Hong Kong Synopsis
新仙鶴神針
“Cause and Effect – is Kama”
On his way to a congress of kung fu masters, an initiate falls from a high cliff, only to be rescued by lovely Tien Lam (Anita Mui), who rides a huge crane. The rest of the movie features a battle between warring martial arts factions, an equally fierce rivalry between the two daughters of the Crane Master, the accidental empowerment of an unprincipled master after having eaten half of a secret scroll, a battle with an immense tortoise whose spleeny vapors save a group of poisoned swordsmen, lots of great aerial fights against nearly invincible villains, and the usual blood spurting from assorted mouths.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Magic Crane. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Long Shong Pictures
Adventure + Action in Hong Kong
81 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Magic Crane itself).
The 1992–1994 Hong Kong Window
In the crowded 1992-1994 Hong Kong release window, The Magic Crane sits at #57 of 78. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
1993 was the decade’s peak output year for Hong Kong — 30 titles released, including The Magic Crane. Bars below show how the 1990s stacked up year by year (215 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 29 other Hong Kong films in 1993.
The 376th 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
19 audience reviews — more than 40% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity (63th percentile) outruns review volume (40th) — a trending, discussed title among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Magic Crane, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- bat · 4
- turtle · 13
- martial arts · 369
- magic · 84
- gore · 51
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #628 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (25th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Adventure productions specifically: #71 of 91 (top 78%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Long Shong Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 33m |
| Release Date | August 18, 1993 |
| IMDb | tt0108607 |
| Official Site | www.dvdcult.com |