan, Lieh Lo, Shu Lin Chang,
Directors : Hung Min Chen,

Silver Mask and Gold Mask and their gang of animal themed henchmen are after a magic sword entrusted to a little boy. It's Taiwanese madness with the star of King Hu's Dragon Inn.

Actors : Kang-jo Lee, Bok-geon Jang, Lieh Lo, Mi-suk Oh,

A man trains an elite group or martial arts experts to participate in a mission to rescue the Ming Dynasty from collapse.

Actors : Linda Stayer, Cheryl Walde, Chiaki Otomo,
Directors : Yasuhiko Kawano,

A Japanese stunt-drivers team make its way to California for a car stunt tournament. Tomoho, a Japanese driver, falls for a beautiful American woman.

Actors : Aruna Irani, Shabana Azmi, Vinod Khanna, Pran,
Directors : Ramesh Ahuja,

After the murder of his wife, and his son's kidnapping, Dr. Vidya Bhushan decides to devote the rest of his life as a Poojary, living on the premises of a princely-donated temple, hoping ...

Actors : Prem Nath, Rekha, Shashi Kapoor, Bindu,
Directors : B.R. Ishara,

Concerned over the rising death of low-caste people in a remote town in India, the Central Bureau of Investigation assigns this task to Inspector Ravi Kapoor and instructs him to go ...

Actors : Adoor Bhasi, Jayan, Sudheer Karamana, Jayabharati,
Directors : Sasikumar,

Rescued and adopted by a charioteer, Karna rises to excel as a warrior/archer.

Actors : Tao-Liang Tan, Hsiao Wen Tang, Chi Ping Chang, Kuan-Chun Chi,
Directors : Wu Ma,

Shaolin hero Hu Hui-Chien has become the people's champion and the sworn enemy of the Ching government. So enraged are they that they employ the best fighters from the Wu Tang. A master leg...

Actors : William Smith, Brian Patrick Clarke, Henry Beckman, Micheline Lanctôt,
Directors : Paul Lynch,

A young athelete becomes the unlikely star of an itinerant wrestling troupe, and a rival promoter will go to any length to steal him away.