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The 18 Bronzemen (1975)
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The 18 Bronzemen (1975)
Original name: 少林寺十八銅人
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: During the Manchurian invasion of China, the son of the Ming Dynasty General takes refuge in the Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts, so that he may seek revenge for his dead father. But he must first endure the rigorous test of the temple's legendary 18 Bronzemen.
Style: grindhouse
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, ninja, revenge, asian, kung fu classic, shaolin monk, shaolin, fight, violence, friendship, gold, avenger, assassin, betrayal, maze, sword, fire, brutality, master warrior, baby, club, blood, honor, death of father ...
Place: east asia, china
Keyword: chinese

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, grindhouse and realistic films with plots about kung fu, martial arts, fight, kung fu classic, master warrior, fighting and violence mostly in Action, Drama and War genres. Some movies like The 18 Bronzemen: Crippled Avengers (1978), The Great Hero (1978), When Taekwondo Strikes (1973), Executioners from Shaolin (1977), The Invincible Armour (1977). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Crippled Avengers (1978)
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 ...
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Place: east asia, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Great Hero (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: During World War II, Japanese soldiers invade a small Chinese town. Li immediately takes out four of the soldiers who want to steal some chickens. The story then follows the bumbling Japanese soldiers and their commander until Li shows up again for ...
Style: fast paced, independent film
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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When Taekwondo Strikes (1973)
Genre: Action, War, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his ...
Style: grindhouse
Plot: martial arts, world war two, kung fu, shaolin, fight, resistance, hapkido, japanese occupation of korea, taekwondo, army, imperial japan, atrocity ...
Time: 1930s
Place: japan, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Executioners from Shaolin (1977)
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: serious, realistic, rough, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Invincible Armour (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
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Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Clan of the White Lotus (1980)
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 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 110 min.
Story: Wong Fei Hung (Gordon Liu) and his friend are constantly having contests to see who has the better martial arts skill. After getting in trouble with their fathers, Wong Fei Hung settles down and starts to train seriously, while his friend still ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Strife for Mastery (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A feudal lord from China sends his son off to kill a criminal who has murdered thirteen of his men and has stolen a large sum of gold. The son, played by David Chiang, abandons his duty (without the will to live an assassin's life anymore) and ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
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Style: cult classic, fast, exciting, realistic, serious ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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5 Masters of Death (1974)
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: realistic, serious, tense, exciting, rough
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Five Element Ninjas (1982)
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
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Style: cult classic, grindhouse, perverse, educational, exciting ...
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Place: china, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The Shaolin Avengers (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The famous story of the Shaolin Temple's betrayal by the White-Browed Hermit, and the subsequent revenge by Shaolin firebrand Fang Shih-yu, is the stuff of legend. It has been filmed many times by many directors, but few are remembered as ...
Plot: shaolin kung fu, martial arts, kung fu, fight, asian, karate, revenge, folk hero, flashback, shaolin
Place: east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Dragon on Fire (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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7-Man Army (1976)
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Duration: 100 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
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Country: Taiwan, South Korea
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Avenging Eagle (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eagle Chief Yoh Xi-hung raises orphans to be his personal killers. One such is Chik Ming-sing who now wants to put his killer life behind him. When the Eagle Clan come after him, a stranger called Cheuk comes to his assistance It turns out that ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 92 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Action
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
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