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Plot Summary:
In an effort to take advantage of the political chaos during the reign of King Ko-jong, the emporer of Japan sends several warriors to infiltrate Korea. The son of the nation's top martial arts teacher, who has been studying dance and Buddhism, proves that he is a warrior as well as an artist by fighting off the invaders with Taekwondo.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Action
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min
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Belles of Taekwondo (1975)
Plot Summary:
Carter Wong plays a young chinese martial arts student who travels to Korea to learn Taekwondo. Soon he comes up against a vicious gang who want all the local martial arts schools to join their evil association. But before he can defeat the bad guys, he has to learn to master his own strong desire to fight.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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Blackbelt II (1989)
Plot Summary:
Brad Spyder flies to Hawaii to uncover a web of bribery, betrayal and lies and when Spyder finds his partner dead, a cat and mouse game between killer and cop begins.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance (1980)
Plot Summary:
To compete in his friend Peter's martial arts tournament, Jack flies into Manila from Hong Kong and brings along a book of secret Jeet Kune Do techniques that was entrusted to him by the late martial arts legend Bruce Lee. During the competition, Jack witnesses Peter's defeat at the hands and feet of his academy's rival master, Miguel. Peter gets the book from Jack, just as Miguel learns about its existence. Miguel sends his best fighters to seize the book. Instead, they kidnap Jack and Peter's girlfriend Miriam and hold them ransom in exchange for the book. Now, working commando, Peter uses the secrets of the book to free his woman and best friend.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 87 min
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The Bloody Fists (1972)
Plot Summary:
Yuen Woo Ping, who would in time become one of the world's leading martial arts choreographers, blocked the fight scenes for this Kung Fu action extravaganza. A small Chinese town is being torn apart by a conflict between local farmers and Japanese soldiers of fortune, who have been brought to town to liberate supplies of a rare Chinese herb. A martial arts expert gifted in both Chinese and Japanese fighting disciplines passes through town, and takes it upon himself to settle the feud.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
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The True Game of Death (1979)
Plot Summary:
The film begins with footage of Bruce Lee's funeral. The narrator then says that there is a new actor "who looks quite like him" that will become Lee's successor. His name is Hsao Lung. Later Hsao Lung is filming a movie. On the set, he is approached by a group of gangsters, led by a man named George, who want to control Hsao Lung. Hsao Lung declines, so they go after his girlfriend Alice, forcing her poison Hsao. During sex, the poison takes action and Hsao supposedly dies. Hsao fakes his death and pretends to be a chef so that he can watch over Alice. Alice is kidnapped by the gangsters, so Hsao starts looking for her and goes to a shipyard. There he fights off 4 motorcycle-riding gangsters that are wearing multi-colored tracksuits, one of them being the iconic green and black one from Game of Death. He defeats them and goes to the tower of death.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Young Dragons (1974)
Plot Summary:
The powerful mobster Leung, who is protected by the dangerous and wicked Huan Fai, sells two hundred Japanese weapons and ammunition to a Chinese gang. He uses the smuggler Luy Fu to bring the weapons but the smalltime thief Kim and his gang heist the shipment on the road and dump the cargo into the sea. However, he lures Luy Fu and asks a large amount to return the weapons with the intention of traveling abroad with his brother. Meanwhile Kim befriends Fan Ming, an undercover police office from Shanghai that is investigating the illegal activities of Leung. When the mobster finds that Fan Ming is a policeman, Leung ambushes him and Huan Fai and his men stab the officer that falls from a cliff into the sea. Kim brings Fan Ming's fiancée Ipi Feng to the house of his lover, the prostitute Hung, and tells Ipi Feng that her fiancé was murdered by Leung. She decides to revenge the death of her beloved Fan Ming with tragic consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
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Fight to Win (1987)
Plot Summary:
Martial artists in America battle over the possession of three ancient Chinese statues.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, independent film, campy
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The Instructor (1981)
Plot Summary:
The action never stops in this stunt-packed karate extravaganza of a black belt instructor who proves that his talents and expertise can be used to defend instead of destroy. The Instructor runs a local karate school and tries to impart to his students a sense of dignity along with the intricacies of the sport. When he is threatened by a rival school’s owner he puts his teachings into action. Through spectacular car chases and gripping hand-to-hand battles he tracks, pursues and corners his adversary. 1983.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Golden Dragon, Silver Snake (1979)
Plot Summary:
Kung Fu star Dragon Lee appears as 'Golden Dragon', who teams up with 'Silver Snake' to take revenge on the men responsible for his brother's murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Death Duel (1972)
Plot Summary:
The Death Duel is a Taiwan Martial Arts movie.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration:
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The Showdown (2005)
Plot Summary:
Eight martial arts masters trained in a variety of different fighting styles are summoned to the mountains for a fierce competition.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Action
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Shinobi: The Law of Shinobi (2004)
Plot Summary:
In the world of the Ninja, fighting skills play a small role in one's rank in the Shinobi order. Kageru is the best in his class, but his birth predestines him to the lower class. His friend Aoi is dealt the same fate; together they'll have to question themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: historical drama
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Lord of the Streets (2022)
Plot Summary:
When Jason Dyson refuses to make his prized fighter throw an MMA match, a notorious gangster collects his debt by killing the fighter and kidnapping Jason's daughter. Now he must train a prisoner to endure five consecutive underground fights to save her.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure (1964)
Plot Summary:
Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial adviser, Asahina, who's earned the wrath of the shogun's self-indulgent daughter for cutting off her allowance. The enraged princess promptly hatches a scheme to have Asahina bumped off -- along with his protector, Kyoshiro. Shiho Fujimura also stars in this installment of the enormously popular film series.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave (1976)
