Sword stuff their are thousands of Japansese movies and a ton that are great. But if you are looking for hand to hand I and like old school chinese/taiwanese stuff, then check out The Killing Machine. I am not a huge Sonny Chiba fan(though I do have about 15 of his movies), but Killing Machine is my favorite for the japanese martial arts. YOU DON'T F*** WITH SONNY CHIBA!
Fighter in the Wind was nicely choreographed but I still like chiba's portrayal of Mas Oyama in that trilogy from the same time as Killing Machine. Ahhhhh the cheese.
Ong Bak was good and I have hear nothing but the greatest of things about the fights in Tom Yum Goong.
But all in all, if it is not a sword movie, the fighting is usually Hong Kong style, and it has been that way for a while.
Check out the movie Undaunted Wudang, not one of the best martial arts movies, but very good and it has a much different feel than any other martial arts movie I have seen.
Last edited by jethro; 08-04-2006 at 04:43 PM.
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