Watch The Kings Of Kung Fu: Releasing The Legends

In the 60s there were a few theaters that would show what we now refer to as martial arts films. Japanese theaters would show samurai films, and in Chinatown it was possible to see some Shaw Brothers films. These films were advertised to a wider audience and began to draw bigger crowds. Chris Poggiali narrates the history of the first decades of Kung Fu distribution in the U.S.