Movie List for "action 2"

Poruno jidaigeki: Bôhachi bushidô (1973) Action Drama Thriller Movie

A ronin Shino Asu (I die Tomorrow) gets rescued by the Bohachi clan. Their leader Shirobei Daimon, charged by the Shogun with running Edo’s brothels enlists him to kill clients of tea-house whores who are stealing his business. Year 1973.

Generes: Action, Drama, Thriller
Director: Teruo Ishii
Writer: San Kaji, Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Actors: Tetsurô Tanba, Gorô Ibuki, Tatsuo Endô

Wong Fei Hung (1991) Action Adventure History Movie

Late 1800s Foshan, Guangdong: Wong Fei Hung/Jet Li trains men in martial arts to help defend against foreign powers already holding Hong Kong and Macau. He looks after cute 13th Aunt, who’s just returned from England. Lots of fight s Year 1991.

Generes: Action, Adventure, History
Director: Hark Tsui
Writer: Yiu-Ming Leung, Elsa Tang, Hark Tsui
Actors: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Biao Yuen

Les vampires (1915) Action Adventure Crime Movie

An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires. Year 1915.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Crime
Director: Louis Feuillade
Writer: Louis Feuillade
Actors: Musidora, Édouard Mathé, Marcel Lévesque

Ansatsu (1964) Action Drama Movie

In 1863, when Americans warships approach Japan, a enigmatic ronin becomes a important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire. Year 1964.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Writer: Ryôtarô Shiba, Nobuo Yamada
Actors: Tetsurô Tanba, Shima Iwashita, Eiji Okada

Miyamoto Musashi: Ganryû-jima no kettô (1965) Action Drama Movie

The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters making appearances: Otsu (Musashi’s great love), Akemi, Matahachi (his former fellow so Year 1965.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: Tomu Uchida
Writer: Naoyuki Suzuki, Tomu Uchida, Eiji Yoshikawa
Actors: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura, Wakaba Irie

Aleksandr Nevskiy (1938) Action Biography Drama Movie

The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights. Year 1938.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Dmitriy Vasilev
Writer: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Pyotr Pavlenko
Actors: Nikolay Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov

Yôjinbô (1961) Action Drama Thriller Movie

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. Year 1961.

Generes: Action, Drama, Thriller
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai

Lung foo fung wan (1987) Action Adventure Crime Movie

An undercover cop infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store. Year 1987.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Crime
Director: Ringo Lam
Writer: Ringo Lam, Sai-Shing Shum, Jack Maeby
Actors: Chow Yun-Fat, Yueh Sun, Danny Lee

Bintang Malam (1991) Action Drama Movie

Shima and Haslin (Aishah) are trapped in a world of prostitution led by Farouk and his right-hand man Kassim, who is also Shima’s stepfather. Year 1991.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: Adman Salleh
Writer: Anwar Idris, Adman Salleh, Mohd Yusof Taib
Actors: Eman Manan, Fauziah Ahmad Daud, Shaharuddin Thamby, Erma Fatima

Yuryeong (1999) Action Thriller Movie

Korea’s first nuclear submarine and a crew with no record of existence embark on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific. Year 1999.

Generes: Action, Thriller
Director: Byung-chun Min
Writer: Joon-Hwan Jang, Bong Joon Ho
Actors: Min-su Choi, Jung Woo-sung, Sol Kyung-gu

Satsujin kyôjidai (1967) Action Comedy Movie

A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Year 1967.

Generes: Action, Comedy
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Writer: Ei Ogawa, Kihachi Okamoto, Michio Tsuzuki
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Dan, Hideo Sunazuka

Ying hung boon sik (1986) Action Crime Drama Movie

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break. Year 1986.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: John Woo
Writer: Hing-Ka Chan, Suk-Wah Leung, John Woo
Actors: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat

Sai yau gei: Sin leui kei yun (1995) Action Adventure Comedy Movie

The convoluted continuation of the adventures of the time-traveling, now-human Monkey King, who attempts to fulfill his divine destiny. Year 1995.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Jeffrey Lau
Writer: Jeffrey Lau, Cheng’en Wu
Actors: Stephen Chow, Man-Tat Ng, Athena Chu