Chop Socky
by Sitcom_Sally | created - 05 Dec 2015 | updated - 09 Jan 2016 | PublicDisclaimer: This genre is a newly rediscovered interest from my childhood. For now, I'm just collecting films I've seen recently or from lists that sound interesting. They currently in no particular order. It's a work in progress so please judge it accordingly for now. Please message me if I've listed something incorrectly, as so many of these movies have different names that overlap.
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1. Heroes of the East (1978)
R | 105 min | Action, Comedy
A Chinese man (Liu) marries a Japanese woman through an arranged marriage and manages to insult all of her Japanese martial arts family by issuing a challenge to her that is misinterpreted ... See full summary »
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Yuka Mizuno, Yasuaki Kurata, Naozo Kato
Votes: 2,668
2. Heroes Shed No Tears (1980)
111 min | Action, Drama
Kao is given a mission by his elderly master to take a cursed sword and solve petty squabbles between skilled martial masters.
Director: Yuen Chor | Stars: Sheng Fu, Jason Piao Pai, Tung-Shing Yee, Feng Ku
Votes: 227
3. The Big Boss (1971)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young man sworn to an oath of non-violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear.
Directors: Wei Lo, Chia-Hsiang Wu | Stars: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien, Marilyn Bautista
Votes: 29,490 | Gross: $0.04M
4. Fist of Fury (1972)
R | 107 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A young man seeks vengence for the death of his teacher.
Director: Wei Lo | Stars: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, James Tien, Maria Yi
Votes: 33,909 | Gross: $1.29M
5. Swordsman with an Umbrella (1970)
86 min | Action
A mysterious loner armed with a deadly iron umbrella enters a rustic Mainland Chinese village.
Directors: Kan-Chuan Chen, Hung Shih | Stars: Ming Chiang, Hsueh-Fang Chuang, Yu Pai, Kung-Shun Chang
Votes: 48
For description of films 5-14 see blog post (not my blog) at: http://listverse.com/2010/05/25/top-10-bizarre-kung-fu-films/
6. Deadly Melody (1994)
91 min | Action, Thriller
A young security man must prove himself worthy by defending the one object wanted by all the masters of the Martials Arts world - the Magic Lyre!
Director: Min Kan Ng | Stars: Brigitte Lin, Biao Yuen, Carina Lau, Wai Lam
Votes: 537
7. Xing mu zi gu huo zhao (1979)
89 min | Action, Comedy
In a small town somewhere in 19th-century China, two brothers, each using their own particular style of martial arts, defeat a bully of a fighter who is terrorizing the town. In the ensuing... See full summary »
Director: Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Wei Tung, Cecilia Wong, Phillip Ko
Votes: 247
A.K.A. 'They Call Me Phat Dragon.'
8. Duel to the Death (1983)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
The best sword master from China vs the best sword master from Japan. Who will win?
Director: Siu-Tung Ching | Stars: Norman Chu, Damian Lau, Flora Chong-Leen, Paul Chang Chung
Votes: 2,365
9. Filthy Guy (1972)
88 min | Action, Comedy
Sammo Hung is a poor village orphan called 'Filthy Guy' for his unwashed / diseased head whose ambitious landlord's son becomes king and wants to kill him as a prophecy predicts Sammo Hung ... See full summary »
Director: Kuang Hui | Stars: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Carter Wong, Hua Yueh, Dean Shek
Votes: 90
A.K.A. 'Emperor of the Filthy Guy' or 'Return of the Secret Rivals.'
10. The God of Cookery (1996)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
The most renowned and feared chef in the world loses his title of God of Cookery because of his pompous attitude. Humbled, he sets out to reclaim his title.
Directors: Stephen Chow, Lik-Chi Lee | Stars: Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Vincent Kok, Man-Tat Ng
Votes: 9,847
11. Wu Tang vs. Ninja (1987)
88 min | Action, Fantasy
Abbot Withe of the Wu Tang clan has teamed up with the Ninjas in order to destroy Shaolin this making him the most powerful fighter in the Martial world.
Director: Kuo-Ren Wu | Stars: Alexander Rei Lo, Kuan-Wu Lung, William Yen, Shan Charng
Votes: 323
A.K.A. 'Ninja Hunter.' A Chinese zombie film!
12. Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
R | 101 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
The sixth and final pupil of a dying martial arts teacher is instructed to find the teacher's five former pupils and defeat any evil ones that are among them.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Sheng Chiang, Chien Sun, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Meng Lo
Votes: 7,984
A.K.A. 'Five Venoms vs. Wu Tang.'