Plot Summary:
A lightning bolt strikes the grave of Bruce Lee. However, that is as much as Bruce Lee has to do with it. Then a kung fu instructor starts a quest to avenge a friend's death, and on the way has a romance with a girl with similar problems. He eventually finds the bad guys behind it all, and has several fights with them.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Action
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, bizarre, cult film
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Kill or Be Killed (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two former ranking figures of the Axis powers (the evil General Von Rudloff and Japanese master Miyagi) schedule a deadly martial arts tournament in Von Rudloff's desert castle. They race to assemble the top competitors from around the world, with the rebellious Steve Hunt being the most sought after.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film
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When Taekwondo Strikes (1973)
Plot Summary:
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 release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Action, War, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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Champ vs. Champ (1980)
Plot Summary:
A gang leader targets the daughter of an enemy who's been promised to a local fighter. After losing his leg to a poison arrow, the fighter learns to fight again using a metal leg.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Action
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, cult film
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Beach of the War Gods (1973)
Plot Summary:
A sort of re-telling of Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai”. This time the protagonists are a group of Chinese villagers who must band together to recruit outside help to defend themselves against marauding Japanese pirates demanding protection money. Set in year 1556, it’s supposedly based on true events occurring during the twilight of the Ming Dynasty.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974)
Plot Summary:
Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ring of young wives and a blind music teacher, and cuckolds a corrupt official under his very nose.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 950
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, rough, offbeat, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, sexual, jidai geki, grindhouse
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High-Kick Girl! (2009)
Plot Summary:
Martial arts purists -- not to mention fans of miniskirt-clad, high-kicking karate girls -- will welcome the tightly choreographed fight scenes and slow-motion scuffles in this film about a teenage karate phenom eager to take down her older peers. High schooler Kei Tsuchiya joins The Destroyers when she decides that her longtime karate master is holding her back. She realizes her mistake but it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, serious, realistic, fast
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American Tigers (1996)
Plot Summary:
Terrorists from all countries are to be reunited in order to join forces against their governments. The USA army notice it. A group of assassins, waiting in jail to be executed by firing squad get the chance to be exonerated if they participate in the secret mission of killing the terrorists. But they have to train under the strict military style of Sergeant Ransom.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The 18 Amazones (1979)
Plot Summary:
A ruthless Warlord from Manchuria builds a martial arts labyrinth that contains 18 martial art amazons, many try to enter but none leave, until Dragon Lee, seeking to avenge his father: his skills are good enough to defeat the 18 fighters and the warlord.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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The Kick (2011)
Plot Summary:
Korean family made up of taekwondo experts moves to Thailand, where they set up a taekwondo gym. However, one member of the family, Taeju, wants to become a famous pop singer instead. The family becomes famous after stopping treasure robbers.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 944
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: Thailand, South Korea
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, captivating
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Forced to Fight (2011)
Plot Summary:
Once a legend in the brutal world of illicit underground fighting, Shane Slavin (Daniels) decides to turn his life around, promising his wife and young son he's fought his last battle. But when his younger brother betrays a ruthless crime boss (Weller), Shane is forced back into the arena to pay his brother's debts and to protect his family.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 817
Genere: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, tense, suspense, serious
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Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993)
Plot Summary:
Wong Fei Hung must deal with both foreign threats and the nationalist Red Lantern Society in this continuation of the popular kung fu series.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: anamorphic, cult classic, cult film
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Shaolin Temple (1976)
Plot Summary:
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 literally thousands of Ching troops - complete with betrayals, intrigues, and such novel fighting machines as 108 wooden robots. The conflicts grow in complexity, intensity and even suspense as monks struggle to stay alive in the face of overwhelming odds.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, exciting, cult film
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Bloodfist 2050 (2005)
Plot Summary:
Alex Danko descends into the ultra-violent underworld of extreme martial-arts to find his brother's killer with the help of hardened Detective Ramirez and his brother's alluring ex-lover in this post-apocalyptic allegory of greed and revenge set in in 2050 Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, suspense, suspenseful, erotic, psychotronic, detective
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Magnificent Guardsmen (1978)
Plot Summary:
Chan is asked by a young, wealthy lady to take her sick brother to a particular doctor in order to be cured. To reach this doctor, Chan and a handful of travelling companions must pass through bandit-infested wild country. They meet and kung-fu-fight several gangs of thugs along the way.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 948
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious
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Wushu Warrior (2011)
Plot Summary:
China, 1862: Lord Lindsey rules the opium trade and enslaves the innocent. The only hope for the oppressed nation, is a covert group of trained Wushu Warriors - The Red Lotus Society – who will fight to restore justice to its people.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, entertaining, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast