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Fist of Legend (1994)
25K
Original name: 精武英雄
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in fact military occupation- after reading about the death of his kung-fu master Hou Ting-An in a fight against the Japanese champion Ryuichi Akutagawa.
Style:
harsh, intense, tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, cult classic, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, sword fight, violence, martial artist, fight scenes, fight, brutality, samurai, wuxia, master warrior, kung fu classic, kung fu master, humiliation, folk hero, wu shu, fighter, occupation, rage, uninhibited rivalry, revenge, combat, one man army, fistfight, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 30s
Place:
china, asia, japan, hong kong, tokyo
Keyword:
fighting movie, chinese, bruce lee, retrospective
Most similar movies to Fist of Legend
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, cult classic and stylized films with plots about martial arts, kung fu, heroes, master warrior, fight, violence and hand to hand combat mostly in Action, Drama and History genres. Some movies like Fist of Legend: The Chinese Connection (1972), Once Upon a Time in China (1991), Fearless (2006), Ong Bak 2 (2008), Ip Man (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Chen Zhen returns to the international compound of China only to learn of his beloved teacher's death. This is compounded by the continual racist harassment by the Japanese population in the area. Unlike his friends, he confronts it head on ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, murder, violence, kung fu classic, fight scenes, samurai, revenge, wuxia, fight, mentor, karate ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, bolivia, asia, china, shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teacher's death (Huo Yuanjia) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. A mysterious stranger arrives from overseas and befriends a local mafia ...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, resistance, kung fu, undercover, assassination, fight, master warrior, spy, vengeance, state affairs, dishonesty, kung fu classic ...
Time:
20th century, year 2010, 2010s, 1930s, 1940s ...
Place:
china, shanghai, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Set in late 19th century Canton this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung (1847-1924) against foreign forces' (English, French and American) plundering of China.
Style:
colorful, intense, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, martial artist, culture clash, kung fu, folk hero, master warrior, wuxia, qing dynasty, friendship, tragic hero, school, fight ...
Time:
19th century, year 1991, 1800s
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his ...
Style:
inspirational, intense, epic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, master warrior, friendship, childhood, qing dynasty, wuxia, biopic, redemption, exile, fight, fight scenes ...
Time:
year 2006, ancient times, 1800s, 20th century, 1910s ...
Place:
china, japan, asia, east asia, shanghai ...
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100%
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Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Moments from death a young man is rescued by a renowned warrior. Realizing unsurpassed physical potential in the young boy he trains him into the most dangerous man alive. As he becomes a young man he goes on a lone mission of vengeance against the ...
Style:
stylized, serious, harsh, epic, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, revenge, betrayal, vengeance, violence, master warrior, sword fight, rivalry, obsessive quest, danger, human spirit ...
Time:
year 2008, middle ages, medieval times, 15th century
Place:
thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second ...
Style:
heroic, epic, exciting, tense, uplifting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wing chun, human spirit, master warrior, courage, bravery, training, warrior, martial artist, ambition, fight scenes ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1937 ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, History, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the sequel to the Tsui Hark classic, Wong Fei-Hung faces The White Lotus society, a fanatical cult seeking to drive the Europeans out of China through violence, even attacking Chinese who follow Western ways. Wong must also defend Dr. Sun Yat ...
Style:
stylized, cult classic, epic, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, martial artist, samurai, kung fu master, fight, master warrior, kung fu fighting, wuxia, dalmatian, hopes, heroes ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, ancient times, 1890s
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Su Qi-Er, a wealthy man living during the Qing Dynasty who loses his fortune and reputation as a result of a conspiracy against him. After being forced out onto the streets, Su dedicates his life to martial arts and reemerges as a patriotic hero ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, suspenseful, serious, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fight, martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, good versus evil, vengeance, family relations, family feud, family in danger, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, rescue ...
Time:
2010s, 1900s, 1860s
Place:
china, asia, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
One man defeated three assassins who sought to murder the most powerful warlord in pre-unified China.
Style:
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Plot:
martial arts, sword fight, wuxia, kung fu, swords and armor, master warrior, female warrior, betrayal, vengeance, twists and turns, desert, wu shu ...
