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Plot Summary:
Man of Iron was positioned as something of a follow-up to Boxer From Shantung, the rise-and-fall story of Ma Yung Chen and it reunites the directors and some of the cast in a similar but much slighter tale of a lesser gangster's rise and fall in Shanghai. While the opening narration specifically recalls the events and tragic conclusion of BOXER, this one is set 20 years later in the same section of Shanghai but otherwise has nothing to do with the events or characters of the previous film.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 277
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
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Shanghai 13 (1984)
Plot Summary:
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 country. He gets assistance from a local rebel leader who is in charge of a motley group of fighters called the Shanghai 13. Not all of them can be trusted, as some of them will turn in the government official. Our weak protagonist must run a gauntlet of the who's who already mentioned.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
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Mission for the Dragon (1980)
Plot Summary:
Han Wu-song, an antique collector, gets killed while appraising a bronze horse rider statue which trader Wang Dae-in has stolen from a tomb. Dae-in dies on the scene and Wu-song leaves the killer's name on the cave wall before he dies. Dae-in's son Wang Gak thinks Wu-Song killed his father and fights with his son Jung-pa. Trader Kwan and her daughter Mi-ryung stop the fight. Jung-pa and Mi-ryung's love is disturbed by Ju-yang. Gak and Jung-pa chase him to find Wu-song's body with Ju-yang's name on the wall but Mi-ryung appeals them not to kill... - KMDB.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
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New Shaolin Boxers (1976)
Plot Summary:
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 Shaolin Masters, and Disciples Of Shaolin) -- this film was clearly Fu's showcase. Fu took full advantage - giving both a great dramatic and martial arts performance as an honorable carriage driver who finds love and death when he battles particularly venal, homicidal street punks.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: perverse
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Four Riders (1972)
Plot Summary:
This prime example of director/co-writer Chang Cheh's mastery takes place in Seoul right after the Korean War, as a kung-fu master, combat instructor, explosives expert, and missile specialist must take on a venal drug smuggling gang. Representing the Book of Revelation's four riders of war, famine, disease, and death as heroes against murder, corruption, jealousy, and greed, it's a brutal battle where the one true winner is the audience.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min
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Queen of Fist (1973)
Plot Summary:
Local gangsters apply pressure to the wrong family when they realize that the leader of the family is a mother with powerful kung fu skills.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
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Men from the Monastery (1974)
Plot Summary:
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 Sheng, Chen Kuan-tai, and Chi Kuan-chi in the roles, it was cause for celebration. The resulting film is one of the most lauded and beloved in the director’s filmography, and remains a highlight in all the stars’ careers.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 101 min
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Dragon on Fire (1978)
Plot Summary:
Sammy is involved with gangsters to save his relative from a problem so he calls Dragon Hung from America to help him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult film
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Kung Fu Queen (1972)
Plot Summary:
Fan Kao-to is a worker who had enough of corruption in Shanghai. He tries to crush the organization alone. An attempt has been made before but ended up with the big Axe Gang, several of their brands in the man. The man's sister arrives in Shanghai at the same time as Fan Kao-to go out on one-man war, and she wants to do her in the fight, also, she takes the war personally.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
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The Hero Tattooed with Nine Dragons (1978)
Plot Summary:
He's just a hotheaded, rude and violent young man who loves punching people. His family are killed in a revenge attack and he seeks revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min
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Call Me Dragon (1974)
Plot Summary:
Golden Sand City is filled with brothels and casinos funded by drug lord Yim Kung Ho (evil Mr. Yem) and policed by the iron fist of his henchman Panther (Leopard Head). Vigilantes Inspector Big Dragon (Bruce Liang), Little Mouse, and Black Cat plan to bring Yum Kung Ho and his evil empire to its knees, but face fierce opposition in the deadly Panther, who has the stolen pearls sought after by Big Dragon and his new ally Mei Ling.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Champion (1973)
Plot Summary:
A recently jailed martial arts master teams up with a wronged woman to take down the man's brother, a coal baron who rules a small town with an iron fist.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min
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The Shaolin Avengers (1976)
Plot Summary:
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 fondly as this production. The potent combination of director Chang Cheh and international idol Alexander Fu Sheng caught lightning in a lens.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
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Masked Avengers (1981)
Plot Summary:
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!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 773
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: bloody
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Boxer from Shantung (1972)
Plot Summary:
Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Magnificent Ruffians (1979)
Plot Summary:
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 to improve when the head of a local security agency hires them to take out the competition, who their new employer insists is up to no good. But the boys are being played for fools, and after an unfortunate misunderstanding, they unite with their former adversary to take out the true villain.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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Kung Fu Invaders (1974)
Plot Summary:
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 officials. Due to a misunderstanding, Shaolin kung fu prodigy Fong Sai-yuk (Alexander Fu Sheng) is duped into helping Qing agents to capture leading Shaolin rebel Hung Hei-gun (Chen Kuan-tai). Upon discovering his mistake, Sai-yuk teams up with the remaining rebels to free Hei-gun before his planned execution. Plotting to stop them is General Che Kang (Zhu Mu), a formidable Tibetan kung fu master who commands an army of fighters including four deadly Tibetan llamas.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 564
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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Chinese Vengeance (1973)
Plot Summary:
Set in the waning years of the Ching Dyansty, this dramatic, tragic, romantic, blood-soaked martial arts tale of betrayal and revenge explores one of the most sensational scandals in Chinese history and marked the true ascension of its director and actors to superstar status. In fact, Ti Lung won Taiwan's Golden Horse Award for Outstanding Performance as the challenging role of a jealous provincial governor who kills his friend in order to steal the man's wife. The 11th Golden Horse Awards: Special Award for Outstanding Performance (Ti Lung).
