Fist Of Fury (1972) - Bad Boys of the 70s Film Festival
Schedule
Tue May 07 2024 at 06:15 pm to 08:10 pm
UTC+12:00Location
44 Lorne Street, Auckland, New Zealand 1010 | Auckland, AU
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Screening as part of Academy's BAD BOYS OF THE 70s Film Festival, April 26th - May 11th. With FIST OF FURY the spotlight is on Bruce Lee.106 mins | Rated R16 (Violence) | Classic
Directed by Lo Wei | Starring Nora Miao, Riki Hashimoto, Robert Baker, Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee's second film for Golden Harvest, FIST OF FURY, swiftly broke all the box office records set by his previous film THE BIG BOSS, and launched one of the most iconic characters in Chinese action cinema in Chen Zhen, since played in other films by Jet Li and Donnie Yen.
Shanghai, 1910. Chen (Lee) returns from study abroad to find that his beloved martial arts teacher has died under mysterious circumstances. Chen immediately suspects members of a rival Japanese dojo, who bully his fellow students and denigrate the Chinese at every turn. Revenge on his mind, Chen starts a one-man war on the Japanese, making him public enemy number one - and he won't go down without a fight!
Boasting many of Lee's most iconic set pieces - not least when he tells his enemies that the Chinese are "not the sick men of Asia!" - FIST OF FURY is a thrill-a-minute action spectacular that also turned out to be his final collaboration with director Lo Wei, who would attempt to launch the career of stuntman Jackie Chan (briefly seen in this film) a few years later in the sequel NEW FIST OF FURY.
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Where is it happening?
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