The Dragon Lives (1976)
- Original title
- 詠春大兄
- Directed by
- Wang Hsing-Lai
- Genre
- Bruceploitation
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This 1976 Hong Kong martial arts film gives a fictionalized account of Bruce Lee's life. Bruce Li plays the lead role in a story that covers Lee's rise to fame and his untimely death.
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What happens
The Dragon Lives (Chinese: 詠春大兄; pinyin: Yǒng Chūn Dà Xiōng; Jyutping: wing6 cheun1 daai6 hing1), also known as He's a Legend, He's a Hero, is a 1976 Hong Kong martial arts film starring Bruce Li and directed by Wang Hsing-lei (credited as Singloy Wang). A fictional account of Bruce Lee's life, it is one of numerous films which exploited the popularity of Lee after his death, a practice called Bruceploitation. The film was released in the United States by Film Ventures International on 19 September 1978. The film has often been mistaken for Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth, another 1976 film depicting Bruce Lee's life and starring Bruce Li. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Bruce and the Shaolin Bronzemen (1977)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.