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The Chinese Connection

Year:

1972

Duration:

Genres:

Action | Drama | Romance | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Wei Lo

Awards:

2 wins

Details

Country: Hong Kong

Release Date: 1972-09-09

Filming Locations: Hong Kong, China

Cast

Actor

Character

Bruce Lee

The Chinese Connection

Biao Yuen

Nora Miao

Yuan Le-erh (as Miao Ker Hsiu)

James Tien

Fan Chun-hsia

Maria Yi

Yen

Robert Baker

Petrov

Fu Ching Chen

Chao

Shan 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

Tony Liu

Chin

Wei Lo

Inspector

Yi Feng

Yoshida (as Fung Yi)

Ping Ou Wei

Interpreter Wu

Billy Chan

Japanese fighter

Tom Chan

Hsi Chang

Wake eulogist

Chuan Chen

Ching-Ying Lam

Japanese fighter

Jackie Chan

Jing Wu student (uncredited)

Alexander Grand

Gate Guard (uncredited)

Kwok Choi Hon

Dojo student (uncredited)

Hsing Chung Hung

Dojo student (uncredited)

Jim James

Extra (uncredited)

Mars

(uncredited)

Hidy Ochiai

Japanese fighter (uncredited)

Chien-Po Tsen

(uncredited)

Little Unicorn

Jing Wu student (uncredited)

Ming-Tsai Wu

Dojo student (uncredited)

Corey Yuen

Japanese fighter (uncredited)

Wah Yuen

Man who mocks Chen at the gate (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

To make the point that crime and violence don't pay, Bruce Lee insisted that his character must die at the end, but die with honor.

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Because of the movie's racial content and personal disagreements, Bruce Lee quit working with Lo Wei after this movie.

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In the film, Bruce Lee's character sets out to avenge the death of his teacher Huo Yuanjia (Fok Yuen Gap) and at one point during the film, the Chinese Wushu students are called "sick men of Asia" by their rivals. In real life, Huo Yuanjia was a legendary Wushu martial artist and in 1901, accepted the challenge of a Russian fighter who called all Chinese people "sick men of Asia".

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Goofs

At the beginning of the movie when Chen is sent to see his uncle's burial he's given a green umbrella for the rain. When outside he is using an orange umbrella.

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Approx. one hour into the film, there is a scene where a phonograph player is playing. Record players of that type were not invented until near the end of the 19th Century.

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When Bruce Lee is about to toss Wu and the rickshaw, he first turns around to talk to him. The horizontal bar on the rickshaw that was in front of Bruce,and should now be up against his back, has disappeared when he throws Wu and the rickshaw down the alley.

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Quotes

Chen: Eat. This time you're eating paper. The next time it's going to be glass.

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Petrov: Now that I've escaped from Russia, I'm your man.

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Chen: [sadly, to Le-erh] To think I was going to ask you to be my wife...

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Faq

What are the differences between the old British VHS and the Uncensored Version?

In the time of VHS all Bruce Lee classics were only released as more or less censored versions in the UK. As one can imagine, the nunchakus used by Bruce Lee weren't popular with the censors of the BBFC and scenes with these weapons had to be completely removed from Fist of Fury. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

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