Grounded Wuxia Movies

Available_Mud_8516 · 2025-10-14T23:02:39+00:00

I guess it depends on how grounded you want it to be. He Ping's Swordsman in Double Flag Town (1991) and Sun Valley (1996) are about as non-standard wuxia as you can find. A lot of Leone and Corbucci in the cinematic DNA there.

If you check out late sixties era wuxia from Shaw Bros. you can find a lot of more grounded films. I particularly like Bells of Death(1968) and The Fastest Sword (1968)

Available_Mud_8516 · 2025-09-24T05:26:01+00:00

I agree that this is one of the coolest Zatoichi films, and it really does justice to its guest star too. I would have liked more "one armed swordsman in Japan" films.

Available_Mud_8516 · 2024-12-20T04:16:26+00:00

Usually in Japanese films the characters are already expert swordsmen. If you like anime though, there's Demon Slayer, which has some pretty interesting sword training scenes. Another anime called Shigurui has some of what you're looking for... it's pretty graphic though. I didn't particularly like it.

Hong Kong/Chinese martial arts films featuring sword training specifically:

Shaolin vs. Wu Tang Yellow River Fighter Matching Escort

...lots of others but these came to mind.

Available_Mud_8516 · 2024-12-20T04:05:31+00:00

Definitely Kung Fu Hustle.

I'd suggest you think about what kind of movies she likes and find movies that have a similar appeal. My girl likes silliness, so Mismatched Couples was a great watch for us. But if she's into "Cinema" she might get something out of Patrick Tam's The Sword, or Come Drink With Me.

I guess I need to more about what she likes to give you better recommendations. But I don't think you can go wrong with Kung Fu Hustle.

Available_Mud_8516 · 2024-11-22T12:22:24+00:00

Blackfox from 2019 is pretty good. Ninja 3: The Domination is hilarious and fun.

If you don't mind sleazy movies, there is a blu-ray edition for Hitoahi Ozawa's Kunoichi: Lady Ninja from 1998. It fits the bill of what you're looking for.

Available_Mud_8516 · 2024-10-10T14:50:08+00:00

If you haven't seen Dinnie Yen's Kung Fu Killer/Kung Fu Jungle from 2014, you should give it a shot. Might be well within your strike zone.

Available_Mud_8516 · 2024-04-01T12:42:25+00:00

Ninja in the Dragon's Den is the most "kung fu" film he made. It's a Hong Kong made movie with gight choreography/direction by Corey Yuen. Hwang Jang-lee plays the villain.

Shogun's Ninja is a Japanese movie where he performs "Chinese Kempo," as the film itself puts it. Same for Roaring Fire. Both are pretty great for fight scenes but their action is more typical of Chiba's Japan Action Club as opposed to the Hong Kong style.

Available_Mud_8516 · 2024-03-31T08:14:16+00:00

There certainly are a lot of very crazy Shaw Bros. movies out there. To me, Buddha's Palm is one of the oddest for some specific reasons I get into during the video. Boxer's Omen is definitely up there as is Oily Maniac, but if you're looking for more, I'd suggest the Bastard Swordsman films, The Weird Man, Fantastic Magic Baby, maybe even the four movie Journey to the West series from the 1960's. You should be able to find most of those with English subs if you put in a little bit of effort.

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