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Martial arts star Bruce Li (aka Ho Chung-tao) stars as the legendary Bruce Lee in this dramatic biography which examines Lee's rise to fame and untimely death. Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story begins with Lee's years in the United States, as he teaches martial arts and eventually gets his big break on the television series The Green Hornet. Lee becomes a major star in Hong Kong, and becomes the greatest star in martial arts films, but his marriage hits a rough patch when he becomes involved with actress Betty Ting Pei, whom he was seeing at the time of his death. Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story was one of several unauthorized biographies of Bruce Lee that hit screens after the star's death in 1973, and Bruce Li was one of a handful of actors who sought to follow in his footsteps, including Bruce Lei, Bruce Le, and Bruce Leigh.