脱胎于武侠片的功夫片,作为中国特有的一种电影类型,素来以其跌宕起伏的故事情节,个性独立、性格刚烈、富有侠义精神的主人公,精彩绝伦的打斗场面而享誉世界影坛,而以比武为情节主题的功夫片,更是从武侠片诞生之日起便活跃在银幕上:从20世纪20年代中国早期武侠片浪潮中的《方世玉打擂台》(1928),到抗战期间南下影人掀起的粤语武侠片热潮中的《方世玉与苗翠花》(1948);从令中国武侠走向国际的《精武门》(1972),到80年代大陆武打片热潮中的《武林志》(1983)、《大刀王五》(1984), Kung Fu films born out of martial arts films, as a Chinese unique film genre, have always enjoyed world-class cinema with their ups and downs in the storyline, individuality, strong character, chivalrous protagonists, fantastic fighting scenes The martial arts filming on the theme of the contest was even more active on the screen from the day of the birth of the martial arts film. From “Fang Shiyu’s Ring” (1928) in the wave of early Chinese martial arts films in the 1920s to the filming of filmmakers from the south during the War of Resistance Against Japan “FANG Shi-yu and Miao Cuihua” in the craze of Cantonese martial arts films (1948); from “Fist of Fury” (1972), which made Chinese martial arts to the world, to “Wulin Zhi” (1983) “King Blade” (1984),