Movies like A Man Called Hero

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A Man Called Hero (1999)
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A Man Called Hero (1999)
Original name: 中華英雄
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Episodic saga from the first half of the 20th century follows Hero Hua from an ill-omened June day in his youth to a showdown 17 years later with a disaffected member of his martial-arts school, a Japanese named Invincible. Tensions between Chinese and Japanese, plus U.S. racism, mark the tale. Hero marries Jade, leaves her in China when he goes to America as an indentured servant, rebels against cruel labor conditions, and is joined by her in New York City where she has twins. Jump ahead 16 years: their son Sword comes to New York looking for his father. There, Sword hears many stories of his father, which we see in flashbacks, and the stage is set for the battle with Invincible.
Style: epic, exciting, serious, stylized, comic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, medieval, ninja, superhero, kung fu, swashbuckler, racism, destiny, curse, heroes, battles, legends and myths, parents and children, master warrior, vigilantism, escapades, rivalry, society, wiretap, danger, one man army, hopes, unfulfillment, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place: china, asia, usa, new york, hong kong
Keyword: chinese

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Most similar movies to A Man Called Hero

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, stylized and epic films with plots about martial arts, rivalry, heroes, kung fu, master warrior, wuxia and danger mostly in Action, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like A Man Called Hero: Fearless Hyena 2 (1983), The Storm Warriors (2009), The Storm Riders (1998), Tai Chi Hero (2012), Tai Chi Zero (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Fearless Hyena 2 (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A pair of evil kung-fu artists, Heaven and Earth, are slaughtering the entire Yin-Yang brotherhood.
Style: serious, exciting, stylized
Plot: martial arts, medieval, kung fu, heroes, master warrior, superhuman powers, pirate, vengeance, hotshot hero, tough law enforcer, chase, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: hong kong
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The Storm Warriors (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Wind and Cloud find themselves up against a ruthless Japanese warlord intent on invading China.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, visually stunning, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, supernatural ability, supernatural, master warrior, heroes, good versus evil, friends, battles, medieval, imaginary, partner ...
Place: asia, china
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The Storm Riders (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Based on a comic book called Fung Wan (or Tin Ha), the movie stars Ekin Cheng as Wind and Aaron Kwok as Cloud. The plot involves two children, Whispering Wind and Striding Cloud, who become powerful warriors under the evil warlord Conquer's ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, sword and sorcery, kung fu, swashbuckler, sorcery, superhero, new love, rivalry, save the world, vengeance, good versus evil ...
Place: hong kong, asia
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Tai Chi Hero (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Chinese steampunk martial arts blockbuster about the early years of Tai chi master Yang Luchan, the man who founded in the 19th century what has now become the most popular Tai Chi style in the world. The second instalment of the "Tai Chi" ...
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, tense, offbeat
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, tai chi, battles, mortal combat, rivalry, danger, society, master warrior, medieval, misfit, kung fu, wuxia ...
Time: 2010s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Tai Chi Zero (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In legendary Chen Village, everyone is a martial arts master, using their powerful Chen Style Tai Chi in all aspects of their lives. Lu Chan has arrived to train, but the villagers are forbidden to teach Chen Style to outsiders, and do their best to ...
Style: stylized, serious, offbeat, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, master warrior, superhuman powers, mortal combat, super weapon, battles, teaching the ways of the world, danger, society, rivalry, supernatural, medieval ...
Time: 2010s
Place: china, asia
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Jade Warrior (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Finland, Netherlands, China, Estonia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a love struck sword hero fights against his destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one and he gets that chance, in a far away place and a far away time, in the cold north, in modern ...
Style: serious, stylized, epic, exciting, romantic drama
Audience: boys' night
Plot: legends and myths, martial arts, reincarnation, curses spells and rituals, escapades, good versus evil, danger, rivalry, supernatural, supernatural ability, medieval, destiny ...
Place: finland, china, europe, asia
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Kamui (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: KAMUI is a Ninja on the run from the world of Ninja bound by rules in search of true freedom. However, he is burdened with the fate, where it is not allowed to take the secret of their powers outside of the tribe -- if you are born as Ninja, you ...
Style: exciting, rough, stylized, epic, anime ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, redemption, heroes, rebellion, human spirit, rivalry, tough heroes, on the run, escapades, danger, good versus evil ...
Time: 17th century
Place: japan, asia
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Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: China
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Flying Swords of Dragon Gate picks up three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was burnt down in the desert when its innkeeper Jade vanished. A new gang of marauders had taken over - innkeepers by day and treasure hunters by night. The inn is the ...
Style: exciting, stylized, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, battles, mistress, heroes, danger, eunuch, kung fu, medieval, desert, escapades, rivalry ...
Time: 15th century
Place: china, ancient china, seattle, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Forbidden Warrior (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The Gaia Za is a sacred tome that holds many ancient and powerful spells to be unlocked by a so-called Chosen One expected to be born to one of two leading families: the Khans or the Marajis. Unwilling to leave the clan's fate to the gods, Che ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, serious
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Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
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A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive ...
Style: dorama, semi serious, serious, exciting, offbeat ...
Plot: wuxia, martial arts, true love, kung fu, fight club, monk, legends and myths, heroic mission, destiny, danger, escapades, imaginary ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Zu Warriors (2001)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story: King Sky (Ekin Cheng), the sole disciple of the Kun Lun Sect, falls in love with his master Dawn (Cecilia Cheung). Dawn is killed when Insomnia destroys the Kin Lun Mountain. King Sky waits for two hundred years and meets Enigma (Cecilia Cheung), ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, epic
