| poster | titles | ratings | year|origin | 10 word summary | keywords | keyplayers |
 | Raiders of Buddhist Kung Fu 大兄出道 Daxiong chudao aka Invincible Big Brother |   | 1982 Korea | Villain co-opts buddhist palm, challenges secret Iron Flower Shadow Fist KEY TOPICS Staff KEY PLAYERS GordonLiu |
 | Raining in the Mountain 空山靈雨 Kongshan ling yu |  | 1979 Hong Kong | Pretentious vs genuine spirituality explored while sneaky thievery dominates screentime KEY TOPICS Buddhism, KingHu, Learnings, MingDynasty |
 | Rebel of Shaolin, The 少林叛徒 Shao Lin ban pan tu aka Shaolin Traitor |  | 1977 Taiwan | People die, shit's stolen, then not -- good luck with this KEY TOPICS FastForwarded, Shaolin KEY PLAYERS CarterWong |
 | Red Cliff 赤壁 Chi Bi aka The Battle of Red Cliff |  | 2008 China | Epic telling of China's nation shaping "Battle of Red Cliffs" KEY TOPICS SourceMaterial, ThreeKingdomsPeriod, WarEpic |
 | Red Cliff II 赤壁:決戰天下 Chi Bi: Jue zhan tian xia aka Red Cliff, Part 2 | | 2009 China | Part 2 of epic war story "Battle of Red Cliffs" KEY TOPICS Sequel, SourceMaterial, ThreeKingdomsPeriod, WarEpic |
 | Red Sun | | 1971 USA | East meets west and west meets east in a western KEY TOPICS Samurai, WesternStyle KEY PLAYERS ToshiroMifune |
 | Reign of Assassins 劍雨 Jianyu | | 2010 China | Formidable swordswoman changes identity to escape life as gang's assassin KEY TOPICS EvilEunuch, MingDynasty, Wuxia KEY PLAYERS MichelleYeoh, WangDeShun |
 | Return of the Bastard Swordsman 布衣神相 Bu yi shen xiang aka Bastard Swordsman 2 | | 1984 Hong Kong | "Bastard Swordsman" sequel - more ridiculous cocoons and magical kung fu KEY TOPICS BastardSwordsman, MingDynasty, Sequel, ShawBrothers, Supernatural KEY PLAYERS PhillipKoFei |
 | Return of the Condor Heroes 神鵰俠侶 Shen diao xia lu | | 2006 China | Sequel to the jianghu epic "Legend of the Condor Heros" KEY TOPICS [TV]Series, CondorHeros, LouisChaJinYong, OneArmedSwordsman, Sequel, SourceMaterial, Wuxia KEY PLAYERS LiuYifei |
 | Return of the One-Armed Swordsman 獨臂刀王 Du bei dao wang | | 1969 Hong Kong | Eight kings start kicking ass while one-armed swordsman sits out KEY TOPICS OneArmedSwordsman, Sequel, ShawBrothers, WanderingSwordsman, Wuxia KEY PLAYERS ChanSing, CliffLok, JimmyWang, KuFeng, LauKarLeung, TiLung |
 | Return of Wu Kong 大圣伏妖 Da sheng fu yao aka The Monkey King | | 2018 China | Dude doesn't know he's monkey king and swallowed buddha relics KEY TOPICS [TV], MonkeyKing, SourceMaterial KEY PLAYERS FanSiuWong |
 | Return to the 36th Chamber 少林搭棚大師 Shao Lin da peng da shi | | 1980 Hong Kong | Conman with pretend skills gets shown up, then really trains KEY TOPICS Sequel, Shaolin, ShawBrothers KEY PLAYERS GordonLiu, HsiaoHo, JohnnyWang |
 | Revenger, The 金劍 Jin jian can gu ling aka Shaolin Revenger | | 1980 Hong Kong | Bullying father, avenging son, butchered editing, stiff boring fight scenes KEY PLAYERS TiLung |
 | Ring of Death, The 龍形摩橋 Long xing mo qiao aka Bastard Kung Fu Master | | 1980 Hong Kong | Outcast simpleton trains under expert married couple, then proves himself KEY TOPICS QingDynasty KEY PLAYERS CliffLok, HwangJangLee, LeeHoiSang |
 | Rise of the Legend 黃飛鴻之英雄有夢 Huang feihong zhi yingxiong you meng | | 2014 Hong Kong | Young Wong Fei-Hung, disguised as gangster, seeks vengeance and justice KEY TOPICS Gangster, QingDynasty, SourceMaterial, WongFeiHung KEY PLAYERS EddiePeng, MaxZhang, SammoHung |
 | Road to Galantry 游俠情 You xia qing aka Long Road to Galantry |  | 1984 Hong Kong | Young expert aids righteous Dragon Sect against nefarious Thunder Gang KEY TOPICS JPVideoClip, ShawBrothers, Wuxia KEY PLAYERS ChenKuanTai, YuenQiu |
 | Ronin of the Wilderness 荒野の素浪人 Koya no suronin | | 1972 Japan | Toshiro Mifune reprises ronin role in 100+ episode TV series KEY TOPICS [TV]Series, DNF, EdoPeriod, Ronin, Samurai, SourceMaterial KEY PLAYERS ToshiroMifune |
 | Roving Swordsman, The 大俠沈勝衣 Da xia shen sheng yi | | 1983 Hong Kong | Long drawn-out sword fights and lots of stuff blowing up KEY TOPICS ShawBrothers, WanderingSwordsman KEY PLAYERS KuFeng, TiLung |
 | Rurouni Kenshin るろうに剣心 Rurouni Kenshin aka Rurouni Kenshin: Origins | | 2012 Japan | Feared manslayer renounces killing ways, becomes charitable and benevolent wanderer KEY TOPICS EdoPeriod, MeijiEra, Ronin, Samurai, Shinsengumi, SourceMaterial, WanderingSwordsman KEY PLAYERS TakeruSato |
 | Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno るろうに剣心 京都大火編 Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto taika hen | | 2014 Japan | Kenshin prepares to do battle, save nascent country from usurper KEY TOPICS MeijiEra, Ronin, Samurai, Sequel, SourceMaterial, WanderingSwordsman KEY PLAYERS TakeruSato |
 | Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends るろうに剣心 伝説の最期編 Rurouni Kenshin densetsu no saigo-hen | | 2014 Japan | Keshin confronts nation-killing sociopath, gets help from some old rivals KEY TOPICS MeijiEra, Ronin, Samurai, Sequel, SourceMaterial, WanderingSwordsman KEY PLAYERS TakeruSato |
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