wuxia movies

[emeraldprincess]

Anyone have a favorite wuxia movie? - or one that's really good?
Iv'e watched a lot of them, and I'm currently looking for more to see.....so, any suggestions?

[HuangYushi]

The list below was last updated 8 April 2005 on this forum, before it was lost in the Great Crash of June 2005. I compiled and organised it from many many contributions by just as many forum members.

For reference purposes only.

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JIN YONG (COMPLETE)

LEGEND OF CONDOR HERO

• 射雕英雄传 Story of the Vulture Conqueror 1 1958 (LOCH)
• 射雕英雄传二集 Story of the Vulture Conqueror 2 1958 (LOCH)
• 射雕英雄传 Brave Archer 1 1975
• 射雕英雄传续集 Brave Archer 2 1978
• 射雕英雄传第三集 Brave Archer 3: Blast of the Iron Palm 1979
• 东成西就 The Eagle Shooting Heroes aka DongCheng XiJiu 1993 (Comedy)
• 东邪西毒 Ashes of Time aka DongXie XiDu 1994 (Loosely based on LOCH)

RETURN OF THE CONDOR HEROES

• 神雕侠侣 Story of the Great Heroes 1 1960
• 神雕侠侣 Story of the Great Heroes 2 1960
• 神雕侠侣 Story of the Great Heroes 3 1961
• 神雕侠侣 Story of the Great Heroes 4 1961
• 神雕侠侣 Brave Archer & His Mate 1982 (Brave Archer 4)
• 杨过与小龙女 Little Dragon Maiden 1983 (Brave Archer 5)
• 神雕侠侣 Saviour of the Soul 1 1991 (Modern ROCH)
• 神雕侠侣之痴心情长剑 Savior of the Soul 2 1992 (Modern ROCH)

HEAVEN SWORD AND DRAGON SABRE

• 倚天屠龙记上集 Story of the Sword and the Sabre Part 1 1963
• 倚天屠龙记下集 Story of the Sword and the Sabre Part 2 1963
• 倚天屠龙记上集 Story of the Sword and the Sabre Part 1 1965
• 倚天屠龙记下集 Story of the Sword and the Sabre Part 2 1965
• 倚天屠龙记 Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre Part 1 1978
• 倚天屠龙记大结局 Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre Part 2 1978
• 倚天屠龙记 Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre Part 1 1983
• 倚天屠龙记大结局 Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre Part 2 1983
• 倚天屠龙记之魔教教主 Kungfu Cult Master aka Evil Cult Master 1993 Jet Li (HSDS)
• Legend of the Dragonslayer Sword 1994 (Condensed version of Taiwan HSDS 94 Part 1)
• The Rising Son 1994 (Condensed version of Taiwan HSDS 94 Part 2)
• The Rage of Gina 1994 (Condensed version of Taiwan HSDS 94 Part 3)

DEMI-GODS AND SEMI-DEVILS

• 天龙八部 The Battle Wizard 1977 (DGSD)
• 新天龙八部 New DemiGods & SemiDevils 1982 (or 1984) (DGSD)
• New DemiGods & SemiDevils 1990s (According to Lanny Lin, there's such movie, I can't find any info on this)
• 新天龙八部之天山童姥 The Dragon Chronicles : Maidens of the Heavenly Mountain 1994

THE ROMANCE OF THE BOOK AND THE SWORD

• 书剑恩仇录上集 The Book and the Sword 1 1960
• 书剑恩仇录下集 The Book and the Sword 2 1960
• 书剑恩仇录 The Emperor and His Brother 1981
• 书剑恩仇录上集江南书剑情 The Romance of Book & Sword 1 1987
• 书剑恩仇录下集戈壁恩仇录 The Romance of Book & Sword 2 1987 a.k.a. 香香公主 Princess Fragrance 1987

STATE OF DIVINITY aka SMILING PROUD WANDERER

• 笑傲江湖 The Proud Youth 1977-78
• 笑傲江湖 Swordsman 1 1990
• 笑傲江湖之东方不败 Swordsman 2 1992
• 东方不败之风云再起 Swordsman 3: The East is Red 1990s (Loosely based on SOD)
• 笑傲江湖 Laughing at the Wind 2002 (Compilation of fight scenes from XAJH 2001 TV series)

FLYING FOX OF THE SNOWY MOUNTAIN and NEW TALES OF FLYING FOX

• 雪山飞狐上集 Flying Fox in the Snowy Mountains Part 1 1964 (Flying Fox)
• 雪山飞狐下集 Flying Fox in the Snowy Mountains Part 2 1964 (Flying Fox)
• 飞狐外传 Legend of the Fox 1980 (Flying Fox)
• 新飞狐外传 New Tales Of The Flying Fox (1984) (Felix Wong)
• 飞狐外传 The Sword of Many Love(r)s 1993

