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The Four Assassins (1975)
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Original name: 馬哥波羅
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Set at the time of Italian explorer Marco Polo's historic expedition to China ,during the reign of Monogol ruler Kublai Khan, it stars American actor Richard Harrison as Polo. Taking considerable liberties with the historic record, the film has Polo turning up as an Imperial Inspector assigned to root out Chinese rebles in the south, but eventually being won over to their cause.
Style:
action drama, tense, brutal, cult film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, revenge, fight, assassin, vengeance, betrayal, rebellion, assassination attempt, violence, conspiracy, loyalty, brotherhood, swordplay, mongol empire, medieval, adventurer, kung fu master, exploitation, martial arts training, perseverance, death, sword fight, rebel, death of husband ...
Time:
13th century
Place:
ancient china, mongolia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, tense, suspense and action packed films with plots about martial arts, revenge, kung fu, fight, wuxia, betrayal and swordplay mostly in Action, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Four Assassins: The Avenging Eagle (1978), Men from the Monastery (1974), Flying Guillotine II (1978), Shaolin Temple (1976), The Shaolin Avengers (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
Style:
action packed, grim, tense, period piece, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, wuxia, redemption, revenge, betrayal, duel, assassin, mysterious stranger, violent, tragic past, swordplay ...
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95%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Shaolin firebrands Fang Shih-yu, Hung His-kuan, and Hu Huei-chien are as famous in Asia as the Three Musketeers are in America and Europe. So when the “godfather of the kung-fu film,” Chang Cheh decided to tell their stories with Alexander Fu ...
Style:
action packed, tense, cult classic, period drama
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, final showdown, historical epic, honor, loyalty, monastery, wuxia, brotherhood, revenge, ming dynasty ...
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81%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Take two directors (Cheng Kang, who made the popular true crime thriller "The Criminals", and Hua Shan, who helmed the superheroes "Super Inframan"), a cast of the best and best-loved martial arts actors, then respected kung fu ...
Style:
brutal, action thriller, tense, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
martial arts, flying guillotine, kung fu, assassin, palace intrigue, qing dynasty, tyranny, wuxia, revenge, violence, hand to hand combat, dictatorship ...
Place:
ancient china, china
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Drama
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
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin kung fu, master warrior, vengeance, rivalry, heroes, betrayal, dishonesty, shaolin monk, shaolin, medieval ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
72%
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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 ...
Style:
action packed, period drama
Plot:
shaolin kung fu, martial arts, revenge, shaolin, qing dynasty, betrayal, vengeance, hand to hand combat, heroism, temple, brotherhood, loyalty ...
Place:
east asia
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
"All Men Are Brothers" is the sequel to "Water Margin" a.k.a. "Seven Blows of the Dragon" from 1972. At the beginning of "All Men Are Brothers", we learn that the emperor forgives the 108 Liangshan rebels ...
Style:
action packed, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
martial arts, wuxia, swordplay, brotherhood, honor, historical epic, rebellion, adaptation, loyalty, corruption, patriotism, union ...
Similarity:
68%
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:
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Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Everyday when General Xiao and his men ride through the Imperial City, inhabitants have to scatter around in order to keep out of their path. One day when Lei plans to assassinate Xiao but gets hurt, another three fighters He, Jiao and Feng come out ...
Style:
action packed, dramatic, tense, fast paced, period drama
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, revenge, wuxia, medieval, vengeance, hand to hand combat, swordplay, betrayal, rescue mission, brotherhood, assassination ...
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Esteemed martial arts movie master Chang Cheh cemented the stardom of soon-to-be international favorite Alexander Fu Sheng in this film. Rather than making him just part of the protagonists - as he had in his trilogy (Shaolin Martial Arts, Five ...
Style:
intense, fast paced, cult classic, perverse, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, hand to hand combat, shaolin, vigilante, sacrifice, revenge, honor, loyalty, underdog, death, discipline ...
Time:
70s
Place:
china
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Director Chang Cheh begins his Shaolin Cycle with this solid kung fu actioner about a band of fighting Ming Dynasty loyalists branded as enemies of the state and driven underground following the burning of the Shaolin Temple by Qing Dynasty ...
Style:
action packed, intense, suspense, cult classic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, wuxia, qing dynasty, rescue mission, hand to hand combat, escape, trick, ming dynasty, choreography, betrayal ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
ancient china
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Venom regulars Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Sun Chien star as a gang of unemployed martial artists who spend their days stuffing their faces at local restaurants and letting the staff beat them up instead of paying the bill. Their fortunes appear ...
