Fist of Fury

Original title: Jing wu men

1972
15
1h 46m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

35K

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During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his master's fighting school.During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his master's fighting school.During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his master's fighting school.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

35K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

Yuan Le-erh
(as Miao Ker Hsiu)

James Tien

Fan Chun-hsia

Maria Yi

Robert Baker

Petrov

Fu Ching Chen

Chao

Shan Chin

Tung

Ying-Chieh Han

Feng Kwai-sher

Chikara Hashimoto

Hiroshi Suzuki
(as Riki Hashimoto)

Jun Katsumura

Suzuki's bodyguard

Chung-Hsin Huang

Tien

Kun Li

Hsu
(as Quin Lee)

Feng Tien

Ying-Chi Li

Li
(as Yin Chi Lee)

Tony Liu

Chin

Wei Lo

Inspector

Yi Feng

Yoshida
(as Fung Yi)

Ping-Ou Wei

Interpreter Wu

Director
- Wei Lo
Writer
- Wei Lo
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Trivia
Jackie Chan doubled for Chikara Hashimoto for the scene where Chen kicks him out of the window. He took the kick and flew several feet. Bruce Lee immediately checked to see if he was okay. Chan played a guard Lee kills in Enter the Dragon (1973).

Goofs
When Bruce is spinning the two Bushido students in the Bushido school, they are clearly two lightweight dummies.

Quotes
Chen: Now you listen to me. I'll only say this once. We are not sick men.

Alternate versions
For its original 1972 UK cinema release the BBFC requested a cut to remove a shot of a flying throat kick, though it appeared intact in all early theatrical prints and was possibly waived before release. In 1978 the film was withdrawn by BBFC director James Ferman (together with Enter the Dragon (1973)) and all nunchaku footage removed together with the previously mentioned throat kick, and these cuts, (totalling 2 mins 51 secs) would persist in all of the film's UK video releases. The cuts were fully restored for the 2001 Hong Kong Legends release.

Connections
Edited into Game of Death (1978)

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Atmospheres
Written by György Ligeti
Performed by Das Orchester des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden
Courtesy of MGM Records
Brief excerpt, played twice, during dramatic death scenes

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Featured review

9/10

Bodycount!

This film is a classic but then all of Bruce's completed films are classics. There are strong anti-Japanese messeges (including one Japanese guy having a tash similar to a certain German dictator) in the film but it has been over 33 years since the film was made and so this can be put down to it being dated. Ultimately it is a film about injustice and Revenge. The Bushido School's general evilness, the injustice against the Chinese in Shanghai and Bruce's (called Chen in this one) hot headedness create a circle of violence which escalates completely out of control. This is an intensely gritty Kung Fu film unlike Bruce's later films which were more escapist in nature and Fist Of Fury has the highest body count in terms of Bruce actually killing people with those fists. The legendary 'Sick Man Of Asia' scene is amazing and the end of Kill Bill clearly homage's this so any Tarentino fan's will get an added joy out of watching this beautiful sequence. DO get the uncut version.