Fist of Fury (1972)

Original title

精武門

Directed by

Lo Wei

Genre

drama film, action film, romance film, martial arts film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 1,089 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It's about a martial arts student who seeks revenge for his teacher's death and stands up against Japanese oppressors in 1930s Shanghai. He uses his fighting skills to defend Chinese honor and confront those responsible.

intensegrittypatrioticaction-packedseriousdeterminedretaliatoryhard-hitting

What happens

Fist of Fury (Chinese: 精武門; lit. 'Jingwu Tradition'), also fully titled as Fist of Fury: The Chinese Connection, is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lo Wei and produced by Raymond Chow for Golden Harvest. The film stars Bruce Lee in his second major role after The Big Boss (1971), along with Nora Miao and Chikara Hashimoto. Lee also worked as the film's action choreographer. He portrays the character Chen Zhen, a student of Huo Yuanjia, fights to defend the honor of the Chinese in the face of foreign aggression and also exact vengeance responsible for Huo's death. The film was Lee's second kung fu film and also touched on sensitive issues surrounding Japanese colonialism. It also featured fairly realistic fight choreography for its time and also differs from other films in the genre for its historical and social references, especially to Japanese imperialism. Fist of Fury grossed an estimated US$100 million worldwide (equivalent to over $800 million adjusted for inflation) against a budget of $100,000. It was the highest-grossing Hong Kong film until Bruce Lee's following film The Way of the Dragon (1972). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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