Jing wu men (1972)

Director:

Wei Lo

Guionista:

Wei Lo (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 marzo 1972 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Frase comercial:

Bruce Lee is DYNAMITE! [UK]

Plot:

A young man seeks vengence for the death of his teacher.

Plot Keywords:

Chinese Versus Japanese | Male Female Relationship | Husband Wife Relationship | Tragic Hero | Female Nudity

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The Quintessential Chinese Kung Fu Movie

Cast

Bruce Lee	...	Chen Zhen
Nora Miao	...	Yuan Le-erh (as Miao Ker Hsiu)
James Tien	...	Fan Chun-hsia
Maria Yi	...	Yen
Robert Baker	...	Petrov
Fu Ching Chen	...	Chao
San Chin	...	Tung
Ying-Chieh Han	...	Feng Kwai-sher
Riki Hashimoto	...	Hiroshi Suzuki
Jun Katsumura	...	Suzuki's bodyguard
Chung-Hsin Huang	...	Tien
Kun Li	...	Hsu (as Quin Lee)
Feng Tien	...	Fan
Yin Chi Lee	...	Li
Tony Liu	...	Chin

También conocida como:

Fist of Fury (Hong Kong: English title) (UK)
Jing mo mun (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Laugh Track: Chinese Connection (USA) (video title (redubbed comic version))
School for Chivalry (Hong Kong: Mandarin title) (literal English title)
The Chinese Connection (USA)
De la China con furor (Argentina) [es]
Furia oriental (Spain) [es]
Puños de furia (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

Hong Kong:102 min | France:95 min | Argentina:108 min | Germany:99 min | UK:102 min | USA:107 min

País:

Hong Kong

Idioma:

Mandarin | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

New Zealand:R16 (original rating, cut version) | New Zealand:M (re-rating, uncut) | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:K-18 (DVD rating) | Iceland:16 | France:-12 | Finland:(Banned) (1978) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | South Korea:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivialidades:

The international title of this film was "Fist of Fury". In the United States the English dubbed version was released under the title "The Chinese Connection" to avoid confusion with "Fists of Fury", the title for the U.S. release of Bruce Lee's previous film Tang shan da xiong (1971). The U.S. title was a play on the title of the highly popular film The French Connection (1971).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the beginning of the second nunchaku fight, the nunchaku bend, revealing that it is soft rubber and not wood or metal.

Quotes:

Chen: Tell me the truth. No more lies. If I turn myself over to you, will you leave the Ching Wu School alone? The truth!
Inspector: You have my word on it. Don't worry, on my word of honor.
Chen: Now you hear this! I will accept punishment for the lives I took. You just leave this school alone!
Japanese consulate: Yes, of course! Of course!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999) (TV)

The Quintessential Chinese Kung Fu Movie

From start to finish, the Chinese Connection (originally released as Fists of Fury) is probably the most entertaining and satisfying of all the Bruce Lee movies. Well paced, with creative and fairly realistic fight scenes distributed evenly, the movie keeps the audience's attention all the way through the long fight scene near the climactic end (I won't spoil the actual ending for you). The predictable revenge plot provides the emotional trigger to release Lee's rage-filled fights and his now-famous smashing of the "No Dogs or Chinese Allowed" sign. Equally famous is his "this time you eat paper, next time you eat glass" line. Viewers are also treated to the only on-screen kiss by Lee, some comical moments with Lee playing a bumbling telephone repairman, a cameo by director Lo-Wei as the chief inspector, and a soundtrack which effectively builds tension in the fight scenes. You won't recognize Jackie Chan as the stuntman for one of the Japanese martial artists who flies through the screen door. The most memorable part of this movie is Lee's dynamic vitality as he goes about his business, cocksure and confident, and with the goods to back it up. I am forever grateful to those who, in marketing this movie to the west, decided to dub only the dialogue and to leave Lee's original fight sounds untouched. As is evident in the US version of Return of the Dragon (aka Way of the Dragon), dubbing Lee's fight sounds is nothing short of a sin.