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The Chinese Connection
Plot Synopsis by Karl Williams

One of the best action films starring the legendary Bruce Lee, this movie features the martial artist as Chen Chen, who returns to his former school in early 20th century Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While probing the man's death and seeking vengeance, Chen discovers that a drug smuggling operation, a rival school, and simmering racial tensions between Chinese and Japanese locals are factors in the nefarious dealings at his alma mater and in his master's slaying. Chen's got his work cut out for him as he takes on assassins of both races, and even a towering Russian. Variously titled The Chinese Connection and The Iron Hand, Fist of Fury features stunt work by a young Jackie Chan (who served as Lee's double). The film was remade two and a half decades later as Fist of Legend (1999), with Jet Li in the role of Chen.

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 Is followed by:    Chinese Connection 2 
 Is related to:    Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story  (1993, Rob Cohen)
   The Game of Death  (1978, Robert Clouse)
   Return of the Dragon  (1973, Bruce Lee)
   Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth  (1976, Ng See Yuen)
   Curse of the Dragon 
 Has been remade as:    Fist of Legend  (1994, Gordon Chan)
   Fist of Fury  (1995, Lung Shiu-Kee)