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Rating: 7.5 stars

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shanghai China Kung fu martial arts challenge Hong Kong japanese occupation

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Fist of Legend (1994)

Directed by Gordon Chan

Action | Drama

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Overview

Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in fact military occupation- after reading about the death of his kung-fu master Hou Ting-An in a fight against the Japanese champion Ryuichi Akutagawa.

Rated R | Length 103 minutes

Actors

Jet Li | Shinobu Nakayama | Chin Siu Ho | Paul Chun | Yasuaki Kurata | Billy Chow | Ada Choi | Yuen Cheung-Yan | Jackson Liu | Carol Tam | Wong San | Derek Cheung Chi-Chuen | Toshimichi Takahashi | Mike Leeder | Lee Man-Biu | Shaun Britton | Wong Wa-Wo | Chow Gam-Kong | Jack Wong Wai-Leung | Yee Tin-Hung | Tat Chiu Lee | Jacky Cheung Chun-Hung

Viewing History (seen 3 times)

Viewing Notes

Received my Dragon Dynasty DVD today (used off eBay) so I had to fire it up. Funny that the last time I viewed this I was kicking off a Jet Li project. That was 2017 but I don’t think I saw it thru for whatever reason.

Anyways this might be the Jet Li movie I’ve seen the most. If not it’s up there bc I used to watch this a lot back in the day on VHS. Besides the Yuen Woo-ping action direction I like all the cultural stuff between the Chinese and Japanese. Also how they deal with the women and accept one from the brothel bc she’s Chinese but not Chen’s wife bc she’s Japanese.

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