Hong Kong Synopsis
“Savage pursuit in the wilderness!”
Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains, buys a dog almost dead after a brutal dogfight, a good deed that will put him in trouble.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Death Hunt. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Orange Sky Golden Harvest
The 1980–1982 Hong Kong Window
Death Hunt holds position #16 of 45 Hong Kong films in the 1980–1982 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Hong Kong, 151 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Death Hunt premiered alongside 17 others.
Action + Western in Hong Kong
6 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Western genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Death Hunt itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Hong Kong films in 1981.
The 154th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
151 audience reviews — more than 87% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 73th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Death Hunt, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- new year's eve · 5
- husky · 1
- posse · 1
- yukon · 1
- royal canadian mounted police (mountie) · 1
- american wilderness · 1
- ex-elite soldier · 1
- 1930s · 23
- canada · 9
- bounty hunter · 9
- canada · 9
- struggle for survival · 6
- based on true story · 98
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #272 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (67th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #169 of 516 (top 33%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Northshore Investments |
| Runtime | 1h 36m |
| Release Date | April 15, 1981 |
| IMDb | tt0082247 |