Kundo (2014)
I really liked this South Korean period epic that takes place in 1859 towards the end of the Joseon Dynasty. It’s reminiscent of The Water Margin, with a large group of righteous bandits who steal from corrupt officials and give to the poor. The arch-villain is a slightly effeminate young nobleman with nearly unbeatable martial abilities. The main protagonist is a butcher whose family is murdered and of course seeks revenge.
I won’t go into too much detail, other than to say that, at more than two hours long, I never felt bored at any point. The movie is beautifully shot and well-acted. The soundtrack is very spaghetti western-esque, even borrowing Riz Ortolani’s Day of Anger theme, which only became widely known since Tarantino recycled it in Django Unchained, but had previously been used in several 1970s kung fu movies (see entry #3 in my ‘movie soundtracks used in old-school KF films’ thread). 
And for Gene…yes, there are sword fights aplenty!
I enjoyed this movie, and found it a lot more fun than, say, War of the Arrows (which was long and FELT long).