Fist of Legend

Fist of Legend

1994 · 103 min · ZH · R · 7.5 (469 votes)
Dir. Gordon Chan · Starring Jet Li, Shinobu Nakayama, Chin Siu-Ho, Billy Chow Bei-Lei, Yasuaki Kurata, Paul Chun Pui · Music Stephen Edwards

To avenge his masters death, He'll fight like never before!

Action

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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This is a high-octane martial arts spectacle. Expect jaw-dropping fight choreography and a relentless drive for vengeance. It's pure, unadulterated action that will leave you breathless and cheering for the underdog.

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