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Bandits, Prostitutes and Silver (1977)
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Bandits, Prostitutes and Silver (1977)
Original name: 搏命
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 83 min.
Story: To free his girlfriend from her contract with a greedy madam, Shang Li (Don Wong) teams up with a cold-blooded thief called the Sparrow (Chiang-lung Wen) to hijack a large shipment of silver. But when the heist suddenly goes bad, Shang Li finds himself with blood on his hands and a price on his head. Martial arts superstars Angela Mao and Lieh Lo also star in this kung fu classic from writer-director Pao-Shu Kao.
Style: exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, heist, shaolin kung fu, kung fu, prostitute, heroes, gang, battles, hijacking, master warrior, master criminal, fall in love, escapades, rivalry, confined, one man army, death row, dishonesty, track down, criminal heroes, daring rescue, wrongfully committed, tough heroes, bandit, brothel ...
Time: 70s

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Brothers Five (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama
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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.
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The Protector 2 (2013)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
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Challenge of the Masters (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The Wong family kung fu school gets smacked around by a rival school. Wong Fei-hong gets fed up with the abuse and goes to learn from his fathers master. After one of the rival schools members kills some of the towns people Wong Fei-hong becomes ...
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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 ...
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Clan of the White Lotus (1980)
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Duration: 95 min.
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Place: china, asia
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Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
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Duration: 109 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Dr. Horatio Kane has been kidnapped, and is being forced to create an army of martial artists who will help take over the world. His daughter, Kandy Kane, enlists the help of Steve Chase (and a few of his friends) to rescue her father before ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful
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Duration: 98 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Hong Kong
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Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
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