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Title: The Chinese Connection (1972)
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| Bruce Lee | ... | Chen Zhen | |
| Nora Miao | ... | Yuan Le-erh (as Miao Ker Hsiu) | |
| James Tien | ... | Fan Chun-hsia | |
| Maria Yi | ... | Yen | |
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Robert Baker | ... | Petrov |
| Fu Ching Chen | ... | Chao | |
| Shan Chin | ... | Tung | |
| Ying-Chieh Han | ... | Feng Kwai-sher | |
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Chikara Hashimoto | ... | Hiroshi Suzuki (as Riki Hashimoto) |
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Jun Katsumura | ... | Suzuki's bodyguard |
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Chung-Hsin Huang | ... | Tien |
| Kun Li | ... | Hsu (as Quin Lee) | |
| Feng Tien | ... | Fan | |
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Ying-Chi Li | ... | Li (as Yin Chi Lee) |
| Tony Liu | ... | Chin | |
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Returning to Shanghai to marry his fiancée, Chen Zhen (Bruce Lee) a student of renowned martial arts teacher Huo Yuanjia, discovers his sifu has died. During the funeral, members of a local Japanese dojo show up and insult the Chinese students. The bullying continues, with Chen fighting back, but when he discovers the truth - that his teacher was poisoned on the orders of the dojo's master - he sets off on a doomed mission of revenge. Written by Matti-Man
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Hong KongRelease Date:
9 September 1972 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$100,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Written by György Ligeti
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Bruce Lee openly admitted that in real-life, nunchaku versus the katana was actually an uneven match and should be avoided. See more »Goofs
To impress the students of the Japanese school, Petrov drives 7 long nails clear through a thick wooden plank with his bare hands. But when he raises the plank to display his handy work, only 4 nails are protruding from the bottom. See more »Quotes
Petrov: [Suzuki want's to kill Chen but Petrov stops him] Let me take care of him.See more »
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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) 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. See more »Soundtracks
AtmospheresWritten by György Ligeti
Performed by Das Orchester des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden
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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.