(Mostly) Forgettable Asian Movies of the 1970s
Since I have already created lists concerning the lesser enjoyable movie output from the west, I decided to do something similar concerning movies from Asia.
I do not mean to say that the pictures on this list are an absolute waste of time. Some of them make great B-pictures or are just ridiculously entertaining - at least if you like to think of yourself as someone with an ancquired taste. Others, well, others don't have any redeeming quality whatsoever and are simply bad.
On a side note, I am very much aware that movies from Asia (especially Eastern Asia) can often be quirky, strange or just downright different. I took that into account upon giving my verdict, but more than often I stumbled across a movie which, at least for me, just didn't cut it.
So, have fun browsing through what I, at least in some cases, consider to be the bad, boring, superfluous and/or way over the top kind of movies and don't hesitate to let me know if you agree or disagree with my choices.
PS: The movies are sorted by year and not necessarily by my preference. This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.
I do not mean to say that the pictures on this list are an absolute waste of time. Some of them make great B-pictures or are just ridiculously entertaining - at least if you like to think of yourself as someone with an ancquired taste. Others, well, others don't have any redeeming quality whatsoever and are simply bad.
On a side note, I am very much aware that movies from Asia (especially Eastern Asia) can often be quirky, strange or just downright different. I took that into account upon giving my verdict, but more than often I stumbled across a movie which, at least for me, just didn't cut it.
So, have fun browsing through what I, at least in some cases, consider to be the bad, boring, superfluous and/or way over the top kind of movies and don't hesitate to let me know if you agree or disagree with my choices.
PS: The movies are sorted by year and not necessarily by my preference. This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.
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- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsReiko ÔshidaMasumi TachibanaYukie KagawaDelinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams."Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams"
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsReiko ÔshidaMasumi TachibanaYukie KagawaRika, an ex reform school student, joins a clan of street vendors: the Yakuza intervention soon breaks their peaceful business."Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters"
- DirectorKôji WakamatsuStarsTamaki KatoriMizako KagaEtsuko WakayamaDuring violent manifestations in late 1960s in Japan, a group of students who called themselves the Rose Colored Regiment hide in the house of a mysterious young man, and have sex with the same girl while waiting for new instructions."Sex Jack"
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsAkiko WadaMeiko KajiKôji WadaA wandering tough biker girl aids a female delinquent gang in their battles against an all-male Seiyu group over a fixed boxing match."Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss"
- DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiBunjaku HanTakeo ChiiFive freewheeling friends conjure up a plan to rob 30 million yen from a religious movement."Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo"
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsMeiko KajiRikiya YasuokaTatsuya FujiA street girl gang clashes with racist local gangsters after one of the girls starts dating an Afro-Japanese man."Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter!"
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsTatsuya FujiNoriko KurosawaEiji GôTwo Japanese men help a Vietnam war deserter escape from Japan for Sweden. They plan to fund the escape by selling LSD pills. After word of the drug deal gets spread around they find themselves fending off rival gangs."Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal"
- DirectorsNoriaki YuasaShigeo TanakaStarsTsutomu TakakuwaKelly VarisKatherine MurphyWhen an ancient statue is moved for display in Expo '70, a giant, vaguely Triceratops-like monster is released. The monster goes to Japan in pursuit of the statue and ends up battling Gamera, the giant flying turtle."Gamera vs. Monster X"
- DirectorYukio NodaStarsShin'ichi ChibaRyôji HayamaMachiko YashiroAn undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out."Gangster Cop"
- DirectorKuo Hua LiStarsLan PaiJung WangChing Liu
- DirectorsKing HuHsing LeeHan Hsiang LiStarsCheng ChangFu-Kan ChangMei-Yao ChangThis movie contains four separate stories, each by a different director. They are all ghost stories, including themes such as death wishes, prison, and alcoholism. Good and evil women play prominent roles in the various tales."Four Moods"
