Period Film Movies

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	Movie Name Country Release Year
	The Grand Passion Taiwan 1970 Yang Shih-Ching (Director) Pan Yaokun (Action Director, Actor) Union Films (Production Company) Polly Shang-Kuan Tsao Chien Pai Ying Miao Tian Wan Chung-Shan Shih Jun Chang Ping-Yu Hsueh Han Lung Fei Shan Mao Chiu Yao-Hu (Cinematographer) Wu Da-Jiang (Soundtrack) Lacking that touch of zen (Friday, March 3, 2023)
	The Grandmaster Hong Kong 2013 Wong Kar-Wai (Director, Writer) Yuen Wo-Ping (Action Director, Actor) Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Zhang Ziyi Chang Chen Zhao Ben-Shan John Zhang Lo Hoi-Pang Lau Shun Lo Meng Shigeru Umebayashi (Soundtrack) Incoherent and overblown (Sunday, April 7, 2013)
	The Heroic Ones Hong Kong 1970 Chang Cheh (Director, Writer) Lau Kar-Leung (Action Director) Lau Kar-Wing (Action Director, Actor) Tang Chia (Action Director) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) David Chiang Ti Lung Ku Feng Chin Han Chen Sing Pao Chia-Wen Lo Wai James Nam Liu Kang Sung Yuan Huang Pei-Chi Wang Kuang-Yu Chan Chuen Wang Chung Lily Li Li-Li Bolo Yeung Yuen Cheung-Yan Yen Shi-Kwan Yuen Shun-Yi Hsu Hsia Yuen Wo-Ping Huang Ha Fung Hak-On Chui Fat Tang Tak-Cheung Phillip Ko I Kuang (Writer) Kung Mu-To (Cinematographer) Wang Fu-Ling (Soundtrack) Probably seemed better at the time than it does now (Sunday, January 5, 2003)
	The Hidden Fortress Japan 1958 Akira Kurosawa (Director, Writer) Toshiro Mifune Minoru Chiaki Kamatari Fujiwara Susumu Fujita Takashi Shimura Misa Uehara Eiko Miyoshi Ryûzô Kikushima (Writer) Hideo Oguni (Writer) Shinobu Hashimoto (Writer) Masaru Satô (Soundtrack) Kazuo Yamazaki (Cinematographer) Beautifully filmed (Sunday, November 14, 2021)
	The Hidden Power Of Dragon Sabre Hong Kong 1983 Chor Yuen (Director) Huang Pei-Chi (Action Director) Yuen Bun (Action Director, Actor) Yuen Wah (Action Director, Actor) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) Derek Yee Ti Lung Alex Man Ku Feng Lo Lieh Cherie Chung Lung Tien-Hsiang Leanne Lau Kwan Fung Dang Wai-Ho Chor Yuen "going through the motions" (Wednesday, February 22, 2006)
	The Invincible Eight Hong Kong 1971 Lo Wei (Director, Writer) Han Ying-Chieh (Action Director, Actor) Sammo Hung (Action Director, Actor) Golden Harvest (Production Company) Nora Miao Tang Ching Angela Mao Paul Chang Chung Lee Kwan James Tien Pai Ying Patrick Tse Lydia Shum Lam Ching-Ying David Lo Tai-Wai (Writer) Lam Kwok-Cheung (Cinematographer) Wang Fu-Ling (Soundtrack) Mainly of historical interest (Saturday, October 26, 2024)
	The Invincible Fist Hong Kong 1969 Chang Cheh (Director) Tang Chia (Action Director) Lau Kar-Leung (Action Director) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) Lo Lieh Li Ching David Chiang Fang Mian Ku Feng Wu Ma I Kuang (Writer) Above average (Sunday, May 29, 2005)
	The Invincible Sword Taiwan 1971 Hsu Tseng-Hung (Director, Writer) Golden Harvest (Production Company) Jimmy Wang Yu Hsu Feng Chang Yi Paul Chang Chung Chen Hung-Lieh Miao Tian Lung Fei Liu Ping Shieh Han Shan Mao Lung Ying-Erh Fairly cookie cutter tale of heroic swordsmen (Friday, November 23, 2012)
	The Jade Bow Hong Kong 1966 Fu Qi (Director, Actor) Lau Kar-Leung (Action Director, Actor) Tang Chia (Action Director) Chen Si-Si Wang Pao-Chen Ping Faan Not a bad effort (Saturday, April 5, 2003)
	The Jade Raksha Hong Kong 1968 Ho Meng-Hua (Director, Writer) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) Cheng Pei-Pei Tang Ching Yeung Chi-Hing Fan Mei-Sheng Ku Feng Enjoyable Cheng Pei-Pei vehicle (Monday, February 26, 2007)