Movies like Golgo 13 1977

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Golgo 13 (1977)
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Golgo 13 (1977)
Original name: ゴルゴ13:九竜の首
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His main obstacle is the relentless Detective 'Smitty' Smith, determined to stop Togo no matter the cost. The result is an explosive adventure through the seamy, violent streets of Hong Kong.
Style: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, detective, crime drama, manga
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, hitman, yakuza, superhero, assassination, killer, sniper, karate, assassin, female assassin, triad, drug cartel, diplomat, scuba diving, heroes, undercover, life is a bitch, master warrior, chases and races, rivalry, drug dealing, danger, law enforcement, government agency, wooing ...
Time: 70s, year 1977
Place: asia, tokyo, kyoto japan, hong kong
Keyword: chinese, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about rivalry, martial arts, gangster, heroes, danger, law enforcement and deadly mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Golgo 13: Sister Street Fighter (1974), Shatter (1974), The Streetfighter (1974), The Executioner (1974), Double Tap (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Sister Street Fighter (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Lee Long is a martial-arts champion who the police use as an undercover agent to infiltrate a drug ring responsible for importing heroin from Japan to Hong Kong. When he is identified and imprisoned, the police pressure his sister, Tina Long, to ...
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Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, asia, japan
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Shatter (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
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The Streetfighter (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 77 min.
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The Executioner (1974)
Genre: Action
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Duration: 87 min.
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Style: exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
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Time: 70s
Place: tokyo, asia, japan
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Double Tap (2000)
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
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Duration: 87 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Kung Fu Jungle (2014)
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Country: China, Hong Kong
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Story: A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.
Style: exciting, stylized, rough, suspenseful, cult classic ...
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