Asian Female-led Martial Arts Movies (non-Chinese/HK)
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- DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsAya UetoKenji KohashiHiroki NarimiyaRaised to deal in cold blooded death, the teenage assassin girl Azumi must defeat three evil warlords while also battling her own heart.
- DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsAya UetoYûma IshigakiChiaki KuriyamaYoung assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend Nachi.
- DirectorPrachya PinkaewStarsJeeJa YaninHiroshi AbePongpat WachirabunjongAn autistic girl with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money.
- DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiToshio KurosawaMasaaki DaimonA young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
- DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiJûzô ItamiKazuko YoshiyukiTo avoid a death sentence for her prior acts of bloodshed, the vengeful swordswoman Lady Snowblood is conscripted by the Japanese Secret Police to assassinate political dissidents.
- DirectorSeiji ChibaStarsRina TakedaMickey KogaMasanori MimotoRina Takeda plays the role of a female ninja named Kisaragi who attempts to rescue a group of women being held captive to become toys for men. The film is set sometime in the Sengoku period, during a time of fierce fighting between the Koga and Iga ninja clans.
- DirectorFuyuhiko NishiStarsRina TakedaTatsuya NakaRyûki TakahashiYoung girl Kei Tsuchiya(played by Rina Takeda)is a very talented karate pupil, trained by her sensei Yoshiaki Matsumura(played by Tatsuya Naka). But Kei Tsuchiya is very arrogant and spends her time degrading various other karate students in different karate challenges. One day she is approached by a mysterious organisation called The Destroyers, that wants to recruit her. But too late she realizes that it's not her,rather her sensei Matsumura, they are interested in.
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsYumiko ShakuHideaki ItôYôichi NumataRaised by assassins, Yuki is the last of the Takemikazuchi royal bloodline. A deadly weapon in her own right, she learns the gruesome truth about the death of her beloved mother and joins forces with a mysterious rebel leader.
- DirectorYoung-jun KimStarsShin Hyeon-junYoon So-yiLee Seo-jinSo-ha, a deadly female warrior, is sent to find a exiled prince after the Killer Blade Army killed the royal family.
- DirectorGô OharaStarsMinami TsukuiShigeru KanaiNao NagasawaThis story is set during the Edo ages in Japan. On a rainy night, Kotono confronts the samurais who have killed her father. The samurai attack her one by one, but she manages to withstand them. When she is scaring the remaining samurai away, three ninja's suddenly appear. Will she succeed in beating them as well?
- DirectorYôhei FukudaStarsEri OtoguroTomohiro WakiTarô SuwaIn the year 20XX a mysterious scientist discovers a way to bring back the dead . . . only it turns one town into a zombie-infested hellhole. But when the world falls into ruin, only one woman, her trusty katana and sexy bikini can save them. And as she takes down one zombie after another, she also pursues the younger sister she wants to take to task for killing her father.
- DirectorTsuyoshi ShôjiStarsYû TejimaAkari OzawaRika KawamuraIn 20XX the world is still overpopulated by Zombies and Aya and Saki stop fighting to join together against there new enemy, Himiko
- DirectorYoshikatsu KimuraStarsRina TakedaHina TobimatsuTatsuya NakaA mysterious group kidnap a girl's sister. Years later, the group reappears and she is determined to get her sister back.
- DirectorNoboru IguchiStarsRina TakedaKentarô ShimazuTakamasa SugaKeiko, the daughter of a legendary sushi chef, runs away from home when his Karate-style regimen becomes too severe. Finding work at a rural hot springs inn, she is ridiculed by the eccentric staff and guests.
- DirectorFumihiko SoriStarsHaruka AyaseShidô NakamuraYôsuke KubozukaIchi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills with which she fights off yakuza and other villains.
- DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsRumi HanaiNoboru KanekoHayate MasaoFour samurai girls disguise themselves as j-pop idols in order to stop an invasion from a parallel universe.
- DirectorRashane LimtrakulStarsJeeJa YaninKazu Patrick TangNui SaendaengA violent gang is abducting and killing women around Thailand. Sanim and his friends, having had loved ones abducted, have joined together to break the gang of kidnappers. In a botched kidnap attempt, Deu is saved by Sanim's crew. After learning their unique martial arts style, Deu helps lure the gang into an epic battle to save the women across Thailand.
- DirectorPhetthai VongkumlaoStarsPhetthai VongkumlaoJeeJa YaninKom ChauncheunA bike messenger, hired by competing mob bosses to smuggle goods, finds that her only way out is a confrontation erupting into a battle of bullets, blows and kicks to the face.
- DirectorPrachya PinkaewStarsCho Jae-hyunYe Ji-wonPhetthai VongkumlaoAfter the son foils an attempt to steal a priceless Thai artifact, the family becomes national heroes and the target of revenge by the criminal gang whose robbery they stopped.This cover doesn't show it, but there are both male and female leads.
- DirectorTomoo HaraguchiStarsNozomi AndôKyûsaku ShimadaKeiko MatsuzakaThe eruption of Mt. Fuji in 1707 released hordes of demons from deep inside the earth. Sakuya, the young daughter of a samurai killed fighting these demons, accepts a mission to travel to Mt. Fuji and defeat the evil spirits. Accompanying her on her journey are two veteran warriors who served her father, and Taro, a young kappa, or river spirit, whom she has adopted as her little brother. Along the way, the two warriors have doubts about Taro's loyalties, and the young kappa himself must decide if he will stand with his own species or with the humans who have cared for him.
- DirectorSeok-hoon LeeStarsKim Nam-gilSon Ye-jinYoo Hae-jinA band of pirates and a group of bandits fight to catch a gray whale that has swallowed a royal stamp.
- DirectorHeung-sik ParkStarsLee Byung-hunKim Go-eunLee Jun-hoWhile in medieval Korea, a young girl sets out to revenge the betrayal and the death of her mother. But therefore she must face one of the most powerful men and warriors of the Goryo Dynasty.
- DirectorYoshihiro NishimuraStarsEihi ShiinaItsuji ItaoYukihide BennyIn future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.
- DirectorAkihiko ShiotaStarsSatoshi TsumabukiKô ShibasakiKiichi NakaiA female warrior who was raised as a man joins a young samurai's quest to recover 48 of his body parts from 48 demons and to avenge her parents death.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsEtsuko ShihomiShin'ichi ChibaAsao UchidaA young martial artist is on a mission to rescue her brother who's being held captive by a sadistic drug lord.