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The Gambling Ghost (1991)
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Original name: 洪福齊天
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sammo Hung plays three different characters: Fatty, Fatty's father and Fatty's grandfather, Hung Kau. Fatty is a hotel worker, yearning for sudden wealth. Therefore, he, and his co-worker, enter the gambling world, to the dismay of his father. When Fatty hits rock bottom, the ghost of his grandfather resurrects to help him. However, Fatty learns that his grandfather was murdered, therefore, he will stop at nothing to avenge his death.
Style:
sitcom
Plot:
martial arts, fight, kung fu, ghost, gambling, goofball, revenge
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out cult film, humorous, semi serious and exciting films with plots about martial arts, kung fu, fight, revenge, farce, kung fu classic and kung fu master mostly in Action, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Gambling Ghost: Where's Officer Tuba? (1986), Pedicab Driver (1989), Enter the Fat Dragon (1978), The Dead and the Deadly (1982), Mad Monkey Kung Fu (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
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Duration: 88 min.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
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Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Action, Comedy
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Action, Drama
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Action, Comedy
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While celebrating the smashing of a big New York counterfeit ring, the G-men find out that the top funny money man, Wong, has slipped away. Blackbelt Cynthia Rothrock is ordered to Hong Kong to get Wong. In Hong Kong, Wong goes into the printing ...
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Story:
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