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Dirty Ho (1979)
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Dirty Ho (1979)
Original name: 爛頭何
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Wang Chin-chin, who is both the 11th prince and an expert fighterm has fun secretly subverting a local con-man, the inept Ho Chi (Wong Yue), but blackmails the crook into becoming his student after making it look like a B-girl named Choi Hung (Kara Hui) has poisoned Ho and beaten him up in a nightclub.
Style: grindhouse, action comedy
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, wuxia, ninja, fight, exploitation, undercover, incognito, assassination, con man, thief, wine, jewelry, fan, archery, hunchback, antique dealer, jewel thief, prince, con artists, assassination plot, umbrella, crutch

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out grindhouse, serious, exciting and realistic films with plots about kung fu, martial arts, fight, kung fu classic, wuxia, fighting and revenge mostly in Action, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Dirty Ho: Martial Club (1981), Five Fingers of Death (1972), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978), Executioners from Shaolin (1977), Shaolin Challenges Ninja (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Martial Club (1981)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Wong Fei Hung (Gordon Liu) and his friend are constantly having contests to see who has the better martial arts skill. After getting in trouble with their fathers, Wong Fei Hung settles down and starts to train seriously, while his friend still ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wong fei hung, fight, kung fu classic, revenge, master warrior, fistfight, school, death, jealousy, violence ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Five Fingers of Death (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young boxer joins a martial arts school to increase his skill so he can enter a martial arts competition. he leaves the school when he hears that a local gangster is terrorizing the town. he comes to the aid of a young singer and brings on the ...
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, exploitation, fight, wuxia, martial arts tournament, karate, competition, gangster, power relations, tough heroes ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, Lui manages to escape, and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to ...
Style: grindhouse, stylized, inspirational, fast paced, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: shaolin, kung fu, martial arts, revenge, samurai, shaolin kung fu, wuxia, martial artist, fight, medieval, monk, kung fu classic ...
Time: year 1978, 18th century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Executioners from Shaolin (1977)
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 ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, medieval, kung fu classic, wuxia, revenge, exploitation, battles, heroes, one man army ...
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Shaolin Challenges Ninja (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Gordon Liu stars as a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife. When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, he's forced to take on seven of Japan's most powerful ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, stylized
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, kung fu, nunchaku, kung fu classic, fight, ninjitsu, strong female lead, exploitation, wuxia, bohemian, swordplay ...
Time: 1930s
Place: japan, hong kong, shanghai, asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert ...
Style: grindhouse, fast, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin kung fu, medieval, wuxia, kung fu classic, ninja, fight, violent content, rivalry, hopes, self discovery ...
Time: 18th century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Challenge of the Masters (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The Wong family kung fu school gets smacked around by a rival school. Wong Fei-hong gets fed up with the abuse and goes to learn from his fathers master. After one of the rival schools members kills some of the towns people Wong Fei-hong becomes ...
Style: fast, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wong fei hung, kung fu classic, fight, violent content, best friend, hopes, ambition, heroes, rivalry, one man army ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Clan of the White Lotus (1980)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Shaolin practitioners and brothers Wu and Hung kill the merciless Pai Mei. However, Pai Mei's even more merciless brother White Lotus takes revenge; killing most of the Shaolin disciples, including Wu and Hung's girlfriend, leaving only ...
Style: grindhouse, stylized, perverse, exciting, offbeat ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, kung fu classic, medieval, wuxia, ninja, karate, exploitation, monster, violent content ...
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A disgraced former Kung Fu expert makes a living as a merchant with the help of a hot headed friend. When the men are harassed by gangsters, the merchant decided to teach his friend monkey boxing so they can defend their business.
Style: cult classic, grindhouse
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, fight, medieval, shaolin, wuxia, monkey, kung fu master, martial artist, kung fu fighting, master warrior ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Spiritual Boxer (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Wang Yu plays a vagabond who earn a living on people's superstitions, but also puts things right. (A Shaw Brothers production)
Style: action adventure
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, con man, chinese mythology, kung fu master, ghost, supernatural, artist, money, anger, superstition, teacher student relationship ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Kung Fu Invaders (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Director Chang Cheh begins his Shaolin Cycle with this solid kung fu actioner about a band of fighting Ming Dynasty loyalists branded as enemies of the state and driven underground following the burning of the Shaolin Temple by Qing Dynasty ...
Style: grindhouse
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, wuxia, qing dynasty, patriotism, heroic bloodshed, exile, kung fu master, kung fu classic, escape
Time: 18th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 4th, 5th, and 6th brothers are killed. Fu Sheng loses his mind after the death of his family, while the other brother, takes refuge ...
Style: perverse, grindhouse, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu classic, kung fu, medieval, fight, wuxia, fight club, ninja, shaolin, sword, weapons, violent content ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Avenging Eagle (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eagle Chief Yoh Xi-hung raises orphans to be his personal killers. One such is Chik Ming-sing who now wants to put his killer life behind him. When the Eagle Clan come after him, a stranger called Cheuk comes to his assistance It turns out that ...
Style: road movie
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, wuxia, monster, fight, kung fu classic, orphan, redemption, revenge, violence, betrayal, good versus evil ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Legendary Weapons of China (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Legendary Weapons of China is a martial arts fantasy film taking place during the late Qing Dynasty when Empress Dowager Cixi dispatches her agents to various factions of the Boxer Rebellion in order find supernatural martial artists that are ...
Style: suspenseful, semi serious, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, wuxia, weapons, kung fu classic, ninja, samurai, hitman, rivalry, chases and races, supernatural ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Masked Avengers (1981)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Philip Kwok plays a repentant killer who vows to destroy the masked gang of which he was a member. A young fighter and his martial arts brothers come to the town to catch the killers, but one of them is not to be trusted!
