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Overview

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6.6/10   4,537 votes
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Director:
Wei Lo
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Writer:
Wei Lo (writer)
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Release Date:
3 October 1971 (Hong Kong) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
KARATE KUNG-FU! The new screen excitement that gives you the biggest kick of your life! more
Plot:
A young man sworn to an oath of non-violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
The Power of Holding Back more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Bruce Lee ... Cheng Chao-an
Maria Yi ... Chow Mei
James Tien ... Hsiu Chien
Ying-Chieh Han ... Hsiao Mi (The Boss)
Malalene ... Miss Wuman
Tony Liu ... Hsiao Chiun (Mi's son)
Kun Li ... Ah Kun (as Quin Lee)
Nora Miao ... Drinkstand owner (as Mao Ke-hsiu)
San Chin ... Hua Sze
Chih Chen ... Foreman (as Chen Chao)
Chia-Cheng Tu ... Uncle
Tso Chen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Billy Chan (as Hui-yi Chen)
Lung Chan ... Gatekeeper / Blue Shirt Henchman
Ching-Ying Lam ... Ah Yen (Cheng's cousin)
Cheng Ying Tu
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Big Brother of Tongshan (Hong Kong: English title) (literal title)
Fists of Fury (USA)
Fists of Glory (Europe: English title)
The Big Boss (Hong Kong: English title)
Tong san dai hing (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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Runtime:
100 min | UK:101 min | USA:99 min | Argentina:102 min | 115 min (uncut version)
Country:
Hong Kong
Language:
Mandarin | Cantonese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Pak Chong, Thailand

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Bruce Lee was originally against two of director Wei Lo's ideas used in the film. First, was when one of the foremen was to be punched through a wooden wall. Wei wanted to leave the villain's outline in the wall, similar to something in a cartoon. Lee tried his best to change it, but somehow Wei got the upper hand. The second, and the most famous scene of the film, is the climactic "jump kick joust" between Lee and villain 'Yin-Chieh Han'. Lee, once again, didn't like the idea due to its separation from realism. However, he gave in, and the shot was done. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The bandage on Bruce's left hand changes sizes through out the course of the film. It eventually disappears by the film's end. more
Quotes:
Cheng Chao-an: Beat it or I'll kill you right now. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Communication in Hyperspace more

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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
The Power of Holding Back, 14 January 2005
10/10
Author: Single-Black-Male from London, England

Throughout this film you see a constrained Bruce Lee. Lo Wei is deliberately holding him back in order to introduce him to audiences and to save the best of his fighting for the second film. What we see here is a humane Bruce Lee who has feelings, a sense of humour, enjoys sex and is in control of his temper. He strikes up a good friendship with Shu Sheng who life is eventually claimed by the antagonists. When Bruce witnesses the mistreatment of his family in the workplace, he still holds back. Until...they break his necklace. At that moment, he explodes into action with centrifugal force, picking off each opponent with pin-point accurate kicks. It is a work of art that is akin to 'Samson and Delilah'.

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