Fist of Fury (1972)
1972 Hong Kong film
- Released
- 22 March 1972
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Language
- Cantonese
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Lo Wei
- Screenplay
- Lo Wei, Bruce Lee
- Producer
- Raymond Chow
- Music
- Joseph Koo
- Editing
- Peter Cheung
- Starring
- Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Lo Wei, Jackie Chan, Corey Yuen, James Tien, Robert Baker, Maria Yi
- Running time
- 115 minutes
- Production company
- Orange Sky Golden Harvest
- Box office
- HK$4.4 million
- Set in
- Shanghai
Fist of Fury (Chinese: 精武門; lit. 'Jingwu Tradition'), initially released in North America as The Chinese Connection, is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lo Wei and produced by Raymond Chow for Golden Harvest. The film stars Bruce Lee in his second major role after The Big Boss (1971), along with Nora Miao and Chikara Hashimoto. Lee also worked as the film's action choreographer. He portrays the character 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.
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.
More films directed by Lo Wei
- The Big Boss 1971
- A Man Called Tiger 1973
- Yellow Faced Tiger 1974
- Killer Meteors 1976
- New Fist of Fury 1976
- To Kill with Intrigue 1977
- Spiritual Kung Fu 1978
- Magnificent Bodyguards 1978
- Dragon Fist 1979
- Fearless Hyena Part II 1983
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Facts from Wikidata Q253565 (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.