Guest monk sante Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 I really don't know much about the early 70's kung fu flicks other than Chen Sing films, which I like, but was wondering if you can post what you think are the top 10 basher films of this era. Thanks. :smokin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iron flag Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 2 that I recommend are: Bloody Fists and Gambling for Head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chen Zhen Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 im leaving off bruce lee's films btw, cuz its debatable as to whether those are truly "bashers" or not. 1. Fist of the Double K (henry yu is awesome and Yuen Woo Ping's choreography is some of the best ive seen of this era) 2. Five Fingers of Death (love this film. fights are awesome, and it has a certain charm to it) 3. Prodigal Boxer (meng fei rocks in this movie. big fan of kurata's kicking as well. good plot and fights..one of my favs) 4. When Tae Kwan Do Strikes (angela is in top form. sammo makes a great villain, and the fights were defientely ahead of its time) 5. Kung Fu Headcrusher (yeah another chen sing basher, but this one has awesome fights) 6. One Armed Boxer (such a fun movie with entertaining characters and above avg fights. what is it with jimmy wang yu and tournaments??) 7. Hapkido (another classic angela mao/sammo hung/GH basher. fantastic fights with a typical anti-japanese story) 8. The Duel (not sure if i'd call it a basher cuz its mostly knife fighting...but its impressive knife fighting. david chiang and ti lung are the truth) 9. Boxer from Shantung (awesome movie. fights are great, and features some incredible story telling. chen kuan tai is the man) 10. Bloody Fists (simply for the fact that Chen Sing looks so badass with that comb..lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morgoth Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 I would have to go with One Armed Boxer easily, but I have never seen Boxer Form Shantung. Also, there is no tourtnament in One Armed Boxer, you are probably thinking of return of the One Armed Boxer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kungfufreak Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 In my Top 10 is RAGE OF WIND with Chen Sing and Yasuaki Kurata. Only Version from this is Fullscreen.I hope of a Widescreen Version in the Future from this Classic!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest limubai2000 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Screaming Tiger - Wang Yu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I'd argue OAB has a tournament fight in the way the big school fight is arranged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chen Zhen Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 cosign with killer meteor there are very few wang yu movies ive seen that DONT have some form of tournament/organized fighting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morgoth Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I agree, but Master of the Flying Guillotine had a planned tournament. Just making sure you weren't mixing up names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chinatown Kid Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I'm with ya kungfufreak on Rage of Wind aka The Ninja Warlord, it's one of my favorite bashers as well. My favorite basher would have to be Call Me Dragon, Liang and Kurata are awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chan Wah Shun Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I'm throwing in another vote for Call Me Dragon. That last fight is crazy! Honourable mention to Bruce D-Day at Macao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted March 27, 2008 Member Share Posted March 27, 2008 How about Kung Fu: The Invisible Fist? Chen Sing and Kurata go at it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Mark Pollard Posted March 27, 2008 Member Share Posted March 27, 2008 I would have to go with One Armed Boxer easily, but I have never seen Boxer Form Shantung. Also, there is no tourtnament in One Armed Boxer, you are probably thinking of return of the One Armed Boxer. It's been a year Morgoth. I hope you've had time to watch BOXER FROM SHANTUNG by now! That's required viewing. I haven't heard the term "basher" before to describe these particular martial arts films. I typically call them "boxer" or "Chinese boxer" films since it was THE CHINESE BOXER that started the whole karate/kung fu trend. I'd say anything with Yasuaki Kurata, Chen Sing, Angela Mao, or even Polly Kuan in it was worth watching. I enjoyed BACK ALLEY PRINCESS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member shukocarl Posted March 27, 2008 Member Share Posted March 27, 2008 Other great Henry Yu Young bashers are Wits to Wits (aka From China With Death or Con Man & the Kung fu Kid) and Village on Fire (aka Fury of the Black Belt)....also what about these: The Killer (aka Sacred Knives of Vengeance), He Walks Like a Tiger (aka king of Kung fu), Kung Fu's Hero...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoNiceTime Posted March 27, 2008 Member Share Posted March 27, 2008 Bloody Fists, Kung Fu Invincible Fist, BFS are all great bashers. Might as well throw Man Of Iron in their because its essentially the same film as BFS. Anyone ever see Young Tiger with Mang Fei? Thats a pretty good one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Kwok Choi Posted March 27, 2008 Member Share Posted March 27, 2008 The "basher" "Chop Socky" period in the evolution of kung fu movies is the most memorable for me as I grew up watching most of them in theatres in the early 70s.Your thread of just 10 can never do justice to this era because there were 100s and almost all were action packed.I'll list 10 for now based on how well they did in my territory then I'll list between 50 - 100 later for those who are more interested in these type of films. The Insanity Being Iron Man aka Chinese Iron Man Little Superman Fist To Fist aka Fist Of The Double K Death Blow Roar In The Woods Tiger Jump Rotary Kicks Four Real Friends Bloody Ring More to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Alex Posted March 27, 2008 Member Share Posted March 27, 2008 a good one that hasn't been mentioned in here yet - The Delinquent aka Street Gangs of HK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ironfistedmonk Posted March 27, 2008 Member Share Posted March 27, 2008 One not mentioned yet is Black Panther, the German release is brilliant, it's a real top of the line basher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Kwok Choi Posted March 27, 2008 Member Share Posted March 27, 2008 To those out there who have access to good prints of the following films on whatever format;please try to release them somehow.This was an enjoyable period in the history of Kung Fu Cinema. Tiger Tiger Tiger Life And Death Chivalry Knights Ma Su Chen Brutal Boxer Tough Guy Number X The Dumb Ox Golden Tiger Martial Hero Of The Southern Frontier Righteous Fist The Escape The Escaper Kung Fu Girl The Best And The Worst The Patriots Avengers Invisible Hero The Rangers Seven To One Action Tae Kwando Trail Of The Dragon Fingers That Kill Hong Kong Connection 7 Indignant Duel Of The Dragon Brave Girl Boxer From Shanghai Queen Boxer King Of Boxers Superior Youngster A Tooth For A Tooth Kung Fu's Hero Kung Fu King The Big Risk The Big Showdown Stranger From Canton Stranger From Kwangtung Black Panther The Good And The Bad Dauntless Bumpkin The Imprudent Iron Phoenix Dragon Tiger And The Phoenix Knight Errant Gallant The Man Beyond The Horizon Return Of The Valuables The Fighting Dragon The Desperate Crisis Fighting Is Living Dog King Snake King The Iron Profligate Inheritor Of Kung Fu Black List End Of The Wicked Tigers Manda Vs Kung Fu File Of Heroes Evidence Dare You Touch Me The Invasion Kung Fu 10th Dan The Son Of The Yellow Dragon 5 Preety Young Ladies 12 Bald Headed Beauties Crush Boxer Duel Of Karate Bloody Hero Land Of The Brave The Snake Girl Drops In Kung Fu Kid The Bravest Fist The Bravest One Duel Of The Dragon Fury In Storm HongKong Superman Roaring Dragon The Big Fight The Heroine A Girl Called Tigress Revenge Is Sweet The Tormentor Justice The Strongest Ferocious To Ferocious Gathering Of Heroes Gold Snatchers One By One Brother Two Brave Lion Way Of The Black Dragon The Black Dragon's Revenge Silent Guest From Peking One-Armed Boxer Dragon And Tiger Join Hands Infernal Street Golden Triangle Chinese Kung Fu Against The Godfather The Godfather From HongKong Dragon And Tiger The Gambling Syndicate Triangular Duel Chinese Headache For Judoka .........................and there are many more good ones I can visualise but can't remember the titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yakuza954 Posted March 27, 2008 Member Share Posted March 27, 2008 1. Call me Dragon 2. Little Superman 3. The Big Showdown 4. The Duel 5. The Himalayan 6. Brutal Boxer 7. Boxer from Shantung 8. Two Cavaliers 9. Superior Youngster 10. Black Panther Honorable mentions: Fists of the Double K, Conspiracy of Thieves, Master of the Flying Guillotine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Manozen Posted March 27, 2008 Member Share Posted March 27, 2008 Hi, Untold classics already listed up there from Kwok Choi, ..... Death Blow a.k.a Thunder Fist is a tremendous example of the era, and a favourite of mine . Alex Lung, Yukio Someno, and Steve Yu fuse an excellent array of power-packed fight action, replete with a great soundtrack. <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXOsxCq6sHU&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXOsxCq6sHU&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> Manozen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted April 5, 2008 Member Share Posted April 5, 2008 Anyone ever see the basher Dragons Never Die? I've seen a trailer for this film several times, however, never the film. I has a lot of the actors from GH studios along with what appears to be Han Yin Chieh as the baddie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ironfistedmonk Posted April 5, 2008 Member Share Posted April 5, 2008 Dragons Never Die is an aka for Kung Fu 10th Dan which is a good basher IMO. Han Ying Chieh is the mian villain, Alex Lung is the lead and shows some good stuff, he looks a tough cookie beating seven shades out of nuff "bastards" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tantheman Posted April 6, 2008 Member Share Posted April 6, 2008 This thread inspired to seek out a copy of Bloody Fists and I found one for £1.73! What a find. Does anyone know where I can get copies of Rage of Wind and Call Me Dragon for a reasonable price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted September 10, 2012 Member Share Posted September 10, 2012 I finally tracked down DRAGONS NEVER DIE, Worthy of a mention in this thread. Here are a few more I'd like to add to the list: Rikshaw Kuri Chinese Iron Man The Chinese Godfather The Chinese Mack King Boxer (Meng Fei) Thunderkick The Tongfather Blood On The Sun Stranger From Canton Furious Slaughter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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