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Plot Summary:
Three martial-arts students search for the Golden Ninja Warrior, a statue reputed to have magic powers. Ninja mayhem by Godfrey Ho intercut with multiple scenes from Stafferyui Bulcheonggaek.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong, Canada, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, serious, fast
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Secret Ninja, Roaring Tiger (1982)
Plot Summary:
Dragon Kong, a victor of a millionaire's martial-arts contest, is about to begin the most dangerous mission of his life. For his prize, the millionaire's ravishing daughter Susan, has been stolen - kidnapped by a Ninja sect headed by Tiger So, a legendary Ninjitsu super-foot. Why Tiger has taken Susan, Dragon can only guess, but as the shocking truth begins to dawn, and the final showdown approaches, the violence of the Ninja reaches its fatal peak.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Drama, Action
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire (1979)
Plot Summary:
During China's 1920s Republican Period, warlords carve out personal fiefdoms across the country and impose self-serving laws with the barrel of a gun. Into this anarchy rides a masked feminine Zorro, nom de guerre Violet, to do battle, right wrongs and foment rebellion against the most corrupt and brutal warlord of all, Tung Ta-Chou. Unbeknownst to Tung, however, Violet is his own daughter. Tung orders his psycho enforcer Master Wu to track down and dispose of this pesky rebel queen. Meanwhile, Violet begins a flirtation with an attractive stranger who comes to town with the other half of a treasure map held by Tung. Ultimately, Master Wu betrays the warlord on the lure of the complete treasure map, enabling Violet and the stranger to apprehend Master Wu and beat the warlord at his own game.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Zombie vs. Ninja (1989)
Plot Summary:
Ethan, a young man, is beaten while his father is killed by a group of thieves. With the help of an undertaker, Ethan trains in kung fu by fighting the dead. Meanwhile, an American Ninja, Dragon, must fend off against the thieves and their ninja henchmen. It is soon that Dragon and Ethan team up to defeat the thieves and the ninjas.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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The Ultimate Ninja (1986)
Plot Summary:
A twenty year old feud between Ronald, a benevolant village leader and Roger, an evil tyrant, leaves Ronald dead and Roger running the village with an evil bunch of ruffians. Ronald's three children have been split up and are now young adults. Jimmy, the eldest, has been in training for 20 years to extract revenge upon his father's killer and retain control of the village. Meanwhile, evil Ninja leader Victor has stolen the Black Ninja Warrior from Charles, the new leader of the Red Ninjas. Charles sets out to recapture the Black Ninja Warrior and prevent Victor from stealing the Gold Ninja Warrior. Jimmy heads for the village to get Roger as Charles begins his quest to find and destroy Victor. Jimmy has doubts: will he take back the village, will he be re-united with his brother and sister and will he deal with Roger? But Charles is confident that his good Ninja powers will defeat the evil power.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Ninja Death (1987)
Plot Summary:
Tiger is the owner of a brothel who moonlights as a kung fu artist under the watchful eye of "Master." They run into serious trouble when ninjas inexplicably show up and jeopardize Tiger's prostitution ring.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Ninja Condors (1987)
Plot Summary:
A noble-minded ninja rejects corruption and works with an undercover cop to defeat the evil student of his old master.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Ninja Strike Force (1988)
Plot Summary:
From the VHS Box: The Ninja world is set ablaze when the mystical "Spirit Sword" is stolen by the Black Ninja Cal, giving its possessor the ultimate power of destruction. When the leades of the five most powerful clans are murdered, the hunt to track down and retrieve the sword is on. A titanic battle begins between all six clans, demonstrating all the skills of the ancient techniques.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Full Metal Ninja (1989)
Plot Summary:
As he struggles to rescue his kidnapped family, a martial arts expert vows to seek revenge against the abductors.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Rage of a Ninja (1988)
Plot Summary:
Rage of a Ninja.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Project Ninja Daredevils (1986)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers, Warren and David, try to defeat the evil forger who is making their lives a misery.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Canada, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: action adventure
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The Blade Spares None (1971)
Plot Summary:
Ho Li-Chun, a pretty but ruthless swordswoman, and three challengers are participating in an open tournament at Prince Kuei's Palace. A knight, Chen Jo-Yu, is defeated in the tournament. He flees and later returns with knight Tang Ching-Yun who wields a strange sword. They get trapped but Ho deliberately sets both free after seeing Tang's weapon which she recognizes as the same weapon once used by Sun Tien-Chen, a foe of the Ho family. She decides to investigate. She finds out Prince Kuei actually is Sun, who killed the real prince years ago and assumed his identity. Ho joins forces with Chen and Tang. The trio slays Sun in a desperate confrontation at the palace.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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Shaolin Deadly Kicks (1979)
Plot Summary:
Eight thieves steal a treasure map and split it into eight pieces, vowing to regroup three years later. But they'll have to deal with a deadly-kicking cop.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized, cult film
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The Dragon from Russia (1990)
Plot Summary:
A former member of a band of criminals known as the 'Eight-Hundred Dragons' is living in fear in Manchuria as the clan does not allow people to leave alive. However, he is eventually tracked down, and kidnapped along with a young Manchurian, Yao - whose memory is erased so that he can be trained in martial arts. Yao's work as an assassin becomes more complicated, however, when he sees his old lover again and his real memories come flooding back.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 461