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min
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The Savage Five (1974)
Plot Summary:
A pacifist village is beset by bandits in this martial arts thriller. "Savage Five" hands-down rivals the ornateness of "Kid With The Golden Arm" and the twist-heavy "Five Deadly Venoms". The always great David Chiang plays a lesser version of his Rover character from "Duel Of The Iron Fist", and Ti Lung, looking incredible here, is at his physical best. Accolades to Chen Kuan Tai and Wang Chung in great sympathetic roles, too. A kung fu classic where the actual martial arts display takes a back seat to the mesmerizing story.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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Kung Fu Gold (1974)
Plot Summary:
A massive gold forture is hidden somewhere in the hills surrounding Hong Kong, and 12 kung fu masters are in pursuit of the loot. Through a series of head-to-head confrontations, the pool of treasure hunters dwindles until there's one left.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min
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The Awaken Punch (1973)
Plot Summary:
A man takes on a gang that has been terrorizing a small village.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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Martial Club (1981)
Plot Summary:
Wong Fei Hung (Gordon Liu) and his friend are constantly having contests to see who has the better martial arts skill. After getting in trouble with their fathers, Wong Fei Hung settles down and starts to train seriously, while his friend still horses around. After his friend is hurt by a rival school, Wong goes to the school for retribution. Instead his skill is tested through a series of events which climax with him taking on a Northern martial artist (Wang Lung Wei). In an excellent battle of skill (and choreography), he earns the respect of the rival school. Also stars Mai Te Lo and Hui Ying Hung.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
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7-Man Army (1976)
Plot Summary:
In 1933, 20,000 Japanese soldiers and 50 tanks invaded the Pa Tou Lou Tzu, a strategic key point of the Great Wall. With only seven men stationing, these heroes took on the entire army for five days before succumbing. Director Chang Cheh recreated this epic battle with his favorite cast including Ti Lung, David Chiang, Alexander Fu Sheng and Chen Kuan-tai, as a celluloid tribute to these nameless souls.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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Crippled Avengers (1978)
Plot Summary:
Crippled Avengers is a 1978 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh and starring four members of the Venom Mob. It has been released in North America as Mortal Combat and Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms. The film follows a group of martial artists seeking revenge after being crippled by Tu Tin-To (Chen Kuan Tai), a martial arts master, and his son (Lu Feng).
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: cult classic, grindhouse, exciting, serious, suspenseful, weird, cult film
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One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
Plot Summary:
An evil gang attacks the Chi school of Golden Sword Kung Fu. One student sacrifices his life to save his teacher and his school, his dying wish is that his son be taken in as a student. Young Fang Kang grows up in the school and treasures his father's broken sword and the memory of his father's sacrifice. The other students (including the teacher's daughter) resent him and try to drive him away. The teacher's daughter challenges him to a fight and when he refuses she becomes enraged and recklessly chops off his arm! He retreats, broken and bloody, and is found by a young poor girl living alone who nurses him back to health. Meanwhile, the evil gang who originally attacked the Golden Sword school develops a weapon that renders the Golden Sword useless and starts killing off all of the schools students. Fang Kang eventually recovers with the girl's help but must now face a life with only one arm. Will he be able to recover and live to defend the school as his father did?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, offbeat, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, stylized, spaghetti western
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The Avenging Eagle (1978)
Plot Summary:
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 Cheuk is the son of a family who were robbed and murdered by the Eagles. Now they will team up to destroy the evil clan.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Challenge of the Masters (1976)
Plot Summary:
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 enraged trains even more comes back and gets his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 796
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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Two Champions of Shaolin (1980)
Plot Summary:
Shaolin warrior Tung Chien-chen is injured in battle against the hated Wu Tang clan, and nursed back to health by a knife-throwing master. As he recovers, Tung learns this deadly art, and also falls in love with his teacher's daughter. But when a Wu Tang attack disrupts the young lovers' wedding, Tung must put his new skill to use as he seeks revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 752
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Five Element Ninjas (1982)
Plot Summary:
A young martial artist seeks revenge on the ninja who kills his martial arts brothers and teacher.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: educational, grindhouse, perverse, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, cult film
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Executioners from Shaolin (1977)
Plot Summary:
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 style from his father's training manual.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, grindhouse
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The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)
Plot Summary:
Jin bei tong opens with a group of escort/guards preparing to move a shipment of gold from the local government to an area stricken by famine... one of the very few Venom films where all six Venom actors are present within a single film.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, serious, realistic, stylized, fast, cult film