In the long river of martial arts movies in the past century, martial arts movies are as brilliant as a galaxy, and there are countless Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts films alone, and if you want to talk about martial arts movies suitable for headline friends, the number is also very large. The following is a recommendation of the ten most era-inspired martial arts movies.
1. "The Drunken Man": The Big Drunk man is a Classic Shaw film, released in 1967, starring Zheng Peipei and Yue Hua. "The Drunken Man" is a generation of martial arts master director Hu Jinquan's work, "The Great Drunkard" perfectly integrates the elements of Peking Opera into the martial arts scene, the fight is wonderful and the plot is bizarre, people can't get tired of watching, it is a rare Shaw masterpiece.
2. "Rulai Shenpao": Needless to say, the classic status of Rulai Shenpao is the pinnacle of Hong Kong Cantonese martial arts films, and subsequently influenced a large number of martial arts films, such as "Modern Rulai Shenpao" and "East becomes West". "Rulai Divine Palm" was released in 1964, starring Cao Dahua and Yu Suqiu, the film was divided into five parts, which ended in 1967, each of the five "Rulai Divine Palms" is very exciting, which has a variety of classic elements of the new school of martial arts, but the film source is too difficult to find, slightly regrettable.
3. "One-Armed Knife": Directed by martial arts grandmaster Zhang Che, filmed in 1967, it is Hong Kong's first million-breaking martial arts film, in which the bloody scenes are thrilling, which can be called a classic in Shaw's martial arts classics. "One-Armed Knife" caused a sensation as soon as it was released, and Wang Yu also quickly became popular because of "One-Armed Knife" and became the most popular movie star of the year.
4. "Burning the Red Lotus Temple": Based on the Republic of China martial arts novel "The Legend of the Strange Heroes of the Jianghu", this film is the hottest martial arts movie in the 1930s, causing a sensation in Shanghai, which can be called the hottest martial arts movie in the Republic of China. From its release in 1929 to the end of 1933, a total of 19 films were produced, from the young hero to the immortal fighting method, which was reflected in this film, and then Shaw also remade. Unfortunately, the source of the old film has been lost, which is very regrettable.
5. "Huang Feihong" series: To say that Huang Feihong has many people first think of Jet Li's version, in fact, as early as Jet Li before The most classic Huang Feihong actor in Hong Kong is none other than Kwan Tak Hung, from the first Cantonese film "Wong Fei Hung" in 1949, Kwan Tak Hung became the spokesperson of Wong Fei Hung, and then filmed more than 70 Wong Fei Hung series, which can be called a Guinness Record, remembered by future generations.
6. "Meteor Butterfly Sword": Shao's ancient dragon adaptation can be described as a large number, of which Chu Yuan's ancient dragon movie is the best to watch, and many ancient dragon movies are especially "Meteor Butterfly Sword" with the most charm. The film concentrates a large number of Shaw stars and witnesses the peak of Shaw martial arts films. The plot of the movie is bizarre, and the mysterious temperament of Gu Long's novel is played to the extreme, and the plot reversal is dizzying, which can be called a martial arts movie masterpiece.
7. "Soul Hunting Bell": "Soul Hunting Bell" is a classic of revenge martial arts filmed by Shao's Yue Feng director in the early 70s. Director Yue Feng integrated the style of Western films and Japanese samurai films into martial arts films, which were very good-looking and tense, and the Soul Reaper Bell played a feature to the extreme, especially the two scenes of the Bamboo Forest Battle and the Rainy Day Ancient Temple Battle, which can be called a model of martial arts duels.
8. "Hong XiGuan": Director Liu Jialiang's pinnacle work in Shaw's, "Hong Xiguan" was released in 1975, especially in terms of action design, each move is particularly elaborate, especially Hong Xiguan's tiger-shaped fist and the iron cloth shirt of the white-brow Daoist. Among them, the Baimei Daoist played by Luo Lie has become a classic in martial arts movies. In 2004, he was used by Quentin in "Kill Bill 2", starring Liu Jiahui.
9. "Chivalrous Girl": 3 hours of martial arts production, the peak of martial arts film grandmaster Hu Jinquan's creation. Based on Pu Songling's "Liaozhai Zhiyi", the film was released in 1971 and won the Best Technical Award at the Cannes Film Festival that year. The film is very outstanding in both the technique and the plot, and finally shows the supreme truth of the Buddhist Pudu sentient beings. Among them, the bamboo forest battle between the chivalrous guest and the factory guard became the most classic scene in martial arts films, and was subsequently imitated by Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
10. "Horse into the Forest": Taiwanese martial arts films are also an important branch of martial arts films, of which Wang Tong's "Horse into the Forest" is a representative of the realistic martial arts of that year, through a martial arts story to lead to reflections on modern society and justice. The film was shot in 1984, of which the cinematography is particularly commendable, and the tragic ending allowed me to see the different ways of martial arts films, opening up a new direction for martial arts films.
Of course, the choice of these ten parts is only the subjective will of individuals. It does not contain the full style and history of martial arts movies, and if there is bias, please be more tolerant. If the list of films is not sufficient, we welcome you to add more.