Where To Start With 70s Kung Fu?
 

Hi folks,

I have picked up a good range of low budget Hong Kong kung-fu movies from the 70s on second hand DVD and I'm planning to do a review series of these, but first I'd like to see some of the real thing to compare. Can anyone recommend a few 'must see' titles for the genre and possibly a book or two to research first.

Thanks.

The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin is a must have

Anyone who has ever listened to a Bey Logan commentary on a HKL or Cine Asia film knows that he knows what he is on about. This is a good book by him - Hong Kong Action Cinema: Amazon.co.uk: Bey Logan: 9780879516635: Books

There is also Hong Kong Babylon - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hong-Kong-Ba...g+kong+babylon - which is an exploration into the Hong Kong film market, chronicling its history and worldwide influence, profiling its most important films and figures while providing photographs, filmographies, and a video guide.

You've got to see Master of the Flying Guillotine, if you haven't already. Hapkido is another.

My favorite HK Martial Arts Movie: Warriors 2.

Warriors Two - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ikhMYur1cg

The DVD by 20th Century Fox offers excellent quality.

There's so much stuff out there:xmasbanana:
Just start watching what you got and go from there
By the way what DVD did you pick up?

Just a heads up that UK Netflix are showing more and more 70s martial arts films at the moment.

It's a cinema I enjoy but have no knowledge of, so any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Have a look at this docu (free with ads):

Watch Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie Online Free - Viewster

Thanks Bruno, it has been working its way up my to watch list since you reviewed it the other day.

I'll add Five Deadly Venoms into the mix. I can't believe I forgot about that one. :headache::drool:

Five Deadly Venoms has just started on Film 4 as part of the Shaw Brothers season.

Next Friday (8th April) Film4 are showing one of my favorite Shaw Brothers movies 'The Eight Diagram Pole Fighters'

Start with A TOUCH OF ZEN (1971). A little more sophisticated than your average kung fu but still impressive.

Going to echo a lot of sentiments here by recommending classics like Enter the Dragon, Street Fighter, Five Deadly Venoms, Five Fingers of Death, and many more. My personal taste tend to sway more towards the funky, grimier end of the kung fu spectrum, but there's so much stuff out there to start your way down the path! Many great recs here in this thread to check out!

Amazon Prime has gone Kung Fu crazy at the moment with loads of lesser known films being added daily.

master cripple
 

Best to watch these two ,afterwards life will seem less ordinary.

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Crippled Masters is great! Was gonna mention that one, as well. :nod: