Fist of Legend
Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in fact military occupation- after reading about the death of his kung-fu master Hou Ting-An in a fight against the Japanese champion Ryuichi Akutagawa.
Synopsis
Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in fact military occupation- after reading about the death of his kung-fu master Hou Ting-An in a fight against the Japanese champion Ryuichi Akutagawa.
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Cast
Directed by Gordon Chan
Jet Li
Chen Zhen
Shinobu Nakayama
Mitsuko Yamada
Chin Siu-Ho
Hou Ting-An
Paul Chun Pui
Nong Jinsun
Yasuaki Kurata
Fuimo Funakoshi
Billy Chow Bei-Lei
General Fujita
Ada Choi Siu-Fan
Rose
Yuen Cheung-Yan
Captain Jie
Jackson Lau Hok-Yin
Ryuichi Akutagawa
Carol Tam
Jing Wu Mun girl- Xiao Hui
Wong San
Uncle Gen
Derek Cheung Chi-Chuen
Akutagawa's Student
Toshimichi Takahashi
Japanese Ambassador
Mike Leeder
Tournament Referee
Lee Man-Piu
Biu
Shaun Britton
English Gentleman at Dock
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Release
1994
Runtime
103 min
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