Underplayed Gems

The Real Bruce Lee (1977)

The Real Bruce Lee poster
Directed by
Jim Markovic, Shi-hyeon Kim
Genre
documentary film, action film, Bruceploitation, martial arts film
Country
Hong Kong, South Korea
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This movie combines a documentary about Bruce Lee with a full-length Korean martial arts film. The documentary part tells about Bruce Lee's life and his impact on martial arts cinema.

documentary-stylelow-budgetaction-packeddatedinformationalfragmentednostalgic

What happens

The Real Bruce Lee, is a 1977 martial arts documentary that comes complete with a feature-length Korean martial arts film titled Last Fist of Fury (Korean: 최후의 정무문; RR: Choehuui jeongmumun). The version of the film that is commonly distributed in the West (USA) on public domain-type DVD and video labels runs 93 minutes in length. The British VHS-version released in 1979 runs 118 minutes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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