Plot: martial arts, save the world, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, supernatural, rescue, supernatural ability, wuxia, escapades, rivalry, danger, legend ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
Style: stylized, light, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, female warrior, master warrior, wuxia, sword fight, heroes, medieval, love and romance, fight, revenge, sword and sorcery ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century
Place: china, asia, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A Chinese emissary is sent to the Gobi desert to execute a renegade soldier. When a caravan transporting a Buddhist monk and a valuable treasure is threatened by thieves, however, the two warriors might unite to protect the travelers.
Style: epic, breathtaking, exciting, serious, lyrical ...
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Time: 8th century
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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
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Time: year 1971
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the fifth century, constant civil war scars western China. To escape death, Ti, a young scout, jumps through a crevice in the Zu mountains where he meets and becomes the apprentice of Ting Yin, a spiritual man with great fighting powers. They ...
Style: cult classic, serious, stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
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Time: year 1983, 5th century
Place: hong kong, asia, china, ancient china
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Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
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
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Time: 20th century, year 2010, 2010s, 1930s, 1940s ...
Place: china, shanghai, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Duel to Death (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: One of the last of the Old School Hong Kong martial arts flicks, this one deals with a legendary competition in swordplay and fighting that ends up being fought between two great warriors, a Chinese man and a Japanese man, who, over the course of ...
Style: manga, cult classic, perverse, serious, realistic ...
Plot: ninja, martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, samurai, kung fu classic, cannon, weapons, fight, swordplay, swordsman ...
Time: middle ages
Place: china, hong kong, japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Reign of Assassins (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
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Place: china, asia, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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The Blade (1995)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young man adopted by a renowned swordsmith, discovers that his real father was killed by a powerful bandit called Lung. Leaving to seek revenge, he runs foul of a group of vicious desert scum, losing his right arm in the process. After being ...
Style: perverse, serious, exciting, rough, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, sword duel, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, ninja, swordplay, handicapped, swashbuckler, heroes, hopes, orphan ...
Time: 90s
Place: east asia, hong kong, asia
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Once Upon a Time in China III (1992)
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 ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, samurai, culture clash, wuxia, master warrior, battles, heroes, medieval, heroic mission, wong fei hung, assassination ...
Time: 1800s
Place: china
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56%
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
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Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Fantasy adventure about the arrival of Buddhism in China. When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He ...
Style: stylized, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: martial arts, monkey king, wuxia, kung fu, true love, legends and myths, changing the past or future, reincarnation, giant spider, religions or cults, monk, love triangle ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
The Brave Archer (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Guo Jing and Yang Kang are the sons of two rebels. The rebels are killed by imperial soldiers and the boys are rescued by six pugilists later. The pugilists agree to separate the two boys, tutor them separately in martial arts, and let them meet ...
Style: serious, realistic, epic, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, archer, archery, wuxia, violent content, power relations, family relations, love and romance, heroes, vengeance, dishonesty ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The notorious “One-Armed Swordsman” who has spent the last two years retired from the martial world as a simple farmer with his wife. Of course this idyllic life is about to be sliced to ribbons by Chang’s wicked imagination. He concocts a ...
Style: grindhouse, serious, realistic, offbeat
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, medieval, violent, swordplay, handicapped, master warrior, one man army, poison gas, ambush, hostage ...
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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 ⇓
55%
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 ⇓
55%
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The Promise (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China, South Korea, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In return for beauty and the admiration of every man, she will never be with the man she loves. This spell cannot be broken unless the impossible happens: ...
Style: stylized, colorful, exciting, fairy tale, serious ...
Plot: martial arts, true love, medieval, wuxia, rescue, life & death, time travel, heroes, fall in love, heroic mission, princess, orphan ...
Time: year 2005
Place: china, japan, hong kong, ancient china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.
Style: visual, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, samurai, assassin, kung fu, warrior, ancient, swordplay, weapons, ice, snow, cold, revenge ...
Place: japan, antarctic, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Patrol Horse (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Four heroes embark on a secret mission for Dr Sun Yat Sen's Nationalist Guard. Relentlessly pursued by the warriors of notorious Warlord Yue Sai Hoi, they have seven days to reach the Lo Yang Pass with their secret cargo.
Style: realistic, serious, tense
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, ninja, battles, politics, heroes, soldier, state affairs, rivalry, escapades, chase, military ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Butterfly and Sword (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Dynamo Michelle Khan stars as a loyalist who attempts to keep the King's empire from being overthrown by a revolutionary group. Top fight action.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, stylized
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, betrayal, wuxia, dishonesty, heroic mission, female warrior, medieval, tough heroes, good versus evil, master warrior, kung fu, sword ...
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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