Enter the Fat Dragon (1978)

1978 film by Sammo Hung

Released

13 July 1978

Country

Hong Kong

Language

Cantonese

Genre

Martial arts film

Director

Sammo Hung

Screenplay

Ni Kuang

Music

Frankie Chan

Starring

Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-ying

Running time

100 minutes

Set in

Hong Kong

Enter the Fat Dragon (Chinese: 肥龍過江) is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts film starring and directed by Sammo Hung. The film is mostly a parody of the Bruce Lee film Way of the Dragon (1972), and a satire of the Bruceploitation phenomenon of the 1970s. Its English title references another Bruce Lee film, Enter the Dragon (1973).

The film had a belated video release in the United States, eventually coming out in 1999 after Hung became an unexpected success with his American TV series Martial Law.

In November 2017, it was announced that Donnie Yen would star in a remake of the film, directed by Kenji Tanigaki and Aman Chang. The film was released in 2020, but was not a remake.

More films directed by Sammo Hung

• The Iron-Fisted Monk 1977
• Warriors Two 1978
• Game of Death 1978
• Magnificent Butcher 1979
• Knockabout 1979
• Encounters of the Spooky Kind 1980
• The Victim 1980
• The Prodigal Son 1981
• Carry On Pickpocket 1982
• Project A 1983
• Winners & Sinners 1983
• Lucky Stars 1983
• Wheels on Meals 1984
• The Owl vs Bombo 1984
• Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars 1985
• My Lucky Stars 1985
• Heart of Dragon 1985
• Millionaires Express 1986
• Eastern Condors 1987
• Dragons Forever 1988

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q3283929 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.