Fist of Legend

Director: Yuen Woo-ping, Gordon Chan
Genre: Martial arts, World cinema, Action/Adventure, Action, Chinese Movies
Year: 1994
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese, Japanese Language, English Language, Standard Mandarin, Standard Cantonese
Starring: Jet Li, Shinobu Nakayama, Paul Chun, Chin Siu Ho, Billy Chow, Kurata Yasuaki, Ada Choi, Carol Tam, Jackson Liu, Toshimichi Takahashi

Fist of Legend is a 1994 Hong Kong martial arts action film directed by Gordon Chan and features action choreography by Yuen Woo-ping, and also produced by and starring Jet Li. It is a remake of the 1972 film Fist of Fury, which starred Bruce Lee as the lead character. The film is set in Shanghai International Settlement in 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War as the city is occupied by Japanese forces.

Chen Zhen (Jet Li) is attending class in Kyoto University when some Japanese karate students from the Black Dragon Clan burst in and attempt to force him out because he is Chinese. Mitsuko Yamada (Shinobu Nakayama), one of Chen's female classmates who has a crush on him, along with Chen's professor and other students, speak up for him. The thugs turn violent but Chen easily defeats them using a variety of controlled Chin Na techniques. The Japanese thugs' sensei, Funakochi Fumio (Yasuaki Kurata), who is also Mitsuko's uncle, arrives to take control of the situation and apologizes for his students' behavior. Fumio is impressed by Chen's skill and converses with him, and Chen learns that his master Huo Yuanjia has died after losing in a match against a Japanese martial artist.

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