Martial arts films of the 1960s

65 films: 27 jidaigeki (period dramas), 12 martial arts films, 12 samurai films, 9 boxing films.

1960

• And the Same to You (1960) – George Pollock
• Rocco and His Brothers (1960) – Luchino Visconti

1961

• Akō Rōshi (1961) – Sadatsugu Matsuda
• Golden Gloves (1961) – Gilles Groulx
• The Story of Osaka Castle (1961) – Hiroshi Inagaki

1962

• Big and Little Wong Tin Bar (1962) – Lung To
• Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) – Hiroshi Inagaki
• Harakiri (1962) – Masaki Kobayashi
• Kid Galahad (1962) – Phil Karlson
• Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) – Ralph Nelson
• The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) – Kenji Misumi

1963

• 13 Assassins (1963) – Eiichi Kudo
• Brave Records of the Sanada Clan (1963) – Tai Katō
• Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963) – Tadashi Imai
• Castle of Owls (1963) – Eiichi Kudo
• Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman (1963) – Tokuzō Tanaka
• New Tale of Zatoichi (1963) – Tokuzō Tanaka
• The Boxer and Death (1963) – Peter Solan
• The Lost World of Sinbad (1963) – Senkichi Taniguchi
• Warring Clans (1963) – Kihachi Okamoto
• Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963) – Tokuzō Tanaka
• Zoku Shinobi no Mono (1963) – Satsuo Yamamoto

1964

• Assassination (1964) – Masahiro Shinoda
• Belarmino (1964) – Fernando Lopes
• Ken (1964) – Kenji Misumi
• Kunoichi ninpō (1964) – Sadao Nakajima
• Nemuri Kyoshiro: She-Devil Slaying Sword (1964) – Kazuo Ikehiro
• On the Road Forever (1964) – Kenji Misumi
• Revenge (1964) – Tadashi Imai
• Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Adventure (1964) – Kenji Misumi
• The Scarlet Camellia (1964) – Yoshitarō Nomura
• Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) – Hideo Gosha
• Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964) – Kazuo Ikehiro

1965

• Akuto (Film) (1965) – Kaneto Shindō
• Ninpō-chushingura (1965) – Yasuto Hasegawa
• Red Beard (1965) – Akira Kurosawa
• Samurai Spy (1965) – Masahiro Shinoda
• Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Fire (1965) – Kenji Misumi
• Sword Devil (1965) – Kenji Misumi
• Sword of the Beast (1965) – Hideo Gosha
• Walkover (1965) – Jerzy Skolimowski

1966

• Come Drink with Me (1966) – King Hu
• Daimajin (1966) – Kimiyoshi Yasuda
• The Magic Serpent (1966) – Tetsuya Yamanouchi

1967

• Dragon Gate Inn (1967) – King Hu
• Sleepy Eyes of Death: A Trail of Traps (1967) – Kazuo Ikehiro
• The One-Armed Swordsman (1967) – Chang Cheh
• You Only Live Twice (1967) – Lewis Gilbert

1968

• Kill! (1968) – Kihachi Okamoto
• Legendary Champions (1968) – Harry Chapin
• Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman (1968) – Tokuzō Tanaka
• The Silent Stranger (1968) – Luigi Vanzi
• The Swordsman of All Swordsmen (1968) – Joseph Kuo

1969

• Goyokin (1969) – Hideo Gosha
• Have Sword, Will Travel (1969) – Chang Cheh
• Hei tie (1969) – Hsu-Chiang Chou
• Hiken Yaburi (1969) – Kazuo Ikehiro
• Iron Mistress (1969) – Sung Tsun-Shou
• Killer's Mission (1969) – Shigehiro Ozawa
• Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword (1969) – Kimiyoshi Yasuda
• Red Lion (1969) – Kihachi Okamoto
• Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman (1969) – Kazuo Mori
• Sleepy Eyes of Death: Castle Menagerie (1969) – Kazuo Ikehiro
• The Invincible Fist (1969) – Chang Cheh
• The Magoichi Saga (1969) – Kenji Misumi

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