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Swordsman III: The East Is Red (1993)
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Swordsman III: The East Is Red (1993)
Original name: 東方不敗之風雲再起
Genre: Action, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A royal official accompanies a Portuguese warship to the Black Cliffs to see the site of the defeat of the evil Invincible Asia, who attained supernatural abilities by following the sacred scroll and castrating himself.
Style: serious
Plot: martial arts, medieval, wuxia, lgbt, swashbuckler, transgender, gender bending, ghost, heroes, supernatural, wizards and magicians, master warrior, supernatural ability, escapades, vengeance, rivalry, danger, good versus evil, kung fu, messiah, afterlife, tiger, transsexual, adventure
Place: asia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, stylized and epic films with plots about rivalry, heroes, martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, master warrior and escapades mostly in Action, Fantasy and Romance genres. Some movies like Swordsman III: The East Is Red: The Bride with White Hair 2 (1993), The Swordsman (1990), Swordsman II (1992), A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990), The Bride with White Hair (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Bride with White Hair 2 (1993)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min.
Story: For ten years, Cho has been in the snow of Mount Shin Fung waiting for a rare flower to blossom that will cure his wife who, back in Chung Yuan, is slowly killing all of the members of the Eight Big Clans. Something Cho did to her early in their ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, stylized, suspenseful, serious
Audience: boys' night
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Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Swordsman (1990)
Genre: Action, History
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 118 min.
Story: When a scroll containing valuable martial arts secrets is stolen from the Emperor, an army detachment is sent to recover it. It is based on the novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jinyong.
Style: captivating, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Swordsman II (1992)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jet Li plays Ling, a student from the Blue Mountain school of martial arts, who, along with fellow students and Kiddo, find themselves embroiled in a country-wide political/clan war with the Highlander clan in the forefront of the battle.
Style: cult classic, surreal, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, medieval, tough heroes, transgender, wire fu, kung fu fighting, martial artist, ancient, hardcore, fight ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Several years after his beloved Nieh has gone, Ning is innocently put into jail. Luckily, he meets a scholar, Elder Chu Kot, in the prison who finally helps him escape. Ning then meets a young witty monk Autumn. They become friends and live in an ...
Style: exciting, atmospheric, stylized, inspirational, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ghost, medieval, wuxia, supernatural, monster, martial artist, humour, vampire, escape, minister, rebel ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Bride with White Hair (1993)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The sensitive swordsman Cho Yi-Hang is tired of his life. He is the unwilling successor to the Wu-Tang clan throne and the unsure commander of the clan's forces in a war against foreign tribes and an evil cult. One day, he meets the beautiful ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, surreal, exciting, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, betrayal, kung fu, supernatural, love and romance, escapades, tragic hero, good versus evil, vengeance, female warrior, tragic love ...
Time: year 1993
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Butterfly Lovers (2008)
Genre: Action, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: This movie is based on the Butterfly Lovers, or Liang Zhu, a Chinese legend about the tragic romance between two lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Retelling the Wuxia version of the story, it was filmed in Shanghai in 2008. The story features ...
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A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Having slept for a century, the monstrous Tree Devil is now awaken and starts finding lost souls again. One stormy night, a wise High Priest and his student Fong pass by the Orchid Temple and realize that it is haunted. Fong encounters two evil ...
Style: semi serious, exciting, atmospheric, tense, stylized
Audience: boys' night, teens
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Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2011)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The Sorcerer and the White Snake is an ancient Chinese fable about a woman demon who falls in love with a mortal is brought to life through the latest advances in CGI and action techniques.
Style: serious, stylized, exciting, epic, romantic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, supernatural, kung fu, good versus evil, heroes, escapades, rivalry, fall in love, deadly creature, love, snake woman ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Dragon Inn (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story: During the Ming Dynasty, Tsao Sui Yan, the power-hungry and ruthless eunuch leader of East Chamber, craves his own kingdom. He intends on destroying the rebelling clans by using a traitorous secretary's children as bait. Ultimately, the two ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, stylized, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Golden Swallow (1968)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Golden Swallow revolves around the further adventures of its title character. This time around, she is forced into violence when a figure from her mysterious past goes on a killing rampage while leaving evidence that holds her responsible. Golden ...
Style: grindhouse, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
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Time: 60s
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59%
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Ashes of Time (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The film is set in five parts, five seasons that are part of the Chinese almanac. The story takes place in the jianghu, the world of the martial arts. Ouyang Feng has lived in the western desert for some years. He left his home in White Camel ...
Style: art house, visual, epic, stylized, atmospheric ...
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Time: year 1994
Place: china, east asia, asia
⇓ 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%
Shaolin Temple (1976)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min.
Story: There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between a brave brand of Chinese boxers and ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting
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⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Action
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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 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. No one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, and the beautiful ...
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Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 1987
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Evil Cult (1993)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, History
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Duration: 107 min.
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Style: serious, surreal, scenic, atmospheric
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Country: Hong Kong
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