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Fist of Legend (1994)
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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:
tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, intense, harsh, breathtaking, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, vengeance, master warrior, kung fu classic, humiliation, folk hero, good versus evil, duel, occupation, rage, uninhibited rivalry, sword fight, brutality, violence, one man army, heroes, battles, murder, kung fu master, public humiliation, battle, mixed martial arts, stabbed in the arm, fight scenes, visceral ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 30s
Place:
china, asia, japan, hong kong, tokyo
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, stylized and realistic films with plots about martial arts, heroes, kung fu, master warrior, rivalry, vengeance and violence mostly in Action, Drama and History genres. Some movies like Fist of Legend: The Chinese Connection (1972), Once Upon a Time in China (1991), Enter the Dragon (1973), Ip Man (2008), Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986). 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 ...
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Time:
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Place:
japan, china, asia, shanghai, hong kong ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, 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.
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epic, exciting, serious, realistic, intense ...
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Time:
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Place:
china, asia, hong kong, tokyo
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, 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.
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
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 ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, 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 ...
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Plot:
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Place:
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Time:
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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:
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Audience:
boys' night
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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 ...
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Time:
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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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suspenseful, exciting, tense, captivating, rough ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his generals, who installs himself as emperor in the East Capital. The son of one of his slave workers escapes to the Shaolin Temple, learns kung fu, and sets out to kill the traitor who killed his father. ...
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47%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 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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Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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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 ...
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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 ...
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martial arts, betrayal, destiny, one man army, human spirit, danger, rivalry, master warrior, heroes, vengeance, deadly, hopes ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with their grandfather who runs a Kung-Fu school there. However, the master of a Japanese Kung-Fu school in Taiwan has designs on bringing all other ...
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realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, heroes, master warrior, fight, kung fu, wartime life, vengeance, master villain, rivalry, crimes, gang, escapades ...
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Genre: Action
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
China is in unrest, as the Republic falls prey to Warlords like Kahn Xin, who holds an entire province hostage to the opium trade—and destroys all who oppose him. Only the revered Wudang monks dare stand in Kahn’s way in order to protect the ...
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100%
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Country: USA, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The 5 Kao brothers, separated since childhood, are unaware that the master Teng Lung Manor, Lung Chen-feng has killed their father. All five, however, seek to defeat the vicious gangsters at the Manor.
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs, where Danny is the main contender. When ...
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Story:
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