Movies from 1979

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	Movie Name Country Release Year
	Mad Monkey Kung Fu Hong Kong 1979 Lau Kar-Leung (Director, Action Director, Actor) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) Hsiao Ho Kara Hui Lo Lieh Wong Ching-Ho Lam Fai-Wong I Kuang (Writer) Arthur Wong (Cinematographer) Great martial arts (Saturday, May 22, 2004)
	The Magnificent Butcher Hong Kong 1979 Yuen Wo-Ping (Director, Action Director) Sammo Hung (Action Director, Actor) Golden Harvest (Production Company) Yuen Biao Fan Mei-Sheng Wai Pak Kwan Tak-Hing Chung Faat Lee Hoi-Sang Fung Hak-On Lam Ching-Ying Wong Jing (Writer) Edward Tang (Writer) Kung fu spectacular (Saturday, October 26, 2013)
	Knockabout Hong Kong 1979 Sammo Hung (Director, Action Director, Actor) Golden Harvest (Production Company) Yuen Biao Lau Kar-Wing Leung Kar-Yan Karl Maka Lee Hoi-Sang Mars Lam Ching-Ying Chung Faat Ricky Lau (Cinematographer) Introducing Yuen Biao (Wednesday, August 11, 2021)
	Raining In The Mountain Taiwan 1979 King Hu (Director, Writer) Wu Ming-Tsai (Action Director, Actor) Hsu Feng Tung Lam Paul Chun Suen Yuet Shih Jun Lee Man-Tai Wang Kuang-Yu Tien Feng Wu Da-Jiang (Soundtrack) Sumptuous exploration of Buddhist philosophy (Monday, November 12, 2012)
	Last Hurrah For Chivalry Hong Kong 1979 John Woo (Director, Writer) Fung Hak-On (Action Director, Actor) Golden Harvest (Production Company) Damian Lau Wai Pak Lau Kong Lee Hoi-Sang Hsu Hsia Chin Yuet-Sang Cheng Lui Huang Ha Frankie Chan (Soundtrack) I never enjoy drinking with a dead man (Monday, November 26, 2012)
	Stalker Russia 1979 Andrei Tarkovsky (Director) Alexander Kaidanovsky Anatoli Solonitsyn Nikolai Grinko Alisa Freindlich Arkady Strugatsky (Writer) Boris Strugatsky (Writer) Visually striking religious allegory (Friday, November 30, 2012)
	The Kung Fu Master Hong Kong 1979 Joe Cheung (Director, Writer) Tung Wai Sammo Hung Cecilia Wong Lee Hoi-Sang Phillip Ko Chung Faat Mang Hoi Peter Chan Lung Huang Ha Lam Ching-Ying Fung Ging-Man Ricky Lau (Cinematographer) Lau Koon-Chiu (Cinematographer) A credible kung fu movie (Saturday, July 11, 2020)
	The Kid with the Golden Arm Hong Kong 1979 Chang Cheh (Director, Writer) Chiang Sheng (Action Director, Actor) Lu Feng (Action Director, Actor) Robert Tai Chi-Hsien (Action Director) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) Sun Chien Kuo Chui Lo Meng Wang Lung-Wei Yang Hsiung Suen Shu-Pei Wai Pak I Kuang (Writer) Cho Wai-Kei (Cinematographer) Eddie H. Wang (Soundtrack) One of the more enjoyable Venoms films (Sunday, February 27, 2022)
	To Kill a Mastermind Hong Kong 1979 Sun Chung (Director) Tang Chia (Action Director) Wang Lung-Wei Teng Wei-Hao Sek Gong Yuen Wah Yuen Bun Ku Feng Dick Wei Walter Tso Tat-Wah Jamie Luk Lam Fai-Wong Wang Han-Chen Tang Tak-Cheung I Kuang (Writer) Lam Nai-Choi (Cinematographer) Eddie H. Wang (Soundtrack) Good fun, but not essential (Friday, July 7, 2023)
	A Massacre Survivor Taiwan 1979 Richard Tung Chin-Hu (Director) Yuen Cheung-Yan (Action Director, Actor) Corey Yuen (Action Director, Actor) Shih Szu Tsung Hua Wang Chung Lung Fei Wang Ching Shih Ting-Ken Wu Te-Shan Yuen Yat-Choh Fan Chin-Yu (Cinematographer) Huang Mao-Shan (Soundtrack) Reviewed by Simon (Thursday, January 4, 2024)