Style:
tense, action comedy, cult classic, grindhouse, period drama
Plot:
martial arts, swordsman, brotherhood, revenge, betrayal, deception, friendship, showdown, honor, wuxia, loyalty, gratuitous violence ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A patriot finds evidence that the government is collaborating with a foreign power. If the people knew about the deception, they would revolt and overthrow the corrupt government. One patriot in office steals the proof and must make it out of the ...
Style:
suspenseful, political thriller, tense, noir, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, betrayal, corruption, conspiracy, resistance, rebellion, hand to hand combat, moral ambiguity, trick, violent, patriotism ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
shanghai
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The Chinese Stuntman was a Bruceploitation film starring Bruce Li released in 1981. It is largely based around the Bruce Lee classic Enter The Dragon. Chang Wei (Li), a stuntman, is called to the secret island owned by the mysterious Fu Chi (Yun Wen ...
Style:
suspense, intense, twisted, action comedy, period piece
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, stuntman, film industry, insurance fraud, violent, survival, revenge, conspiracy, betrayal, loyalty, honor ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Philip Kwok plays a repentant killer who vows to destroy the masked gang of which he was a member. A young fighter and his martial arts brothers come to the town to catch the killers, but one of them is not to be trusted!
Style:
fast paced, tense, twisted, suspense, bloody ...
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, revenge, hand to hand combat, betrayal, vigilante justice, gang violence, wuxia, violent, fight, bloodbath, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
brazil, asia, hong kong, france, china
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, period piece, melancholic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, bandit, heroism, hand to hand combat, sacrifice, brutality, violence, wuxia, revenge, siege, robbery ...
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42%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
China, the early 1930's: martial arts master Wen Biao discovers that his brother has been using their security company for illegal activities. A confrontation between the brothers leaves Web Biao missing and presumed dead.
Style:
tense, captivating, humorous, exciting, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, asia, japan, tokyo, hong kong
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
tragic ending, grim, dark, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The notorious “One-Armed Swordsman” who has spent the last two years retired from the martial world as a simple farmer with his wife. Of course this idyllic life is about to be sliced to ribbons by Chang’s wicked imagination. He concocts a ...
Style:
grindhouse, realistic, serious, offbeat
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
action packed, dramatic, tense, fast paced, period drama
Plot:
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Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
ancient china
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Re-edition of the TV series "The Legend of Shaolin Kung Fu II"
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
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Place:
ancient china
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The plot has to do with a reign of terror conducted by a mysterious killer dubbed "Poison Dart," who is hitting all kinds of prominent people with poison darts.
Style:
suspense, tension, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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37%
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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, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, love triangle, medieval, sword, strong female lead, swordplay, revenge, battles, gory, murder ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sword fight, wuxia, martial arts, master warrior, medieval, kung fu, mortal combat, betrayal, escapades, vengeance, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
china, asia, ancient china
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, action packed, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, heroic, intense, brutal ...
Plot:
wing chun, kung fu, revenge, martial arts, hand to hand combat, vengeance, honor, discipline, teacher student relationship, bloodbath, fight, violence ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When social unrest plagues a Kingdom in ancient China, the Imperial Court collects stockpiles of gold from local governments to expand the royal army. However, the gold is robbed while in transport. In a desperate move to retrieve the stolen ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, intense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
medieval, rebellion, martial arts, heroic mission, assassin, master warrior, state affairs, revolution, gold, partner, friendship, journey ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Natee became a killer for one reason- to discover who killed his parents. As he gets closer to uncovering a secret network of power and corruption, he's double-crossed on a job, making him a target and putting everyone he loves in danger. ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, medieval, assassin, vengeance, hitman, investigation, muay thai, murder, murderer, battles, fight ...
Place:
bangkok thailand
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Ten years ago, in order to snatch the mysterious treasure left by Dashing King Li Zicheng, the wicked designed a decisive battle between the hero Miao Renfeng and the treasure guardian Hu. Hu and Miao died tragically, but the treasure map ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, grim ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, martial arts, mountain, hidden treasure, wuxia, mixed martial arts, avenge, fight, master warrior, sword fight, problem ...
Place:
ancient china
Similarity:
32%
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