Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (1977)
"Li san jiao wei zhen di yu men" (original title)

It's one of the "Bruceploitation" films that were made to cash in on Bruce Lee after his death. The story follows Bruce Lee after he dies and ends up in Hell. Once there, he does the ... See full summary »

Director:

Kei Law

Writers:

Shek Ke, Wei Liang,

Stars:

Siu-Lung Leung, Ie Lung Shen, Ching Tang

Cast

Credited cast:
Siu-Lung Leung	...	Bruce Lee (as Bruce Leong)
Ie Lung Shen	...	The Godfather (as Shin Il Lung)
Ching Tang	...	Hades Judge Pao (as Tong Ching)
Alexander Grand	...	James Bond
Jenny	...	Emmanuelle (as Jenny)
Chu-chuan Sai	...	Hades maid
Lik Cheung	...	One-armed Swordsman (as Chang Li)
Kwok Choi Hon	...	Tavern smoker
Yat Fan Lau	...	Corrupt cop
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bobby Canavarro	...	Man with no name (as Kah Wah)
Hsi Chang	...	Dracula
Shang Chen
Chi Chou	...	Hades court bailiff
Yeh Fang	...	(as Fong Yie)
Lily Fu Li	...	The Queen (as Fu Lai)

Storyline

It's one of the "Bruceploitation" films that were made to cash in on Bruce Lee after his death. The story follows Bruce Lee after he dies and ends up in Hell. Once there, he does the logical thing and opens a gym. After fending off the advances of the King Of Hell's naked wives, he discovers that the most evil people in Hell are attempting a takeover, so Bruce sets out to stop it. As if it wasn't weird enough, the evil people are: Zatoichi (the blind swordsman hero of Japanese film), James Bond, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Emmanuelle (the "heroine" of many European softcore porn films), Dracula, and, of course, Clint Eastwood (played by a Chinese guy). Aiding Bruce is The One-Armed Swordsman (hero of kung-fu films), Kain from the U.S. tv series, Kung-Fu (actually played by a Chinese guy this time), and Popeye the Sailor Man! Yes, Popeye the Sailor Man. He eats spinach and helps Bruce fight some mummies.

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Plot Keywords:

hell | sailor | kung fu | evil | swordsman | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

25 March 1977 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Deadly Hands of Kung Fu

Company Credits

Production Co:

Goldig Film Company

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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User Reviews

Unintentional Genius in The Dragon Lives Again

This movie was purchased by a friend of mine and myself as a 4-movie set. Long story short, we only got two. But one of them was this. The money was well spent.

If you see a 2 DVD set entitled 'Return of the Dragon Pack,' I highly recommend it for bad movie buffs and/or kung fu movie buffs with a light-hearted nature.

The kung fu is good, just highly over planned and wrapped around hilariously stupid 'special moves.' To see Bruce Liang punch a guy in the balls after shouting 'Fist of Fury' is worth millions.

Some of the plot decisions- well, all of them, are a bit strange. James Bond isn't that great. Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman is far more capable against 'Bruce Lee.' To put it simply, if you throw all your logic out the window- i.e. Dracula walking around in the sun, you'll have a great time. And if you want to convince your friends, it has pointless and random female nudity too.