Period Film Reviews

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
Ambitious Kung Fu Girl (1981)	A minor revelation	2006-01-24	Simon
Asoka (2001)	Impressive and powerful	2002-05-24	Simon
Bells Of Death (1968)	Simple but effective story of revenge	2021-06-06	Simon
Blade Of Fury (1993)	Epic tale of politics, brotherhood and kung fu	2012-11-06	Simon
Clan Of The White Lotus (1980)	Classic	2005-02-07	Simon
Clans Of Intrigue (1977)	Wonderfully convoluted wu xia murder mystery	2003-02-16	Simon
Dang Bireley's Young Gangsters (1997)	Very well made gangster tale	2002-06-07	Simon
Dragon Swamp (1969)	Real dragons!	2004-10-22	Simon
Fearless Hyena (1979)	One of Jackie's best martial arts performances	2001-09-26	Simon
Finger Of Doom (1972)	Ahead of its time	2022-02-06	Simon
Fong Sai Yuk (1993)	A must see HK movie	2003-01-31	Simon
Gemini (1999)	A surreal and sumptuous period horror from Shinya Tsukamoto	2021-07-07	Simon
Genghis Khan (2000)	Great production values, lavish epic	2002-07-07	Simon
Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)	Chang Cheh in wuxia mode	2021-04-12	Simon
Hero (2002)	Pretty special	2003-05-10	Simon
House Of Flying Daggers (2004)	In retrospect this was a wuxia classic	2024-01-01	Simon
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972)	One of the highlights of the Shaw Brothers catalogue	2021-04-01	Simon
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972)	All the makings of a cult classic	2003-04-27	Simon
Ip Man (2008)	Excellent kung fu film	2010-10-26	Simon
Jan Dara (2001)	Is tragic erotica a new genre?	2002-07-21	Simon
Judgement Of An Assassin (1977)	One of the best wu xia	2006-05-29	Simon
Kill! (1968)	Kept me entertained from start to finish	2006-01-23	Simon
Kung Fu Cult Master (1993)	One of the best examples of the early 90's wu xia film	2012-10-31	Simon
Last Hurrah For Chivalry (1979)	I never enjoy drinking with a dead man	2012-11-26	Simon
Martial Club (1981)	May be as good as kung fu films get	2004-12-10	Simon
Millionaires' Express (1986)	Sammo really went all-out on this one	2021-09-19	Simon
New Tales Of The Flying Fox (1984)	FUN	2004-03-10	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China II (1992)	One of the finest sequels ever made?	2020-03-27	Simon
One-Armed Swordsman (1967)	One of the pillars of martial arts cinema	2021-07-18	Simon
Project A (1983)	A Hong Kong cinema landmark	2022-12-08	Simon