My Favourite Martial Arts Films

When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement.

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.

Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman.

A young ninja becomes embroiled in a plot to kill a tyrannical warlord. He journeys across feudal Japan, facing deceit, betrayal, and enemy ninja at every turn. Goemon must complete his mission, regain his honor, and survive.

Bandits kidnap a governor's son and demand their imprisoned leader to be set free in exchange. The governor's daughter, a skilled martial artist, is sent to rescue him, but eventually finds herself overmatched and in need of assistance.

A charismatic ronin gets snared into a conflict between officials at a waystation, and gains the enmity of a group of thugs.

Kiba is caught in the intrigue between a crooked goldmine owner, a cynical, betrayed swordsman, a manipulative lady and an arrogant dojo master.

A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang of rival swordsmen.

When the children of an executed General are pursued in 1457 China, some heroic martial arts swordsmen intervene.

The bandits of Hulu Valley murder the chief of Mei Clan while searching for a treasure map.

A swordsman pursues a decades-long vendetta against his parents' killer. Encountering the formidable Black Dragon, his only equal in swordsmanship, and befriending Swallow, he must navigate a treacherous path to exact his revenge.

A master swordsman leaves behind a female colleague's signature, a Golden Swallow, when killing villains, in order to lure her to his side, as he's madly in love with her, but his ego won't allow him to express it properly.

Li Zhishan is a rich man, but wealth cannot keep the loyalties of his wife, who has been visiting the bed of a rival. She helps plot against him, and the Vicious Long Brothers invade his home and steal the Golden Dragon Blade - a sword that makes its wielder unbeatable. Zhishan, crippled in the attack, and his young daughter are whisked away by a devoted servant, and the trio soon find shelter in the home of an herbalist. Years pass, the daughter grows up to be a lovely young woman and a powerful fighter, and the Long Brothers use the Golden Dragon Blade to gain power in the region. Zhishan's family of sorts has managed to stay well hidden, but a trip into the city - the daughter's first - sets off an old power struggle as Zhishan's wife discovers her daughter is quite alive.

The One-Armed Swordsman is forced out of retirement by a criminal organization consisting of eight swordsmen, who has forced every clan to send their best to compete against them for swordsman supremacy.

Zatoichi tries to unrest the mob rule over a small village all while the gang leader's bodyguard is actually the Yojimbo, secretly taking the gang down from the inside. Will the two heroes realize in time that they are on the same side?

The head of a yakuza gang is being trailed by a mysterious, vengeful blind woman.

A martial artist seeks revenge after his master and his entire Kwoon are wiped out by Japanese Karate masters who're in cahoots with a vile martial artist seeking to control the area by opening casinos and trapping people in debt.

Lan Tin-lung, master of the Liangyi Castle, calls upon all upright swordsmen to help wipe out the notorious Lunar Sect.

The 8 children of 8 different slain Generals who want to avenge the death of their father by killing General Hsiao.

A devious martial arts master targets young, talented swordsmen, and makes a wager that whoever loses should cut off their arm, then surprises them with a secret technique they cannot counter. One of his previous victims have had enough.

A young woman whose weapon speciality is the whip tries to protect her martial arts master uncle, who's been in hiding for fifteen years after getting accused of killing the man he was supposed to protect and stealing all his money.

A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks.

Martial arts star Cheng Pei pei and versatile director Ho Meng hua were a great team, who elevated this tale of a virtuous swordswoman's revenge on the Black Demon who injured her to one of the best of both their careers.