Time:
year 2002, ancient times, medieval times, middle ages, 2000s
Place:
china, ancient china, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese "Robin Hood" who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme after unwittingly opening a martial arts school next to a brothel!
Style:
scenic, romantic, cult classic, humorous, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, medieval, fight, kung fu fighting, wong fei hung, wire fu, wuxia, one man army, master warrior, heroes, folk hero ...
Time:
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Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jet Li weasels out of the north Shaolin temple to assassinate a despotic ruler at the ruler's extravagant public birthday celebration. Two other men from the south Shaolin temple also set out to assassinate the ruler, but all three fail and are ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, cult classic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin monk, shaolin, master warrior, one against many, soldier, heroes, kung fu master, vengeance, fight, kung fu fighting ...
Time:
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Place:
china, asia, beijing china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Master Wong and his disciples enroll in the 'Dancing Lion Competition' to stop an assassination plot and to battle an arrogant, deceitful opponent.
Style:
stylized, serious, cult classic, harsh, anamorphic ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, medieval, fight, heroes, master warrior, wartime life, school, murder, heroic mission, against the odds, tough heroes ...
Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Iron Monkey is a Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood. Corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician ...
Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, fight, robin hood, violence, martial artist, monk, combat, kung fu classic, wire fu ...
Time:
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china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Chui Chik tries to lead a quiet life as a librarian. However, he is really a former test subject for a highly secretive supersoldier project and the instructor of a special commando unit dubbed "701." The 701 squad is used for many ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, bloody, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, superhero, kung fu, good versus evil, heroes, police, vigilante, martial artist, one man army, danger, soldier, undercover ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
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hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hwang Jang Lee is a corrupt Ming guard who frames John Liu for murder. A wanted fugitive, John hides out with a teen who is an expert in the infamous Iron Armor technique, a technique that means the expert can withstand anything. However, Hwang is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight, ninja, medieval, shaolin, kung fu classic, cannon, revenge, assassin, wanted, violent content ...
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan (Chan) until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the "snake fist" fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, grindhouse, cult classic, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, vengeance, wuxia, fight, heroes, hand to hand combat, medieval, master warrior, mentor, martial artist, orphan ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The young Bruce Lee (Ho Tsung-Tao AKA Bruce Li) has studied the philosophy and art of kung fu since boyhood, but his girlfriend says that he lives in a world of his own and all he thinks of is fighting. She begs him to change his ways, yet after a ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious
Plot:
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Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As adults, they join opposing sides in a civil war. When one betrays the other, they settle their ...
Style:
cult classic, fast, serious, exciting, stylized
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
meditative, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Style:
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong.Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the ...
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Audience:
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martial arts, kung fu, wing chun, master warrior, contests and competitions, pride and honor, courage, wuxia, hopes, heroes, master, martial artist ...
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year 2010, 2010s, 1950s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, but the boy's father is killed by the evil eunuch Pai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom trains him in crane style while he secretly learns tiger ...
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Place:
asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Korea, 1934. During the Japanese occupation, there is open warfare between rival martial arts schools. There is a fight in the marketplace, and three Chinese students can't stand the unfair way of students that side up with the invasors, when ...
Style:
cult classic, stylized, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
1930s
Place:
china, korea, hong kong, asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Epic adventure set during a tumultuous time in China, when left without a leader, the cavalry is attacked by the powerful allies and pirate bands. A martial arts master, Wong Fei-Hong and Aunt Yee return to do battle against these evil forces.
Style:
intense, suspense, brutal
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters when he beats one of them in a duel. ...
Style:
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22%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A dishonored student of the Dragon Fist Sect seeks revenge for the death of his teacher.
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Time:
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Place:
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22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.
Style:
tense, suspense, grindhouse, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, master warrior, martial arts tournament, island, tough heroes, shaolin monk, revenge, strong man, drug lord, final showdown ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, fictional island, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two men skilled in the arts of Kung-Fu are betrayed by their master and crippled for life, one left with no arms and the other with no legs. Despite their obvious disadvantages, they learn to combine their martial arts skills and seek revenge ...
Style:
cult classic, disturbing, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Wong Fei Hung must deal with both foreign threats and the nationalist Red Lantern Society in this continuation of the popular kung fu series.
Style:
anamorphic, cult classic
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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