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The Return of the God of Gamblers (1994)
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The Return of the God of Gamblers (1994)
Original name: 賭神2
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Chow returns to play Ko Chun, a skilled gambler who now lives in retirement in France. Wu Xingguo plays an evil gangster who forces Ko out of retirement by killing his pregnant wife. Ko is forced to team up with a variety of other people to win out in the end. Wu Chien-lien plays Chow's romantic interest, Chingmy Yau plays a Taiwanese femme fatale, and Tony Leung provides much of the laughs.
Style: slapstick, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick comedy, crime drama
Plot: gambling, martial arts, gunfight, triad, gambler, heroes, pregnancy, murder, rescue, master warrior, vengeance, rivalry, danger, ambition, contests and competitions, hidden identity, partner, disorder, dishonesty, going straight, criminal's revenge, hopes, criminal heroes, unlikely partners, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: china, france, taiwan, asia, europe
Keyword: chinese, gangsters, partners

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God of Gamblers (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Chow Yun-Fat plays Ko Chun, an extremely talented and well known gambler. On the eve of a big confrontation with a famous Singaporean gambler, Ko walks into a trap set by Knife, an avid but a so-so gambler (Andy Lau), meant for an Indian servant. ...
Style: realistic, exciting, semi serious, scenic, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, poker, memory loss, triad, betrayal, comeback, kung fu, casino, martial arts, bodyguard, amnesia, traitor ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, china, asia, tokyo, san francisco
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God of Gamblers II (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Wong Jing's sequel to All for the Winner and spin-off to God of Gamblers finds Chow Sing Cho looking up to Michael "Dagger" Chan in order to become Ko Chun's next disciple, but the two must put aside their differences when they ...
Style: slapstick, humorous, semi serious, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, gambler, hustler, casino, gunfight, ship, gangster, partner, violent content, anti hero, cons and scams, ambition ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Prison on Fire (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ching and Yiu and problems they face with Mickey, a fellow inmate and "Assassin", a prison guard. Yiu is sentenced to three years for manslaughter. In a fight for his father, he pushed a man and was run over by a bus. Ching was sent to ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
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Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Rich and Famous (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: To pay off his debt as a gambler, a man drags his sister and step-brother into a life of crime and a violent war between rival gang lords.
Style: cult classic, crime drama, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 80s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Man from Macau (2014)
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Duration: 97 min.
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Challenge of the Masters (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
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Style: fast, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
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Audience: boys' night
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Duration: 109 min.
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