Iron Monkey vs The Bogus Policeman
The Bogus Policeman has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.4/10 for Iron Monkey). Iron Monkey is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 31m. The Bogus Policeman is the older of the two (1967 against 1993). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Iron Monkey
The Bogus Policeman| Iron Monkey | The Bogus Policeman | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 1993 | 1967 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 31m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama | Action, Crime, Drama |
| Country | Hong Kong | – |
| Director | Yuen Woo-Ping | Satsuo Yamamoto |
| Main cast | Donnie Yen, Yu Rongguang, Yen Shi-Kwan, Yuen Shun-Yi, Sze Mei-Yee | Shintarō Katsu, Shirō Ōsaka, Yūnosuke Itō, Michiko Sugata, Daisuke Katō |
Synopsis
Iron Monkey
In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.
The Bogus Policeman
Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while doing one of his good deeds. He saves a child from drowning, restores it to his mother, then finds that someone has run off with his gun and later uses it to kill. Then he breaks up a group of hoodlums attacking a young girl named Mieko, and the police, his former friends, deciding he has gone too…
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