Hong Kong Synopsis
五遁忍術
“Stronger than the Dragon… More powerful than the Tiger… Call them the SUPER NINJAS!”
A young martial artist vows to take revenge against the ninja who murdered his martial arts master and brothers. He finds a new teacher and faces, together with his new brothers, the Five Element Ninja challenge.
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Five Element Ninjas. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1981–1983 Hong Kong Window
Five Element Ninjas holds position #11 of 45 Hong Kong films in the 1981–1983 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 Five Element Ninjas premiered alongside 12 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 12 other Hong Kong films in 1982.
The 171st 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
62 audience reviews — more than 72% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 75th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Five Element Ninjas, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- bloodbath · 2
- weapons history · 1
- ambush · 6
- kung fu · 121
- ninja · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #208 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (75th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #126 of 516 (top 24%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | Shaw Brothers |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | April 21, 1982 |
| IMDb | tt0084921 |