Hapkido

Hapkido (合氣道, 1972) — watch online on iFILM, a Golden Harvest martial arts film directed by Huang Feng, starring Angela Mao Ying and Sammo Hung. During the Japanese occupation of China, three students of the Korean discipline return home to open a school.

The local Japanese dojo takes their arrival as a provocation. Harassment follows, then property damage, then worse. Every attempt to keep the peace ends the same way. Angela Mao Ying carries the film — at a time when Hong Kong action cinema rarely gave women the lead in fight sequences, she held it without flinching. A young Jackie Chan turns up in a supporting role. Solid early-1970s kung fu with a clear political edge: the school is worth defending, and they defend it. Stream Hapkido online on iFILM.