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Asian Female-led Martial Arts Movies (non-Chinese/HK)

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  • Aya Ueto in Azumi (2003)

    1. Azumi

    20032h 8mNot Rated49Metascore
    6.7 (15K)
    Raised to deal in cold blooded death, the teenage assassin girl Azumi must defeat three evil warlords while also battling her own heart.
    DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsAya UetoKenji KohashiHiroki Narimiya
  • Yûma Ishigaki, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shun Oguri, and Aya Ueto in Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005)

    2. Azumi 2: Death or Love

    20051h 48mNot Rated
    6.2 (5.8K)
    Young 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.
    DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsAya UetoYûma IshigakiChiaki Kuriyama
  • JeeJa Yanin in Chocolate (2008)

    3. Chocolate

    20081h 50mR
    6.9 (19K)
    An 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.
    DirectorPrachya PinkaewStarsJeeJa YaninHiroshi AbePongpat Wachirabunjong
  • Meiko Kaji in Lady Snowblood (1973)

    4. Lady Snowblood

    19731h 37mNot Rated80Metascore
    7.6 (18K)
    A young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
    DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiToshio KurosawaMasaaki Daimon
  • Meiko Kaji in Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)

    5. Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance

    19741h 29mNot Rated
    6.3 (4.5K)
    To 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.
    DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiJûzô ItamiKazuko Yoshiyuki
  • The Kunoichi: Ninja Girl (2011)

    6. The Kunoichi: Ninja Girl

    20111h 5m
    4.6 (429)
    Rina 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.
    DirectorSeiji ChibaStarsRina TakedaMickey KogaMasanori Mimoto
  • High-Kick Girl! (2009)

    7. High-Kick Girl!

    20091h 21mNot Rated
    4.7 (950)
    Young 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.
    DirectorFuyuhiko NishiStarsRina TakedaTatsuya NakaRyûki Takahashi
  • The Princess Blade (2001)

    8. The Princess Blade

    20011h 33mR59Metascore
    5.6 (3.1K)
    Raised 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.
    DirectorShinsuke SatôStarsYumiko ShakuHideaki ItôYôichi Numata
  • Shadowless Sword (2005)

    9. Shadowless Sword

    20051h 57mR
    6.4 (3K)
    So-ha, a deadly female warrior, is sent to find a exiled prince after the Killer Blade Army killed the royal family.
    DirectorYoung-jun KimStarsShin Hyeon-junYoon So-yiLee Seo-jin
  • Geisha Assassin (2008)

    10. Geisha Assassin

    20081h 18m
    4.8 (645)
    This 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?
    DirectorGô OharaStarsMinami TsukuiShigeru KanaiNao Nagasawa
  • Eri Otoguro in Onechanbara: The Movie (2008)

    11. Onechanbara: The Movie

    20081h 20mNot Rated
    4.7 (1.4K)
    In 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.
    DirectorYôhei FukudaStarsEri OtoguroTomohiro WakiTarô Suwa
  • Yû Tejima, Rika Kawamura, and Akari Ozawa in Chanbara Beauty: The Movie - Vortex (2009)

    12. Chanbara Beauty: The Movie - Vortex

    20091h 25mTV-MAVideo
    4.1 (366)
    In 20XX the world is still overpopulated by Zombies and Aya and Saki stop fighting to join together against there new enemy, Himiko
    DirectorTsuyoshi ShôjiStarsYû TejimaAkari OzawaRika Kawamura
  • Rina Takeda in Karate Girl (2011)

    13. Karate Girl

    20111h 32mTV-MA
    5.2 (618)
    A mysterious group kidnap a girl's sister. Years later, the group reappears and she is determined to get her sister back.
    DirectorYoshikatsu KimuraStarsRina TakedaHina TobimatsuTatsuya Naka
  • Rina Takeda in Dead Sushi (2012)

    14. Dead Sushi

    20121h 32mNot Rated
    5.7 (1.9K)
    Keiko, 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.
    DirectorNoboru IguchiStarsRina TakedaKentarô ShimazuTakamasa Suga
  • Haruka Ayase in Ichi (2008)

    15. Ichi

    20082hR
    6.5 (4.1K)
    Ichi 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.
    DirectorFumihiko SoriStarsHaruka AyaseShidô NakamuraYôsuke Kubozuka
  • Danger Dolls (2014)

    16. Danger Dolls

    20141h 37mNot Rated
    5.0 (181)
    Four samurai girls disguise themselves as j-pop idols in order to stop an invasion from a parallel universe.
    DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsRumi HanaiNoboru KanekoHayate Masao
  • JeeJa Yanin in Raging Phoenix (2009)

    17. Raging Phoenix

    20091h 52mR
    6.0 (2.5K)
    A 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.
    DirectorRashane LimtrakulStarsJeeJa YaninKazu Patrick TangNui Saendaeng
  • JeeJa Yanin in This Girl Is Bad-Ass!! (2011)

    18. This Girl Is Bad-Ass!!

    20111h 39mR
    5.2 (729)
    A 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.
    DirectorPhetthai VongkumlaoStarsPhetthai VongkumlaoJeeJa YaninKom Chauncheun
  • The Kick (2011)

    19. The Kick

    20111h 34mPG-13
    5.5 (979)
    After 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.
    DirectorPrachya PinkaewStarsCho Jae-hyunYe Ji-wonPhetthai Vongkumlao
    This cover doesn't show it, but there are both male and female leads.
  • Sakuya: yôkaiden (2000)

    20. Sakuya: yôkaiden

    20001h 28m
    5.2 (264)
    The 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.
    DirectorTomoo HaraguchiStarsNozomi AndôKyûsaku ShimadaKeiko Matsuzaka
  • The Pirates (2014)

    21. The Pirates

    20142h 10mNot Rated
    6.5 (4.8K)
    A band of pirates and a group of bandits fight to catch a gray whale that has swallowed a royal stamp.
    DirectorSeok-hoon LeeStarsKim Nam-gilSon Ye-jinYoo Hae-jin
  • Jeon Do-yeon, Lee Byung-hun, and Kim Go-eun in Memories of the Sword (2015)

    22. Memories of the Sword

    20152hNot Rated47Metascore
    6.3 (2.6K)
    While 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.
    DirectorHeung-sik ParkStarsLee Byung-hunKim Go-eunLee Jun-ho
  • Eihi Shiina in Tokyo Gore Police (2008)

    23. Tokyo Gore Police

    20081h 50mNot Rated
    5.9 (13K)
    In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.
    DirectorYoshihiro NishimuraStarsEihi ShiinaItsuji ItaoYukihide Benny
  • Dororo (2007)

    24. Dororo

    20072h 19m
    6.4 (3.1K)
    A 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.
    DirectorAkihiko ShiotaStarsSatoshi TsumabukiKô ShibasakiKiichi Nakai
  • Shin'ichi Chiba and Etsuko Shihomi in Sister Street Fighter (1974)

    25. Sister Street Fighter

    19741h 26mR
    6.4 (1.7K)
    A young martial artist is on a mission to rescue her brother who's being held captive by a sadistic drug lord.
    DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsEtsuko ShihomiShin'ichi ChibaAsao Uchida

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