Best Action movies of 1970s

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 : Scott Glenn, Dean Stockwell, Freddy Fender, Ronee Blakley,
Directors : Albert Band,

Family movies to a border town near Rio Grande and opens up a store. Unfortunately, Pancho Villa and his man storm the town and rob the place. The wife is left to fend for herself, so she gets in touch with the man who works for Villa.

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Mayumi Nagisa, Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kôsaku Yamashita,

One of the only pre-1980s yakuza films to be dubbed-into-English.

Actors : Ping Meng, Ching-Ping Wang, Bruce Li, Fei Lung,
Directors : Bing Lin,

Bruce finds his girlfriend is being held in the PAGODA OF DEATH, to get her back he must partake in the GAME OF DEATH, fighting a master of a martial art on each of the 7 levels (and a man with a whip).

Actors : Phillip Ko, Pan Pan Yeung, Ying-Chieh Han, Cliff Lok,
Directors : Kuen Yeung,

Defeated in a match at Shaolin, Wu Kung wanders China till he finds his own temple and style of fighting: Tang Sao Do Karate. Years later, student and ninth successor, Hsi Man Kwong ...

Actors : Shan Chang, Jackie Chen, Kai Chia, Kun Li,
Directors : Chung Ting,

Efforts of a grandfather teaching his grandson a style of fighting called "Cooking kung-fu"

Actors : Sun-gu Lee, Robert H. Andrews, Ki-Ju Kim, Ing-Sik Whang,
Directors : Feng Huang,

Freedom fighter Lee Jin-dong takes refuge in a Catholic church run by Fr Louis. The priest is captured by the Japanese police and tortured for aiding the insurgents. Jin-dong gathers a handful of his trusted men to rescue him

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 : Ah-Lei, John Liu, Chung-Erh Lung, Hung-Ki Chang,
Directors : Chih-Chao Chang,

20 years after the death of his parents, a martial artist sets out to avenge their deaths by pretending he doesn't know kung fu. But when it is revealed that he does know kung fu, the ...

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

A 'movie' version of several Gatchaman episodes.

Actors : Tao Chiang, Lito Lapid, Azenith Briones, Bruce Li,
Directors : Fei Lung Huang,

After Long's father dies under mysterious circumstances, he sets out to avenge his murder. Long is a martial arts expert, and he is soon forced to put his extraordinary skills to the test. ...

Actors : Sing Chen, Barry Chan, Ying Bai, 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 : Dana, Tony Liu, Nancy Yen, Evelyne Kraft,

Three female detectives--from Hong Kong, Korea, and Singapore--go undercover in a cabaret to expose a murderer.

Actors : Rik Battaglia, Dagmar Lassander, Max Delys, Antonio Sabato,
Directors : Giuseppe Vari,

A man gets caught up in a criminal organization and finds that once in, you can't get out.

Actors : Min Kyu Choi, Dragon Lee, Ron Van Clief, Amy Chum,
Directors : Shi-hyeon Kim,

Shortly after his death, friends and enemies of Bruce Lee search for his unpublished final book.

Actors : Ki-su Kim, Ji-hye Kim, Yeong-Mun Kwon, Bobby Kim,
Directors : Woo-sang Park,

A man returning home after many years seeks vengence after finding his home destroyed, his parents dead, and his best friend crippled at the hands of his enemy.

Actors : Ok-ji Kim, Yeong-guk Yu, Jun-sang Yu,
Directors : Yeong-cheol Choi,

Agent Kim Jeong-gyun is dispatched by the Korean Provisional Government to thwart the plans of the Japanese occupying forces which want to take Sanseo Fortress.

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 : Cecilia Wong, Chia Yung Liu, Chia-Hui Liu, Yue Wong,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

Acclaimed director Liu Chia-liang directs his brothers Gordon Liu Chia-hui and Liu Chia-yung in a wild and crazy ghostly film in this heralded sequel to The Spiritual Boxer.