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Sakura Killers (1987)
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Genre: Action
Country: USA, Taiwan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Chuck Connors stars in this routine martial arts feature as the Colonel. He sends agents Sonny (Mike Kelly) and Dennis (George Nichols) to Taiwan in search of microfilm containing experiments on genetic engineering. The agents soon find themselves up against Japanese killers known as the Sakura who plan to sell United States secrets to the Soviet Union. Sonny and Dennis train with a martial arts master in order to fight the enemy and obtain the coveted microfilm.
Style:
rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, fight, agent, death, warrior, ninjitsu, heroes, destiny, frame up, rivalry, law enforcement, professor, danger, adventure, crimes
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
taiwan
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, suspenseful and rough films with plots about martial arts, rivalry, heroes, danger, master warrior, kung fu and fight mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Sakura Killers: Shootfighter II (1996), Sticks of Death (1986), The Executioner (1974), Search and Destroy (1988), The Protector 2 (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In this martial-arts actioner, Miami mobsters find themselves in mortal danger after an angry police chief hires the world's most vicious fighters and uses them to launch a city-wide vendetta
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 98 min.
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Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
SEARCH AND DESTROY (1988) - Terrorists destroy a chemical factory. A virus is released that infects the people of the town with a strange psychosis. Stars Joe Ambrose, Tom Banks and Peter Drinco
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Kham is the last in long line of guards who once watched over the King of Thailand's war elephants. Traditionally, only the perfect elephants could successfully help defend the throne, after his harrowing quest to retrieve the elephants, Kham ...
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exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
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martial arts, master warrior, heroes, rivalry, daring rescue, escapades, motorcycle chase, fight, protagonist as suspect, medieval, on the run, disorder ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mona, Billy and Elaine are a tough trio known as the "Angels." While they are on vacation in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), they find out that one of Billy's school-chums is now a gun-runner plotting a revolution in Malaysia with his ...
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martial arts, kung fu, fight, strong female lead, jungle, female martial artist, strong violent content, strong female presence, fighting crime, police investigation, law enforcement, partners against crime ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
asia, hong kong
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68%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Traveling from California to Houston, a martial arts expert suffers a motorcycle breakdown in a small Texas town. But his bad luck proves to be a blessing in disguise for the local townspeople when he discovers the corrupt sheriff and his KKK ...
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Place:
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Genre: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A laborer moves to Shanghai in the hope of becoming rich. But ends up using his kung fu skills to survive. Remake of The Boxer From Shantung.
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After completing a covert mission in southern Thailand, CIA agent Gunja finds herself forced to fight off operatives who've been ordered to take her out at all costs. She survives and after two years of laying low, re-emerges in Bangkok to face ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ex-kickboxing champion turned sports photographer Max Havoc again finds himself in Guam on a publicity photo shoot. Max's helpful ways land him in the lives of the vacationing sisters Jane and Christy Goody who have acquired a rare jade dragon, ...
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Chen Wo-Fu plays construction worker Ku Ting, whose skill at "tai chi" (shadow boxing) is as great as his pacifism. But when his girlfriend is raped by vicious gangsters, he shows everyone the true power and beauty of tai chi.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 154 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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