Movies like The Young Vagabond

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The Young Vagabond (1985)
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The Young Vagabond (1985)
Original name: 少年蘇乞兒
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story: One of the great kung-fu film characters is "Beggar Su," a legendary Ching Dynasty figure who was also a member of the famous Ten Kwangtung Tigers. Little-known director Liu Shih-yu uses the best kung-fu actors Shaw Studios had to offer to tell a rare, colorful, action-packed adventure, as Beggar Su and his brother train incessantly to defeat the brutally powerful thief called Centipede. The result is not only reminiscent of preeminent director Liu Chia-liang's work, but essentially an homage to him as well!
Style: slapstick comedy, slapstick, freeze frame, period piece, biting, suspense
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, wuxia, school, bank robbery, revenge, fight, prostitute, artist, police officer, forest, teacher, police, investigation, student, party, businessman, betrayal, murder, criminal, wine, beach, priest, bank robber, villain ...
Place: china
Keyword: chinese

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Most similar movies to The Young Vagabond

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, cult classic, semi serious and exciting films with plots about martial arts, kung fu, fight, master warrior, heroes, rivalry and hand to hand combat mostly in Action, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Young Vagabond: The Legend of Drunken Master (1994), Magnificent Butcher (1979), Drunken Master (1978), Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978), The Fearless Hyena (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, cult classic, slapstick ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu master, martial artist, kung fu classic, boxing, fight scenes, fight, kung fu fighting, wuxia, heroes, good versus evil ...
Time: year 1994, 1920s, 20th century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Magnificent Butcher (1979)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A plump butcher student of 'Wong Fei Hung', Lam Sai-Wing (Sammo) gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as 'Five Dragons'. He is accused of raping the Head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, humorous, slapstick comedy, slapstick ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, wong fei hung, fight, master warrior, wuxia, hand to hand combat, kidnapping, heroes, vigilantism, master criminal ...
Time: 70s
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Drunken Master (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Jackie Chan stars as Wong Fei-Hung, whose mischievous antics land him in hot water. Having tolerated enough of his son's mishaps, Fei-Hung's dad enlists his sadistic uncle, who specializes in drunken-style kung fu, to teach the lad some ...
Style: humorous, grindhouse, funny, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wu shu, wuxia, teacher, master, redemption, alcoholic, karate, fight, undisciplined, female martial artist ...
Time: year 1978, 20th century, 19th century
Place: china, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan (Chan) until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the "snake fist" fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, grindhouse, cult classic, fast paced ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, vengeance, wuxia, fight, heroes, hand to hand combat, medieval, master warrior, mentor, martial artist, orphan ...
Time: year 2016
Place: china, asia
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The Fearless Hyena (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Action
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jackie Chan is a youngster, living in a remote vllage with his grandfather who teaches him Kong-Fu (naturally). He keeps getting into fights, even though his grandfather warns him not to show their Kong-Fu to others. Jackie, though, is tempted by ...
Style: slapstick, action adventure, cult classic, serious, slapstick comedy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, school, fight, kung fu classic, wuxia, asian, karate, heroes, wing chun, vengeance ...
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Last Hero in China (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese "Robin Hood" who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme after unwittingly opening a martial arts school next to a brothel!
Style: scenic, romantic, cult classic, humorous, epic ...
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Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, fight, kung fu fighting, wong fei hung, wire fu, wuxia, one man army, master warrior, heroes, folk hero ...
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The Prodigal Son (1981)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A rich man's son (Yuen Biao) believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor in a ...
Style: cult classic, serious
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 1981, 19th century, 1880s
Place: hong kong, asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Iron Fingers of Death (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two princes are seperated by birth. One is raised by the Prime Minister. The other is raised by three mad Shaolin Monks. They both learn kung-fu. When they are 23, they meet and combine there forces to defeat the evil 9th Prince.
Style: exciting, tense, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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The Young Master (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
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Style: humorous, stylized, tense, light, exciting ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dragon Strike (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's national treasures overseas, ...
Style: semi serious, touching, captivating, tense, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu master, one against many, partner, cons and scams, against the odds, righting the wronged, rivalry, wing chun, one man army, hand to hand combat ...
Time: 80s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Princess and Seven Kung Fu Masters (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: During the early years of the Republic era, in the North-East region of China, the people are suffering from the power struggle among the local Warlords, bandits, and Japanese invaders. Warlord Lam (Sammo Hung), is not a leader of great vision, but ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, semi serious, captivating, satirical
Plot: kung fu, medieval, martial arts, master warrior, battles, kung fu fighting, princess, fight, satire, warrior, kung fu master
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Comedy, Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A brainy private school student is transferred to a far less elite institution, where he must fend off classmates who settle scores with fistfights.
Style: disturbing, captivating, satirical, semi serious
Plot: school, teenager, rivalry, fight, militant, friendship, schoolboy, satire, teenage life, fistfight, school bully, martial arts ...
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Duration: 116 min.
Story: A disgraced former Kung Fu expert makes a living as a merchant with the help of a hot headed friend. When the men are harassed by gangsters, the merchant decided to teach his friend monkey boxing so they can defend their business.
Style: cult classic, grindhouse
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
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Duration: 92 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Hong Kong
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The Legend (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: cult classic, stylized, humorous, exciting, realistic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, satirical, stylized ...
Audience: teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Truant Heroes (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The war against organized crime in Hong Kong has opened a new front: the school. And police Commandant Wong orders officer Kin to go under cover as a school teacher. Kin's assignment: to stop the infiltration by Taiwan's underworld. ...
Style: slapstick comedy, slapstick
Plot: new teacher, undercover cop, school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, undercover, swat, police officer, police shootout, student, teacher, hostage, prank ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert ...
Style: grindhouse, fast, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
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Time: 18th century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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