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Super Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1974)

Super Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story poster
Original title
一代猛龍
Directed by
Ti Shih
Genre
action film, Bruceploitation, biographical film, martial arts film
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This movie is a loose biographical film about Bruce Lee. It focuses on rumors of an affair he had with an actress.

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What happens

Super Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (Chinese: 一代猛龍) is a 1974 Bruceploitation film starring Bruce Lee impersonator Bruce Li. The film is a loose biopic about martial artist and actor Bruce Lee and centers on his supposed affair with actress Betty Ting-Pei. The film is notable for being the first biopic about Lee (it was released a year after his death), the debut film of Li as a Lee impersonator, and the first entry in the Bruceploitation genre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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