Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Maki Tachibana, Megumi Hori, Keiko Kinugasa,
Directors : Takayuki Minagawa,

Female ninjas nudity and sword-wielding action directed by Takayuki Miyagawa is bawdy and thrilling. The female ninjas are sent undercover (sometimes under bed covers) to investigate the disappearance of a gold chest.

Actors : John Liu, Tai Lun Chang, Hsin Yi Chen, Angela Mao,
Directors : Ching-Chen Yang,

After a gang of Manchu killers murder John Liu's fiancée and terrorize everyone in search of the Ming dynasty list of rebels, Liu and Angela Mao team up to fight the Manchus side by side in this rarely seen old school classic.

Actors : Lingfeng Shangguan, Hua Yueh, Lieh Lo, Shu Lin Chang,
Directors : Min-Hsiung Wu,

When an evil land baron's son murders an innocent family, a Marshall is called in to escort him to be executed in the court of law far to the north. With the aid of an army of soldiers, the...

Actors : Hiroyuki Nagato, Hiroki Matsukata, Atsuo Nakamura, Rumi Matsumoto,
Directors : Akinori Matsuo,

One of the few later yakuza films helmed by director Matso, and esteemed and accomplished veteran of many yakuza eiga at Nikkatsu Studio all through the sixties.

Actors : Urmila Bhatt, Pinchoo Kapoor, Birbal, Jagdeep,
Directors : Kedar Kapoor,

Circa the Mughal rule in Persia, Alibaba lives a poor life-style with his mother; married brother Qasim and his wife. When a princess named Marjinaa is being sold in the slave market, ...

Actors : Paul Chang, Fei Ai, Ping Chen, Shen Chan,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Master of the "swordplay thriller" genre, Chu Yuan and renowned kung-fu choreographer Tang Chia tell the fabulous tale of the "Fastest Swordsman in the World" facing the "1000 Face Devil" and no less than seven murderers.

Actors : Rekha, Raaj Kumar, Jeetendra, Mala Sinha,
Directors : Ram Maheshwari,

Brash, outspoken, and aethiest Shanker lives in a small village with his son, Mohan, and his devout wife, Durga, who is expecting another child soon. Shanker and Durga are incompatible, as ...

Actors : Su-jin Yeo, Don Wong, Mo-Ryang Dam, Seok-hun Nam,

Going undercover as Japanese military police, Korean Kim Dong-hyeok and Chinese Ma Cheon-su are dispatched to occupied Seoul to stop a scientist from developing a lethal bacteria.

Actors : Tao-Liang Tan, Chung-Erh Lung, Hung-Ki Chang, Angela Mao,
Directors : Pai Lin,

After his parents are murdered and his wife kidnapped by some Japanese soldiers, Tan swears to get even and wages a one man war on the Japanese and sets about taking out all their best ...

Actors : Dae-kun Lee, Mu-saeng Kim, Wang Lee,
Directors : Woo-sang Park,

A member of a politically motivated student group is wounded by a communist spy and then takes it upon himself to disrupt the communist plot against an important shipping conference.

Actors : Rey Malonzo, Beth Bautista, Rudy Fernandez, Paquito Diaz,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

Eddie, a hot-blooded cop, after surviving a fatal accident was forced to undergo plastic surgery and eventually faked his own death. He then assumed a new identity and planned to extract revenge to the people who made his life miserable.

Actors : Jorge Rivero, Mónica Randall, Carlos Ballesteros, Sandra Mozarowsky,
Directors : Tulio Demicheli,

A young man witnesses the assassination of his father and suffers an emotional shock. Therefore he prepares himself for a bloody and terrible vengeance.

Actors : Suchorita, Sohel Rana, Wasim, Shabana,
Directors : Dewan Nazrul,

A former police officer calls two outlaws to help him to capture a notorious and ruthless bandit who murdered his family members.

Actors : Steve Jones, Sydney Rubin, Paul Walsh, Geoffrey Land,
Directors : John Clayton,

DJ Miller is a Schlitz-swilling, hard-living early morning country music disc jockey in the Southern U.S. His motorcycle, a one-of-a-kind "chopper," is stolen by someone and used to steal a...

Actors : Dave Graig, Lewell Akins, Gary Conway, Michael Dante,
Directors : David Berlatsky,

Kyle Martin returns as a silver star hero, but realizes running a one man farm is not profitable, and the bank wants to foreclose, despite returning as a hero. Then a gambler Johnny has a ...

Actors : Bruce Le, Jai Tsing-Tong, Lik Cheung, Lita Vasquez,
Directors : Joseph Kong,

The location of a hidden national treasure can only be found by the descendants of the patriot who hid it. They will recognize each other by joining two halves of a medallion. The search is opposed by Miss Oki and her numerous thugs.

Actors : Carole King, David McCoy, Susan Beacher, Kerry Chandler,
Directors : Leody M. Diaz,

An Interpol agent is killed by gangsters after he saves the life of a wealthy industrialist who stood in their way. When the rest of his family is killed in a car crash, the Interpol ...

Actors : Min-Chin Li, Siu Tin Yuen, Hua Chung Ting, Pu-Liao Hsu,
Directors : Chih-Chao Chang,

Jackie Chan, Yuen Siu-tien and Hwang Jang Lee. Two kung fools learn kung fu from an old master of Iron Back Style, but after getting a beating from the town's hardman they seek out the ...

Actors : Shin Nakamaru, Naomi Hoshi, Takako Kitagawa,
Directors : Masaru Konuma,

Roman porno/yakuza eiga.

Actors : Franco Gasparri, John Saxon, Marcella Michelangeli, John Steiner,
Directors : Stelvio Massi,

A murderous drug dealer breaks his partner out of police custody. An undercover cop is assigned to track down the two killers and bring them in.