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pk- wrote: I prefer heroic bloodshed films to kung fu though...The Killer, A Better Tomorrow 1 & 2, Hard Boiled etc

On that kind of tip, any Takeshi Kitano films are worth checking. Sonatine, Violent cop, Hana bi.

pk- wrote:Iron Monkey & Once Upon A Time in China Pt 2

I prefer heroic bloodshed films to kung fu though...The Killer, A Better Tomorrow 1 & 2, Hard Boiled etc

they're BIG

Hard Boiled is fucking amazing, not seen any of the other titles you mentioned. Will defintley check them out....

The Killer is the finest piece of cinema I've ever witnessed, get that first.

It's bloody melodrama at its finest

The Streetfighter trilogy with Sonny Chiba.

First one is hard as feck, second one is a shade lighter, third one had a Mexican shooting lasers from his belt wearing a sombrero which was gnarly.

The final shootout from A Better Tomorrow 2 - that was the tits.

Original Zatoichi series better than the Beat Takeshi remake (although the remake was pretty good).

Best old school kung fu film ever:



Crippled Avengers.

Also feeling the Iron Monkey and the Once Upon a Time in China series recommendations, but for pure action I think from the 1992-1995 kung fu boom the one with the best action is:



Scorpion King....no, not that shit one with The Rock

dunno if it's a martial arts movie but it has japanese culture

Any of those old ones with the dubbed voices that the wu tang clan (and everyone else) sampled, are the best. The dudes have got well funny voices, and half the time the dialogue makes no sense and is well broken up. The fighting is shit hot though

£10 Bag wrote:Any of those old ones with the dubbed voices that the wu tang clan (and everyone else) sampled, are the best. The dudes have got well funny voices, and half the time the dialogue makes no sense and is well broken up. The fighting is shit hot though

heh, agreed...I can't watch kung fu subtitled. I need the cheesy dub versions.

ironically, I'm just the opposite w/ anime.


I know I've mentioned these before, but Duel to the Death, and Shaolin vs. Lama are probably two of my favorites. Shaolin vs Wu-Tang is good for the samples, but it's kind of a weak movie overall.

I have a good film I like called 'One Man's Vengeance'

Master of the Flying Guillotine

WIN!

and oh yeah!.....

The Octagon

Love everything mentioned. What about Ninja Scroll?? Anime but freakin sweet.

animes count , LIST MOrE MORE MORE, lets make this the library listing of Martial movies:) Ninja Scroll is classic, so is Wrath of the Ninja

My favourite is "Dance of the Drunken Mantis" aka "Drunken Master part two"

Sadly the outstandingly restored version I forked out £16.99 for got "lost" when I lent it to Mala (DMZ) anyone who knows it's whereabouts please contact me!!!!!!!

For now I'll have to deal with the blurry original VHS transfer, oh well...

Anyone looking for rare Kung-fu / Samurai / Martial arts flicks, I have hundreds, copies on VHS (pal) available, please P.M. me

if i may interrupt for a moment...

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...carry on

got my hands on 6 eps of lone wolf and cub on the weekend cant wait to check it out

gotta say i agree that the lone wolf n cub movies are awesome

not seen any of the manga series versions though

:L

Manga Series???? I have not seen those. Sounds cool.

I have the original manga (comic books) where they took the stories from, and the newer translated reprints. Also I have about 60 hours worth of the japanese television series, which is good too.

mmm nice topic...

my favs (no order)

kurosawa's Throne of blood

Zatoichi 2 and 3 of the orginal series
(Fushimi is right the new one has nothing to do with the originals! shintaro katsu was a fuckin genious)

mizoguchi's adaptation of 47 ronin

hiroshi inagaki's Samurai Trilogy

Shaw Bros' The 36 chambers of shaolin

hideo gosha's 3 outlaw samurai

and a lot more... like lone wolf and cub (babycart) if can read the manga, just do it, is a must read!!!! (big kazuo koike and goseki kojima!)

in more jidai-geki style not strcily samurai stuf

mizuguchi's Ugetsu monogatari and Chikamatsu monogatari

i love mizoguchi

really like this topic hehhehehe

any one liked Takeshi Miike's IZO? i liked, but prefer the original hehehehe

Snake in the Eagles shadow is pretty amazing.
and Kung Fu with David Carradine (tv show but stiiillll....)