Fist Of Legend (Chinese: 《精武英雄》; pinyin: Jīng Wǔ Yīngxióng; literally "Hero Of Jingwu") is a 1994 martial arts film starring martial artist Jet Li. It was directed by Gordon Chan and features action choreography by Yuen Woo-ping. It is a remake of Bruce Lee's 1972 film Fist of Fury. The film's setting is in Shanghai in 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War as the city is occupied by Japanese forces. It is regarded as one of the best martial ar...
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Fist Of Legend (Chinese: 《精武英雄》; pinyin: Jīng Wǔ Yīngxióng; literally "Hero Of Jingwu") is a 1994 martial arts film starring martial artist Jet Li. It was directed by Gordon Chan and features action choreography by Yuen Woo-ping. It is a remake of Bruce Lee's 1972 film Fist of Fury. The film's setting is in Shanghai in 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War as the city is occupied by Japanese forces. It is regarded as one of the best martial arts films of all time, and almost universally viewed as Jet Li's best.
The film follows Chen Zhen (Chinese: 陈真) (Jet Li) in his quest to bring to justice those responsible for the death of his master Huo Yuanjia (Chinese: 霍元甲).
The film opens with Chen Zhen attending class in Kyoto University in Japan. Some Japanese martial arts students swarm in and try to force Chen out because he is a Chinese. Mitsuko Yamada, one of Chen's female classmates who has a crush on him, along with Chen's professor and fellow students speak up for Chen. The thugs...
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