Style: bloody
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, fight, monster, kung fu classic, weapons, murder mystery, revenge, masked killer, massacre, impalement, mask ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Flying Guillotine (1975)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The Emperor's armies have developed a new weapon: a thrown blade that can remove someone's head from long distance. As the paranoid Emperor begins decapitating anyone he fears might be a threat, his guard Mau Tang becomes disillusioned ...
Style: grindhouse
Plot: martial arts, flying guillotine, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, exploitation, weapons, stoner, guillotine, death squad, decapitation, qing dynasty ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Crippled Avengers (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Crippled Avengers is a 1978 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh and starring four members of the Venom Mob. It has been released in North America as Mortal Combat and Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms. The film follows a group of martial ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, kung fu classic, fight, wuxia, superhero, blind character, mute or deaf, blind man, disabled, disabled character, shaolin ...
Place: east asia, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Savage Five (1974)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A pacifist village is beset by bandits in this martial arts thriller. "Savage Five" hands-down rivals the ornateness of "Kid With The Golden Arm" and the twist-heavy "Five Deadly Venoms". The always great David Chiang ...
Style: grindhouse
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, sacrifice, chivalry, fight, heroism, oppression, village, kung fu classic, bandit, fighting
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Magnificent Ruffians (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Venom regulars Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Sun Chien star as a gang of unemployed martial artists who spend their days stuffing their faces at local restaurants and letting the staff beat them up instead of paying the bill. Their fortunes appear ...
Style: grindhouse
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, karate, suicide, fight, double suicide, framed for murder, fighting
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Prodigal Boxer: The Kick of Death (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: THE PRODIGAL BOXER features Chinese folk hero Fong Sai Yuk (aka Fong Si Yu), the subject of dozens of HK kung fu films. The role is played by Meng Fei as a callow, unschooled youth and wrongfully accused murderer. Two vicious masters of the local ...
Style: grindhouse
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, combat, student, father, revenge, boxing, kickboxing, kung fu classic, boxer, kickboxer, fistfight ...
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28%
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The Master (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Gao Jian is a lazy and arrogant student of the martial arts school ran by vain Si Fu Shi Chen-chung. One night after his punishment in his school a wounded man reaches his house. He is Jin Tien-yun, a legendary warrior fleeing from a fight in which ...
Style: serious, grindhouse, slapstick, slapstick comedy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, orphan, fight, karate, revenge, martial arts training, daring rescue, imaginary, vigilantism, escapades ...
Time: 70s
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Enter the Fat Dragon (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Ah Lung is a pig farmer and a devoted Bruce Lee fan who is anxious to follow in Lee's footsteps, but only ridiculed for his attempts. He is sent to the city to earn a living working at his uncle's restaurant, but when he arrives, he finds ...
Style: parody, spoof, slapstick comedy
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, satire, fight, city, kickboxing, karate, gag humor, fighting
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Chinese Boxer (1970)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Lei Ming, a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a treacherous, blood-thirsty Japanese karate expert, which leads to many memorable battles as well as several unforgettable training sequences.
Style: grindhouse
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, exploitation, asian gangster, kung fu classic, mixed martial arts, sword fight, casino, samurai, sexual assault, artist, gambling ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his left arm, and kung fu techniques. That he proves with just the help of his friend Chung-Chieng, when ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, stylized
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, fight, kung fu classic, handicapped, violent content, disability, danger, heroes, rivalry ...
Time: year 1971
Place: china, asia
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26%
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Dragon on Fire (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Sammy is involved with gangsters to save his relative from a problem so he calls Dragon Hung from America to help him.
Style: grindhouse
Plot: martial arts, kung fu classic, kung fu, violence, brawl, fight, karate, taekwondo, jeet kune do, action violence, hand to hand combat, fistfight ...
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26%
Chinese Vengeance (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Set in the waning years of the Ching Dyansty, this dramatic, tragic, romantic, blood-soaked martial arts tale of betrayal and revenge explores one of the most sensational scandals in Chinese history and marked the true ascension of its director and ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, ambition, bandit, qing dynasty, fighting
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Death Duel (1977)
Genre: Drama, Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This martial arts spectacular showcases 20-year-old Erh Tung-sheng (a.k.a. Derek Yee). Even Variety noted: "Erh's charismatic screen presence should take him to superstardom like his older brother, David Chiang." The prediction proved ...
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, fight, incognito, social class, duel, sword fight, fatalism, love, violence, body count
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25%
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Warriors Two (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In an attempt to save his village from being taken over by brutes, Wah is beaten to a pulp and his mother brutally murdered. Determined to take revenge, Wah learns the art of Wing Chun and enters into a showdown with the nasty villains.
Style: fast, serious, realistic, stylized, epic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wing chun, fight, wuxia, karate, kung fu classic, dishonesty, master criminal, womanizer, vengeance, heroes ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 115 min.
Story: An evil gang attacks the Chi school of Golden Sword Kung Fu. One student sacrifices his life to save his teacher and his school, his dying wish is that his son be taken in as a student. Young Fang Kang grows up in the school and treasures his ...
Style: grindhouse, serious, realistic, emotional, offbeat ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, kung fu classic, medieval, swordplay, karate, weapons, handicapped, fight, exploitation, disabled character ...
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Five Element Ninjas (1982)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young martial artist seeks revenge on the ninja who kills his martial arts brothers and teacher.
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, perverse, educational, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, kung fu classic, kung fu, fight, asian, exploitation, monster, wuxia, ancient, betrayal, samurai ...
Place: china, east asia, asia
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25%
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