SWORD STAINED WITH ROYAL BLOOD

• 碧血剑 Sword of Blood and Valour 1 1958
• 碧血剑下集 Sword of Blood and Valour 2 1959
• 碧血剑 Sword Stained with Royal Blood 1981
• 新碧血剑 Sword Stained with Royal Blood 1993

DUKE OF MOUNT DEER

• 鹿鼎记 Tales of a(n) Eunuch 1983
• 鹿鼎记 Royal Tramp 1 1992
• 鹿鼎记之神龙教 Royal Tramp 2 1992

ODE TO GALLANTRY aka XIAKE XING

• 侠客行 Ode to Gallantry 1980

SECRET OF LINKED CITIES （LIAN CHENG JUE)

• 连城诀 A Deadly Secret 1980

TWIN SWORDS (YUANYANG DAO)

• 鸳鸯刀上集 Twin Swords 1 1961
• 鸳鸯刀下集 Twin Swords 2 1961

GU LONG

METEOR, BUTTERFLY, SWORD

• 流星蝴蝶剑 Killer Clans 1976 (Meteor, Butterfly & Sword)
• 新流星蝴蝶剑 Butterfly & Sword 1993 (Meteor, Butterfly & Sword)

THE LEGEND OF LU XIAOFENG

• 陆小凤传奇之绣花大盗 Clan of Amazons 1978 (LXF: The Embroidery Thief Book #2)
• 英雄对英雄 The Last Duel 1978 (related to LXF)
• 陆小凤之决战前后 Duel of the Century 1981 (LXF: The Duel Book #3)
• 陆小凤之凤舞九天 Clan of Amazons 1996 (LXF: The Dancing Phoenix Book #6)
• 决战紫禁之巅 The Duel 2000 (LXF: The Duel Book #3)

CHU LIUXIANG SERIES

• 楚留香 Clans of Intrigue 1977 (Chu Liuxiang)
• 蝙蝠传奇 Legend of the Bat 1978 (Chu Liuxiang)
• 中原一点红 Red Dot Chivalry 1978 (related to Chu Liuxiang)
• 楚留香之幽灵山庄 Perils of Sentimental Swordsman 1982 (Chu Liuxiang)
• 午夜兰花 Night Orchid aka Demon Fighter 1982 (Chu Liuxiang)
• 楚留香大结局 Legendary Swordsman 1983 (Chu Liuxiang - Adam Cheng)
• 情人看刀 Last Hero in China 1984 (related to Chu Liuxiang - Adam Cheng again)
• 笑侠楚留香 The Legend of Liquid Sword 1993 (Chu Luxiang)

FLYING DAGGER SERIES (XIAOLI FEIDAO - XLFD)
(FEIDAO YOUJIAN FEIDAO - FDYJFD / DUOQING JIANKE WUQING JIAN - DQJKWQJ)

• 多情剑客无情剑 The Sentimental Swordsman 1977 (DQJKWQJ/XLFD)
• 飞刀又见飞刀 Return of the Deadly Blade 1980 (FDYJFD/XLFD)
• 小李飞刀 Flying Sword Lee 1980 (XLFD)
• 魔剑侠情 Return of the Sentimental Swordsman (sequel to 1977) 1980-81 (XLFD)
• 神经刀与飞天猫 Flying Dagger 1993 (related to XLFD)
• 小李飞刀之飞刀外传 The Legend of the Flying Swordsman 2000 (XLFD)

LEGENDARY TWINS (JUEDAI SHUANGJIAO)

• 绝代双骄 Proud Twins 1979-80 (The Legendary Twins)
• 绝代双骄 Handsome Siblings 1992 (The Legendary Twins)

THE ELEVENTH SON (XIAO SHIYILANG)

• 萧十一郎 Swordsman at Large 1971 (Xiao Shi Yi Lang)
• 萧十一郎 Swordsman and Enchantress 1978 (Xiao Shi Yi Lang)

THE BLACK SABRE (TIANYA MINGYUE DAO)

• 天涯明月刀 The Magic Blade 1976 (The Black Sabre)
• 明月刀雪夜歼仇 Pursuit of Vengeance (second part of The Magic Blade) 1978 (The Black Sabre)

BIG FLAG HERO (DAQI YINGXIONG ZHUAN)