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, stylized, fast, anime
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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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Ninja in the Dragon's Den (1982)
Plot Summary:
Two rival warriors, a Japanese and a Chinese, are forced to work together after their master has been killed by a mighty enemy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scenic, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, fast
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Bloodfight (1989)
Plot Summary:
Master martial artist Masahiro Kai is a shadow of the champion fighter and trainer he once was. After his protégé was slain in a no-holds-barred, underground fight by the incomparable Chang Lee, Kai slips into a numbing alcohol-induced stupor to try to forget the past.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 621
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Ninja Destroyer (1986)
Plot Summary:
A lucrative emerald mine and the various protagonists who are struggling to wrest control of it for their own profitable ends.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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The Executioner (1974)
Plot Summary:
Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Sakra (2023)
Plot Summary:
Qiao Feng is the respected leader of a roving band of martial artists. After he is wrongfully accused of murder and subsequently exiled, Qiao Feng goes on the run in search of answers about his own mysterious origin story—and the unknown enemies working to destroy him from the shadows.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: costume drama, historical drama
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The Storm Riders (1998)
Plot Summary:
Based on a comic book called Fung Wan (or Tin Ha), the movie stars Ekin Cheng as Wind and Aaron Kwok as Cloud. The plot involves two children, Whispering Wind and Striding Cloud, who become powerful warriors under the evil warlord Conquer's tutelage. They grow up serving as his subordinates, but a love triangle and an accident leads to a quest for retribution.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
Plot Summary:
Jackson is back, and now he has a new partner, karate champion Sean, as they must face a deadly terrorist known as "The Cobra", who has infected Sean with a virus. Sean and Jackson have no choice but to fight the Cobra and his bands of ninjas.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, cult classic, captivating, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Muscle Heat (2002)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, crime drama, fast
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The Ninja Wars (1982)
Plot Summary:
A fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the world. Naturally, this makes her very popular with those vying for power, particularly the insatiably greedy Lord Donjo. Only the ninja Jotaro can stop Donjo's plan, but to do so, he must first battle the deadly team of "Devil Monks" serving the lord. Will Jotaro succeed in his mission? And if so, will Ukio marry him, thus making him the ruler of the world?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, stylized, splatter, grindhouse
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The Invincible Armour (1977)
Plot Summary:
Hwang Jang Lee is a corrupt Ming guard who frames John Liu for murder. A wanted fugitive, John hides out with a teen who is an expert in the infamous Iron Armor technique, a technique that means the expert can withstand anything. However, Hwang is an expert in it as well as the Eagle Claw's. Can John stop Hwang before it's too late?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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Shogun's Ninja (1980)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding place of the treasured gold. Spanning decades, the quest for the missing daggers takes Shiranui through war and ancient tradition.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: jidai geki, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
Plot Summary:
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 the master of the "eagle's claw" style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, grindhouse, fast paced, cult classic, exciting, realistic, fast, slapstick comedy, funny
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
Plot Summary:
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 savory setup when he introduces, not one, but eight unique villains known as the Eight Kings of Swords and their sword-wielding entourage for Wang Yu to eventually chop his way through.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, offbeat, serious, realistic
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The Master (1984)
Plot Summary:
The Master is a ninja-themed action-adventure TV series created by Michael Sloan which aired on NBC. The show focuses on the adventures of John Peter McAllister, an aging ninja master, and his young pupil, Max Keller. Most episodes focus on the mismatched pair driving around in a custom van, helping people in need along the way, similar to its more well-known contemporary, The A-Team. The Master lasted only 13 episodes before cancellation. The series was edited into seven movies that were released on video in 1984 and 1985.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Unmasking the Idol (1986)
Plot Summary:
Duncan Jax must stop the evil terrorist Scarlet Leader from acquiring nuclear bombs that could start WW3. Together with the trusty baboon, Boon, he takes on the almost impossible mission! He must steal the gold that Scarlet leader plans to use to purchase the weapons of destruction.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film, exciting, bleak, suspenseful, semi serious
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Kamui (2009)
Plot Summary:
KAMUI is a Ninja on the run from the world of Ninja bound by rules in search of true freedom. However, he is burdened with the fate, where it is not allowed to take the secret of their powers outside of the tribe -- if you are born as Ninja, you must die as Ninja. This brings him to constantly fight for his life against other Ninjas who trie to kill him and hide the secrets within. He does not trust, and he does not love. Showing weakness leads to immediate death. An incident brings him to an old fisherman's village, where he finally starts to feel trust and affection towards other people. However, his pursuers where just minutes away from setting up a huge trap on Kamui.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, epic, stylized, anime, serious, realistic, fast, action adventure