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Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
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Original name: 獨臂拳王大破血滴子
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 81 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, violence, fight, weapons, violent, kung fu master, flying guillotine, revenge, blood, guillotine, decapitation, magic, karate, handicapped, stoner, martial arts tournament, inspiration, kung fu classic, asian gangster, badass, heroes ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
china, asia, japan, hong kong, tokyo
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Most similar movies to Master of the Flying Guillotine
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, stylized and realistic films with plots about martial arts, kung fu, heroes, rivalry, fight, master warrior and kung fu classic mostly in Action, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Master of the Flying Guillotine: Five Deadly Venoms (1978), Clan of the White Lotus (1980), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978), The Invincible Armour (1977), Ashes of Time (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A kung-fu student is instructed by his dying teacher to track down five of the teacher's ex-students. Each of the five is equipped with a lethal martial arts skill, and the teacher fears this might be used for evil purposes. However, not only ...
Style:
grindhouse, cult classic, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu classic, kung fu, kung fu master, wuxia, shaolin, exploitation, fight, karate, kung fu fighting, martial artist, monster ...
Time:
year 1978
Place:
east asia, asia
Similarity:
100%
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, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, kung fu classic, medieval, shaolin monk, kung fu master, ninja, wuxia, shaolin kung fu, karate ...
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
100%
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.
Style:
bloody, stylized, talky, manga, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, assassin, samurai sword, ninja, weapons, father son relationship, drifter, samurai, gory, master warrior, fight ...
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
shaolin, kung fu, martial arts, shaolin kung fu, martial artist, revenge, wuxia, samurai, kung fu master, training, fight, kung fu classic ...
Time:
year 1978, 18th century
Place:
china, asia, japan, tokyo, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
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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
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight, ninja, medieval, shaolin, kung fu master, kung fu classic, cannon, revenge, assassin, wanted ...
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Japan
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, atmospheric, stylized, contemplative ...
Plot:
wuxia, martial arts, kung fu, sword fight, desert, vengeance, samurai, redemption, loneliness, swordsman, assassin, bandit ...
Time:
year 1994
Place:
china, east asia, asia, tokyo, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
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 ...
Style:
serious, captivating, exciting, stylized, suspenseful
Plot:
martial arts, fight, kung fu classic, chases and races, military, one man army, drug dealing, master warrior, escapades, rivalry, vengeance, state affairs ...
Time:
80s
Place:
taiwan, china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, bloody, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, sword fight, female martial artist, fight, gang war, blacksmith, lone hero, weapons, master warrior, revenge, betrayal ...
Time:
15th century, year 2012, 19th century, 2010s
Place:
china, asia, ancient china, seattle, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
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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:
colorful, exciting, fairy tale, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
true love, destiny, wuxia, martial arts, fall in love, rescue, life & death, time travel, heroes, heroic mission, medieval, orphan ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
china, japan, hong kong, ancient china, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Tien Lung, the best fighter at the Ching Te martial arts school, gets into a fight with the Hook Gang, part of a local opium-dealing and prostitution ring run by a man named Chao, and easily defeats them. The beaten Hook gang members return to Chao, ...
Style:
grindhouse
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, disabled character, disabled, violent, kung fu classic, handicapped, boxer, exploitation, fight ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An evil gang attacks the Chi school of Golden Sword Kung Fu. One student sacrifices his life to save his teacher and his school, his dying wish is that his son be taken in as a student. Young Fang Kang grows up in the school and treasures his ...
Style:
grindhouse, realistic, serious, emotional, offbeat ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, wuxia, kung fu classic, medieval, kung fu, sword, kung fu master, swordplay, teacher, disabled character, attempted rape, love ...
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Lei Ming, a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a treacherous, blood-thirsty Japanese karate expert, which leads to many memorable battles as well as several unforgettable training sequences.
Style:
grindhouse
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, exploitation, asian gangster, kung fu classic, sword fight, casino, sexual assault, samurai, artist, japanese occupation, rape ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Crippled Avengers is a 1978 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh and starring four members of the Venom Mob. It has been released in North America as Mortal Combat and Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms. The film follows a group of martial ...
Style:
grindhouse, cult classic, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, kung fu classic, wuxia, kung fu master, handicapped, shaolin, fight, superhero, blind character, mute or deaf, disabled ...
Place:
east asia, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young boxer joins a martial arts school to increase his skill so he can enter a martial arts competition. he leaves the school when he hears that a local gangster is terrorizing the town. he comes to the aid of a young singer and brings on the ...
Style:
grindhouse, cult classic, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, wuxia, exploitation, fight, martial arts tournament, kung fu master, karate, competition, gangster, tough heroes ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 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:
realistic, serious, exciting, stylized
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, fight, kung fu classic, handicapped, master warrior, violent content, heroes, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
year 1971
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Jin bei tong opens with a group of escort/guards preparing to move a shipment of gold from the local government to an area stricken by famine... one of the very few Venom films where all six Venom actors are present within a single film.
Style:
cult classic, fast, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, fight, medieval, kung fu classic, sword, shaolin monk, shaolin, wuxia, weapons, asian, master warrior ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
china, east asia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 4th, 5th, and 6th brothers are killed. Fu Sheng loses his mind after the death of his family, while the other brother, takes refuge ...
Style:
perverse, grindhouse, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kung fu classic, kung fu, medieval, martial arts, wuxia, kung fu master, shaolin, shaolin monk, fight, shaolin kung fu, ninja, sword ...
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In wake of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), a group of Japanese warlords calculate that the best way to prepare an invasion of the rest of China from their southern Manchuria staging ground.
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, samurai, fight, handicapped, supernatural, kung fu, save the day, gang, danger, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, heroes ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan, china
Similarity:
27%
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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:
realistic, serious, rough, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, kung fu classic, medieval, shaolin monk, wuxia, revenge, shaolin kung fu, exploitation, battles ...
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
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:
perverse, manga, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, medieval, wuxia, sword duel, kung fu, samurai, kung fu classic, swordsman, martial artist, duel, giant ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
asia, china, japan, hong kong
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Legendary Weapons of China is a martial arts fantasy film taking place during the late Qing Dynasty when Empress Dowager Cixi dispatches her agents to various factions of the Boxer Rebellion in order find supernatural martial artists that are ...
Style:
suspenseful, semi serious, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, fight, weapons, sword duel, ninja, samurai, kung fu classic, hitman, supernatural, chases and races ...
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The plot involves patriots during the Sung Dynasty and their attempts to rescue a kidnapped prince from Ching troops who have invaded the north of China. The patriots are led by Ti Lung who recruits a mysterious but seemingly superhuman fighter ...
Style:
serious, realistic, stylized, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
martial arts, medieval, kung fu, wuxia, martial artist, fight, kung fu master, kung fu classic, partner, revolution, friends, heroes ...
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in ...
Style:
intense, harsh, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, violence, fight scenes, kung fu master, martial artist, sword fight, vengeance, brutality, wuxia, visceral, samurai ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
china, asia, hong kong, japan, tokyo
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, tense, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin monk, kung fu classic, medieval, fight, karate, martial arts training, fistfight, shaolin kung fu, violent content, heroes ...
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Emperor's armies have developed a new weapon: a thrown blade that can remove someone's head from long distance. As the paranoid Emperor begins decapitating anyone he fears might be a threat, his guard Mau Tang becomes disillusioned ...
Style:
grindhouse
Plot:
martial arts, flying guillotine, medieval, wuxia, weapons, exploitation, stoner, guillotine, death squad, decapitation, qing dynasty, palace ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A dishonored student of the Dragon Fist Sect seeks revenge for the death of his teacher.
Style:
action adventure, cult classic, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight, blaster, master warrior, heroes, violent content, danger, vengeance, rivalry, violence spree, antidote ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A regional champion martial artist that moonlights as an honour-bound assassin, Tu Ta Shen, solidifies his reputation by challenging top fighters en route to the other champion, Nan Pa Tien, in order to unify both titles. Along the way he defeats a ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, stylized
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, kung fu master, revenge, heroes, sword fight, rivalry, vengeance, escapades, ambition, wooing, sword ...
Time:
70s
Place:
china
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The 5 Kao brothers, separated since childhood, are unaware that the master Teng Lung Manor, Lung Chen-feng has killed their father. All five, however, seek to defeat the vicious gangsters at the Manor.
Style:
grindhouse, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, revenge, murder, kung fu master, sword fight, sibling relationship, violent content, family relations, battles, uninhibited rivalry ...
Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young martial artist seeks revenge on the ninja who kills his martial arts brothers and teacher.
Style:
perverse, cult classic, grindhouse, educational, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
china, east asia, asia
Similarity:
25%
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:
realistic, serious, exciting, epic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
asia, china
Similarity:
25%
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