• 大旗英雄传 Clan Feuds 1982 (Big Flag Hero)
• 血旗变 Bloody Mission 1982 (Big Flag Hero)

OTHER

• 三少爷的剑 Death Duel 1977 (Sword of the Third Master)
• 白玉老虎 The White Jade Tiger 1977 (White Jade Tiger)
• 雨剑飘香 Lost Swordship 1977 (Piaoxiang Jianyu)
• 绝不低头 To Kill a Jaguar 1977 (Juebu Ditou)
• 大地飞鹰 Big Land, Flying Eagles 1978 (Dadi Feiying)
• 浪子一招 The Legendary Strike 1978 (movie poster credits Gu Long as the writer, novel unidentified)
• 圆月弯刀 Full Moon Scimitar 1979 (Full Moon Curved Sabre)
• 碧血洗银枪 Silver Spear 1979 (Bixue Xi Yinqiang)
• 英雄无泪 Heroes Shed No Tears 1980 (Yingxiong Wu Lei aka A Hero without Tears)
• 护花铃 Beauty Escort 1981 (Huhua Ling)
• 血鹦鹉 Bloody Parrot 1982 (Bloody Parrot)
• 浣花洗剑 The Spirit of the Sword 1982 (Huan Hua Xi Jian Lu, The Tale of Refining Sword Cleansing Flower)
• 九月鹰飞 September Falcon 1982 (Flying Eagle in September)
• 游侠情 Long Road to Gallantry 1984 (Youxia Lu, Tales of the Travelling Hero)
• 孤星传 The Lonestar Swordsman 1992 (Guxing Zhuan, Lone Star Legend)
• 边城浪子 A Warrior's Tragedy 1993 (Biancheng Langzi)
• 战神传说 Moon Warriors 1993 (novel unidentified)

WANG DULU

• 卧虎藏龙 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2000 (CTHD)
• 宝剑金钗 Precious Sword Golden Hairpin - currently in pre-production period, prequel to CTHD (PSGH)

LIANG YUSHENG

LEGEND OF THE WHITE-HAIRED MAIDEN (BAIFA MONU ZHUAN)

• 白发魔女传上集 Story of the White-Haired Demon Girl 1 1959
• 白发魔女传下集 Story of the White-Haired Demon Girl 2 1959
• 白发魔女传大结局 Story of the White-Haired Demon Girl Grand Finale 1959
• 白发魔女传 Sorceress' Wrath aka White Hair Devil Lady 1980
• 白发魔女传 The Bride with White Hair 1 1993
• 白发魔女二 The Bride with White Hair 2 1993

SEVEN SWORDSMEN LEAVE MT HEAVEN

• 七剑下天山 Seven Swordsmen Leave Tianshan 1959
• 七剑下天山 Seven Swords - currently in production, due May 2005

WOLONG SHENG

• 新仙鹤神针 The Magic Crane 1993 (Mythical Crane Magical Needle)

NI KUANG

• 十三太保 The Heroic Ones 1970 (Shisan Taibao, Thirteen Protectors)
• 新独臂刀 New One-Armed Swordsman 1971 (New One-Armed Swordsman)
• 六指琴魔 Demon of the Lute 1984 (Six-Fingered Demon of the Lute)
• 六指琴魔 Deadful Melody 1994 (Six-Fingered Demon of the Lute)

HUANG YING

• 无翼蝙蝠 Bat Without Wings 1980 (Bat Without Wings)
• 黑蜥蜴 Black Lizard 1981 (Black Lizard)
• 大侠沈胜依 Roving Swordsman 1983 (Great Hero Shen Shengyi)
• 天蚕变 Bastard Swordsman 1983 (Tiancan Bian)
• 天蚕再变 (alternative Chinese title: 布衣神相) Return of the Bastard Swordsman 1984 (Tiancan Zai Bian)

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Please feel free to list/contribute new wuxia movies found/made since 8 April 2005.

HYS

[Han Solo]

I find the wikipedia page on wuxia films to be a good resource as well.

Han Solo

[emeraldprincess]

thnx huang yushi!!!!!!!!! wow....that's a lot

[aniking_8]

东成西就 was one of the best.

[chickenfeet]

that list is far from complete, there are a lot more movies based on wuxia novels, especially non JY, GL, LYS. we're still working the list in Wuxiasociety

http://wuxiasociety.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=51#51

[mawguy]

of the book adaptations, this one:

METEOR, BUTTERFLY, SWORD

• 流星蝴蝶剑 Killer Clans 1976 (Meteor, Butterfly & Sword)

favourite of all-time (to date), dragon gate inn, the original.