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

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)

Trailer

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