Hapkido
1972 1h 37m movie Film Hong Kong

Hapkido

合氣道

“Here comes the unbreakable China doll who gives you the licking of your life!”

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

Hong Kong (lead)South Korea

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.

  1. Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
    #1

    Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend

    ★ 9.0 · 1973
  2. A Touch of Zen
    #2

    A Touch of Zen

    ★ 7.7 · 1971
  3. The Way of the Dragon
    #3

    The Way of the Dragon

    ★ 7.4 · 1972
  4. Fist of Fury
    #4

    Fist of Fury

    ★ 7.3 · 1972
  5. The Big Boss
    #5

    The Big Boss

    ★ 7.2 · 1971
  6. The Duel
    #6

    The Duel

    ★ 7.0 · 1971
  7. Duel for Gold
    #7

    Duel for Gold

    ★ 7.0 · 1971
  8. Five Fingers of Death
    #8

    Five Fingers of Death

    ★ 6.7 · 1972

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.

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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
Reviews
62nd
Review-volume percentile
61st
Popularity percentile

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.

Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • female martial artist · 12
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • martial arts · 369
  • murder · 155
  • kung fu · 121
  • hong kong · 73

Reception Benchmarks

6.6
TMDB Rating
39
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

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 CountryHong Kong
All Production CountriesHong Kong, South Korea
Original LanguageChinese
Spoken LanguagesMandarin, Korean, Italian
Production CompaniesOrange Sky Golden Harvest
Runtime1h 37m
Release DateOctober 1, 1972
IMDbtt0068676