Hong Kong Hapkido is a Hong Kong–South Korea co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
合氣道
“Here comes the unbreakable China doll who gives you the licking of your life!”
Yu Ying, Kao and Fan return to China to start a martial arts school but are bullied by the Japanese competitor who runs the Black Bear school. The harassment leads to intense conflicts between them.
Hong Kong × South Korea Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×South Korea titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Hapkido. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Orange Sky Golden Harvest
The 1971–1973 Hong Kong Window
Hapkido holds position #12 of 28 Hong Kong films in the 1971–1973 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Hong Kong, 122 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Hapkido premiered alongside 9 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 9 other Hong Kong films in 1972.
The 34th 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
39 audience reviews — more than 62% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 61th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Hapkido, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- female martial artist · 12
- martial arts · 369
- murder · 155
- kung fu · 121
- hong kong · 73
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #291 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (65th 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: #185 of 516 (top 36%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, South Korea |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Korean, Italian |
| Production Companies | Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| Runtime | 1h 37m |
| Release Date | October 1, 1972 |
| IMDb | tt0068676 |