Fist of Fury

Fist of Fury(1972) ({{zh-stp|s=精武门|t=精武門|p=Jīng wǔ mén}}; known as The Chinese Connection in the U.S., not to be confused with Fists of Fury) was Bruce Lee's second major film after his meteoric rise to stardom in The Big Boss. It tells the story of a Chinese Kung Fu school in Shanghai which was victimised by a Japanese Judo school -- the Hongkou Dojo of Suzuki Taro (虹口道場 of 鈴木太郎) and Bruce Lee's ensuing fight back.

Related Topics:
Fists of Fury - Bruce Lee - The Big Boss - Kung Fu - Shanghai - Judo - Hongkou - Dojo

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The film was based on the true story of Chen Zhen (陳真), a martial art student of the legendary master Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲), in the year 1910 right after the mysterious death of the master.

Related Topics:
Martial art - Huo Yuanjia - 1910

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This film is famous for its scene wherein Bruce Lee's character is denied entry into a park bearing a sign saying "No Dogs and Chinese Allowed" (the film is set during the occupation of Shanghai by several foreign countries including Japan.) Bruce Lee's character, infuriated as an Asian guard allows a foreigner's Dog to enter the park, a group of Japanese approached to him, and one of them told him that if he wanted to get in, he had to pretend to be a dog and the Japanese could get him inside the park. Chen (Lee) got furious and gave the Japanese guy a lesson with kung-fu punches and kicks. After that, he kicked the sign into the air and broke it with a flying kick.

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The film also featured the nunchaku, two sticks connected by a chain and used as a weapon by Bruce Lee in the movie.

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The U.S. title The Chinese Connection, trading off the popularity of the recently-released Gene Hackman film The French Connection, was originally intended for Bruce Lee's previous film, The Big Boss, due to the drugs theme of that movie. However, the U.S. titles for the films were swapped for an unknown reason so this film has carried the title The Chinese Connection ever since, despite being obviously unrelated to the content of the movie. The Big Boss in the U.S. had the title Fists of Fury, leading to much confusion.

Related Topics:
Gene Hackman - The French Connection

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In 1994, Fist of Legend, a remake starring Jet Li, was released.

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