Fist of Fury

This article is about the 1972 film. For other uses, see Fist of Fury (disambiguation).

Fist of Fury
Hong Kong film poster
Traditional Chinese精武門
Simplified Chinese精武门
Literal meaningChin Woo Tradition
Hanyu PinyinJīngwǔ Mén
JyutpingZing1 Mou2 Mun4
Directed byLo Wei
Written byLo Wei
Ni Kuang (not credited)
Produced byRaymond Chow
StarringBruce Lee
Nora Miao
Riki Hashimoto
CinematographyChen Ching-chu
Edited byPeter Cheung
Music byJoseph Koo
Production
company
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 22 March 1972 (1972-03-22)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryBritish Hong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
BudgetUS$100,000[1]
Box officeUS$100 million[2]

Fist of Fury (Chinese: 精武門) is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lo Wei and produced by Raymond Chow. The film stars Bruce Lee in his major role after The Big Boss (1971). Bruce Lee also worked as the film's action choreographer.[3] In the film, Chen Zhen, a student of Huo Yuanjia, fights to defend the honor of the Chinese in the face of foreign aggression and also exact vengeance responsible for Huo's death.[3]

The film was Lee's second kung fu film and also touched on sensitive issues surrounding Japanese colonialism. It also featured fairly realistic fight choreography for its time and also differs from other films in the genre for its historical and social references, especially to Japanese imperialism.[4]

Fist of Fury grossed an estimated US$100 million worldwide (equivalent to over $700 million adjusted for inflation) against a budget of $100,000. It was the highest-grossing Hong Kong film until Bruce Lee's following film The Way of the Dragon (1972).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Thomas1994 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Krizanovich was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Weiler, A. H. (8 November 1972). "The Screen: A Chinese 'Fist of Fury':Stark Tale of Revenge Opens at Pagoda Shanghai Is Setting for Kung-Fu Combats". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Kato, M.T. (2007). From King Fu to Hip Hop: Globalization, Revolution and Popular Culture. State University of New York Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780791480632. Retrieved 27 July 2019.