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The Way of the Dragon (1972)

Directed by Bruce Lee

Action | Crime

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Overview

After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them defend their business.

Rated R | Length 100 minutes

Actors

Bruce Lee | Nora Miao | Chuck Norris | Wei Pin-ao | Huang Chung-Hsin | Robert Wall | Hwang In-Shik | Gam Dai | Tony Liu | Little Unicorn | Malisa Longo | Wu Ngan | Robert Chan | Fu Ching Chen | Jon T. Benn | John Kenny | Robert Baker | Riccardo Billi | Russell Cawthorne | Franz Colangeli | John Derbyshire | Alexander Grand | Barry Haigh | Michael Kaye | Giuseppe Marrocco | Mark Metekingi | Andre Morgan | Anders Nelsson | Matthew Oram | Marco Pane | Ho Pich | Homan Tapsell | Pupita Lea Scuderoni | Lisa Mantellini

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
12/01/2023Movie ScreenDigitalTheater7 stars
08/08/2018TVBlu-rayLibrary7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Haven’t seen this since I was a teen when all we watched were kung fu movies. So almost like a new viewing but I’ve seen plenty of clips from this movie over the years, esp. the Chuck Norris fight. Probably this movie more than any other is the one that my BFF in high school mimicked the most (Bruce Lee’s moves and style).

Having seen a few Shaw films featuring Lau Wing in recent days I totally recognized him right away. So cool that he worked with Lee early in his career.

Besides the fight sequences it was interesting to see how they stitched the shot on location scenes in Rome with the stuff shot on set in Hong Kong at Golden Harvest. I also like how Lee filmed/directed himself in this to accent his physique. I’m guessing his body fat had to be

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