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Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
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Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
Original name: 獨臂拳王大破血滴子
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A one-armed martial arts master is being stalked by an Imperial assassin, the master of two fighters (the Tibetan Lamas) who were killed in the previous film. When the One-Armed Boxer is invited to attend a martial arts tournament, his efforts to lay low are unsuccessful, and the assassin soon tracks him down with the help of his three subordinates competing in the tournament: a Thai boxer, a yoga master, and a kobojutsu user.
Style: grindhouse, fast paced, cult classic, stylized, exciting, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, wuxia, exploitation, medieval, fight, violent, violence, flying guillotine, revenge, blood, magic, karate, handicapped, stoner, inspiration, kung fu classic, asian gangster, badass, guillotine, decapitation, heroes, chases and races, escapades, rivalry ...
Time: 18th century
Place: china, asia, japan, hong kong, tokyo
Keyword: fighting movie, chinese, taiwanese, gangsters

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Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
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Time: year 1978
Place: east asia, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
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Place: japan, asia
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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
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Time: year 1978, 18th century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Invincible Armour (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hwang Jang Lee is a corrupt Ming guard who frames John Liu for murder. A wanted fugitive, John hides out with a teen who is an expert in the infamous Iron Armor technique, a technique that means the expert can withstand anything. However, Hwang is ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, exciting
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Death Duel of Kung Fu (1979)
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Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Ming General Cheng (Wang Dao) and his band of soldiers escape to Taiwan after Ching forces topple the Ming Dynasty. Still fearing the deposed general's deadly potential, however, the Ching prince Ta orders his own band of ruthless mercenaries ...
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Time: 80s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 104 min.
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Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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