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira KuboAtsuko TakahashiYukiko KobayashiA space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group of people discover it to be inhabited by giant mutant monsters, created by the aliens in an attempt to conquer the world."Yog: Monster from Space"
- DirectorMichio YamamotoStarsKayo MatsuoAkira NakaoYukiko KobayashiKeiko and her friend are trying to find her missing brother after he disappeared visiting his girlfriend Yuko."Fear of the Ghost House: Bloodsucking Doll"
- DirectorHsu-Chiang ChouStarsMei-Yao ChangLi-Hua YangHsiang-Ting KoA young couple desperately try to keep their love alive, while living in a haunted house."The Enchanting Ghost"
- DirectorJimmy Wang YuStarsJimmy Wang YuLo LiehPing WangA martial artist seeks revenge after his master and his entire Kwoon are wiped out by Japanese Karate masters who're in cahoots with a vile martial artist seeking to control the area by opening casinos and trapping people in debt."The Chinese Boxer"
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsPei-Pei ChengYueh HuaChung-Hsin HuangAn orphaned young swordswoman is sent by her master to join a gathering of martial artists leading a resistance against the invading Jin. Unbeknownst to her, the man who killed her family is present at the meeting, and is in fact a spy."Lady of Steel"
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTetsuo IshidateGin MaedaChôichirô KawarasakiRiveting story of five kids who come to Tokyo for work in 1960. Fukasaku shows the shocking consequences for these idealistic youths whose dreams are soon torn apart in the chaos of class turmoil and youthful indiscretion."If You Were Young: Rage"
- DirectorTomu UchidaStarsKinnosuke NakamuraRentarô MikuniTeruo MatsuyamaIn the retelling of the story of the legendary Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, the story takes the wanderer into a conflict with a chain and sickle wielding adversary who cannot be taken lightly, the man's wife who is out for blood and his gang of ruffians. A protracted fight, duel, as well as stylized philosophical clashes await."Miyamoto Musashi 6: Swords of Death"
- DirectorMichio YamamotoStarsWakako SakaiKatsutoshi AtarashiNami TamuraYuri Ebara is inexplicably laid off, abandoned by her closest friend, and is suddenly asked to move out of her apartment. As she nears rock bottom, she begins to suspect someone is out to drive her insane, or worse."Terror in the Streets"
- DirectorHung-Chang WangStarsJimmy Wang YuChiao ChiaoTien YehA village under the thumb of a band of thugs recruits a hero to help fight them off."Rage of the Tiger"
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsDavid ChiangLung TiKu FengA prince of the Sung Dynasty has been taken prisoner by Ching invaders and is being held in an impenetrable fortress by elite men of the Ching. A group of fighters loyal to the Sung set out on a treacherous journey to the fortress in order to free the prince. A mysterious stranger is recruited to accompany the fighters to help them gain access to the fortress."The Deadly Duo"
- DirectorWei LoStarsPei-Pei ChengYueh HuaKu FengA young woman whose weapon speciality is the whip tries to protect her martial arts master uncle, who's been in hiding for fifteen years after getting accused of killing the man he was supposed to protect and stealing all his money."The Shadow Whip"
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsReiko IkeYukie KagawaShinsuke TakiIn the 1970s, the Japanese youth emancipation also found it's way into the yakuza (crime) societies. A Girl Boss may have a choice between bikes, and between boyfriends. But she has to defend her choices the hard way, as her triumph and power over the girls' gang is questioned by her female rivals, and the all powerful Yakuza Boss. She inspires loyalty to her girls, and to men to the extent of many of them literally giving their lives for her - in a world of knife and gun fighting, bike and car chasing, and violent death."Queen Bee Strikes Again"
- DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiTatsuya FujiYoshio HaradaThe series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united."Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71"
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsReiko ÔshidaYukie KagawaShuushiboThe local yakuza gangs dominating the port of Yokohama do not take well the invasion of their territory by a daring biker gang, led by a girl in black leather outfit and cowboy hat - reminiscent of the earlier war victors. Old and new grudges lead the two girl gangs to clash in several fights. However, when one of the leaders dies, the girls end up by uniting against the male gangsters that had been using them as puppets - and it all ends in a great finale mixed battle by the seashore."Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of Yokohama Hoods"