13. The New Legend of Shaolin (1994)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
It takes a father and son team to battle the forces of evil throughout China, fighting with honor to defend the weak through fast-motion kung fu.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Jet Li, Chingmy Yau, Deannie Ip, Miao Xie
Votes: 6,081
A.K.A. 'Legend of the Red Dragon.'
14. Fantasy Mission Force (1983)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A force of loners and fighters is put together to try and rescue Generals that are captured by the Japanese and save the war effort with the promise of gold and/or pardons of past crimes.
Director: Yen-Ping Chu | Stars: Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Jimmy Wang Yu, Yueh Sun
Votes: 2,001
A.k.A. 'Fantasy Mission Force.'
15. Crippled Avengers (1978)
R | 104 min | Action, Drama
Three men who have been physically disabled by an evil warlord and his physically-disabled son become friends and learn kung fu so that they can seek revenge with help from an elderly martial-arts teacher and his mentally-disabled pupil.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Kuan Tai Chen, Feng Lu, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Meng Lo
Votes: 3,001
A.K.A. 'Mortal Combat' and 'Return of the Five Deadly Venoms.' Same actors (The Venom Mob from Shaw Brothers Studio) as 'Five Deadly Venoms,' but not a sequel.
16. Game of Death (1978)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
Directors: Robert Clouse, Bruce Lee | Stars: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, Hugh O'Brian
Votes: 22,369 | Gross: $10.00M
A.K.A. 'Song of the Knife.' Bruce Lee's unfinished film.
17. Lightning Fists of Shaolin (1984)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Drama
A Kung Fu master finds out that an opium den is destroying the lives of the town he lives in, and vows to put an end to the den, but first he must try to defeat the strongest enemy he has ever faced: his addiction to the drug itself.
Director: Chia Tang | Stars: Lung Ti, Te-Lo Mai, Leanne Lau, Kuan Tai Chen
Votes: 665
A.K.A. 'Opium and the Kung Fu Master.'
18. Shaolin and Wu Tang (1983)
Unrated | 87 min | Action
Two friends from rival schools are turned against one another by a jealous chief who wants to eliminate those whose fighting styles may rival his own.
Director: Chia-Hui Liu | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Adam Cheng, Li Ching, Idy Chan
Votes: 1,017
A.K.A. 'Shaolin and/vs Wu Tang.'
19. Challenge of the Masters (1976)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama
Teenager Wong Fei-hung is sent to train in the art of hung gar kung fu from his father's teacher, Luk Ah-choy. With training complete, Wong must fight an assassin and regain the honor of his school.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Kuan Tai Chen, Yue Wong, Lily Li
Votes: 833
A coming of age film heavier on plot than fighting, although there I plenty of fighting. Stars Chia-Hui Liu (Gordon Liu) of both Kill Bill movies and 36th Chamber of Shaolin, among many others.
20. Drunken Master (1978)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Comedy
Wong Fei-Hung is a mischievous yet righteous young man, but after a series of incidents his frustrated father has him disciplined by a master of drunken martial arts.
Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Jackie Chan, Siu-Tin Yuen, Jeong-lee Hwang, Dean Shek
Votes: 43,891
Another coming of age film, this one starring Jackie Chan who must master the art of drunken fighting.
21. Shaolin Prince (1982)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy
As the names of Chang Cheh and Liu Chia-liang became legendary, all-too-often the name of their equally valued collaborator, Tang Chia, is omitted. That may be,because, unlike the previous ... See full summary »
Director: Chia Tang | Stars: Lung Ti, Tung-Shing Yee, Jason Piao Pai, Feng Ku
Votes: 435
22. Invincible Shaolin (1978)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama
Critically acclaimed director Chang Cheh has The Five Venoms turn Shaolin fighters as they challenge the authority of the evil Chings in Invincible Shaolin. Per usual, the fights will knock your socks off.
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Feng Lu, Sheng Chiang, Chien Sun, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok
Votes: 1,274
Stars Feng Lu, one of the Venom Mob.
23. Kung Fu (1972–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
The adventures of Shaolin Monk Kwai Chang Caine as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
Stars: David Carradine, Radames Pera, Keye Luke, Philip Ahn
Votes: 7,260
TV series with David Carradine
24. Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong (2003 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary, Action
A look at the martial arts and kung fu cinema of Hong Kong.
Director: Ian Taylor | Stars: Jackie Chan, Pei-Pei Cheng, David Chiang, Yuen Chor
Votes: 198
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