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
Dragon Inn 1992 (1992)	One of my favourite wuxia films	2023-02-24	Simon
Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	Extraordinary	2022-08-19	Simon
Rurouni Kenshin (2012)	A slick and fresh take on the martial arts genre	2021-06-06	Simon
A Taxi Driver (2017)	Powerful	2020-09-05	Simon
Drunken Master II (1994)	One of the best martial arts films	2020-09-05	Simon
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)	One of the classic samurai films	2020-08-09	Simon
Let The Bullets Fly (2010)	Action comedy that's smart and funny	2013-02-09	Simon
The Bride With White Hair (1993)	One of the most beautiful and tragic wu xia films	2013-01-03	Simon
Iron Monkey (1993)	Great entry into the Wong Fei-Hung canon	2012-11-24	Simon
Rashomon (1950)	Kurosawa looks at the blackness of the human heart	2012-11-13	Simon
Duel To The Death (1982)	You can never kill all the ninjas!	2012-11-07	Simon
Come Drink With Me (1966)	The one that started it all	2003-01-11	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)	Seminal work of sublime beauty	2002-12-01	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China (1991)	One of the best martial arts films ever made	2002-12-01	Simon
The Blade (1995)	Tsui Hark reinvents himself again	2005-10-30	Simon
The Young Master (1980)	Excellent kung fu movie	2001-09-10	Simon
The Victim (1980)	Mindblowing	2002-03-22	Simon
Twelve Gold Medallions (1970)	Superlative	2003-04-13	Simon
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)	Ferocious!	2021-07-05	Simon
Fist Of Legend (1994)	Jet's finest work, and one of the best martial arts films	2005-08-30	Simon
Fearless (2006)	Career highs all round	2006-03-29	Simon
Dragon Inn 1992 (1992)	One of the early 90's best films	2001-05-27	Simon
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind (1980)	One of the finest movies ever made!	2002-05-11	Simon
Kuroneko (1968)	Masterpiece of ghostly style and atmosphere	1999-05-22	Simon
Seven Samurai (1954)	One of the best films ever made	2003-01-31	Simon
Ran (Chaos) (1985)	Kurosawa despairs at the human condition	2012-05-22	Simon
Gojoe (2000)	Beautiful	2003-08-23	Simon
The 14 Amazons (1972)	Classic epic	2006-02-27	Simon
Musa (2001)	Superb epic	2002-04-04	Simon
A Touch Of Zen (1971)	Greatest martial arts film of all time?	2006-04-25	Simon