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Similarly in India, Hong Kong martial arts films had an influence on Bollywood masala films. [38] After the success of Bruce Lee films (such as Enter the Dragon) in India, [39] Deewaar (1975) and later Bollywood films incorporated fight scenes inspired by 1970s Hong Kong martial arts films up until the 1990s. [40]
Chopsocky (or chop-socky [1]) is a colloquial term for martial arts films and kung fu films made primarily by Hong Kong action cinema between the late 1960s and early 1980s. The term was coined by the American motion picture trade magazine Variety following the explosion of films in the genre released in 1973 in the U.S. after the success of Five Fingers of Death.
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin [2] is a 1978 Hong Kong kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung and produced by Shaw Brothers, starring Gordon Liu.The film follows a highly fictionalized version of San Te, a legendary Shaolin martial arts disciple who trained under the general Chi Shan.
The Chinese Boxer (龙虎斗; also known by its international title The Hammer of God) is a 1970 Hong Kong action kung fu film written, directed by and starring Jimmy Wang Yu. [2] [3] [4] Tong Gaai was the action director.
The 1970s was when Hong Kong gained daily news broadcasts. News programmes ranked in the top 10 continuously for a decade. Other segments of the ratings included TV dramas, which averaged 80 to 120 episodes, usually broadcasting at 7:00 pm. 66% of the population tuned in regularly covering 2 to 3 million viewers nightly.
Chaochow Guy is a 1972 Taiwanese and Hong Kong film of the Martial Arts genre. [1] It is directed by Gam Sing-Yan and stars Tien Peng, Nancy Yen Nan-See, Wang Kuan Hsiung a.k.a. Wong Goon-Hung, Wong Fei-Lung, Lee Keung, Poon Chuen-Ling, Blacky Ko Sau-Leung, Chan San-Yat, Ko Jan-Pang and Wong Hoi. This was also Wang Kuan Hsiung's first film. [2]
Below are lists of films produced in Hong Kong in the 1970s. List of Hong Kong films of 1970; List of Hong Kong films of 1971; List of Hong Kong films of 1972;
Vengeance (報仇; original Hong Kong title, Bao chou) is a 1970 kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh, and starring David Chiang, Wang Ping and Ti Lung. The film is set in Peking in 1925, and centers on a revenge plight of Chiang. [1] [2] The movie has little actual kung fu and instead is heavily laden with knife fighting and judo.