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Fist of Fury (1972) (zh-stp|s=精武门|t=精武門|p=Jīng wǔ m??n; known as The Chinese Connection in the U.S., not to be confused with Fists of Fury) was Bruce Lee's second major film after his meteoric rise to stardom in The Big Boss. It tells the story of a Chinese Kung Fu school in Shanghai which was victimised by a Japanese Judo school -- the Hongkou District|Hongkou Dojo of Suzuki Taro (虹口道場 of 鈴木太郎) and Bruce Lee's ensuing fight back.

The film was based on an actual martial art school, Jing Wu Men, from which the film took its Chinese name. The plot featured the true story of Chen Zhen (陳真), a student of the legendary martial artist Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲), in the year 1910 right after the mysterious death of Huo.

This film is famous for its scene wherein Chen Zhen (Bruce Lee's character) is denied entry into a park bearing a sign saying "No Dogs and Chinese Allowed" (the film is set during the occupation of Shanghai by several foreign countries, including Japan.) After the guards at the park allowed a foreigner's dog to enter the park, a group of Japanese approached Chen, informing that he had to pretend to be a dog before being allowed inside the park. Chen became furious and proceeded to attack the Japanese with punches and kicks. After that, he threw the offending sign in the air and broke it with a flying kick.

The film also featured the nunchaku, two sticks connected by a chain and used as a weapon by Bruce Lee in the movie.

The U.S. title The Chinese Connection, trading off the popularity of the recently-released Gene Hackman film The French Connection, was originally intended for Bruce Lee's previous film, The Big Boss, due to the drugs theme of that movie. However, the U.S. titles for the films were swapped for an unknown reason so this film has carried the title The Chinese Connection ever since, despite being obviously unrelated to the content of the movie. The Big Boss in the U.S. had the title Fists of Fury, leading to much confusion.

In 1994, Fist of Legend, starring Jet Li, was released as a remake of the film.

Last Modified:   2005-11-07