Way of the Dragon

  • Bruce Lee: Tang Lung
  • Nora Miao: Chen Ching Hua
  • Chuck Norris: Colt
  • Robert Wall: Bob
  • Gam Dai:
  • Lau Wing
  • Malisa Longo: prostitute

Way of the Dragon again (also known by the international title Way of the Dragon) was the first film which was founded by Bruce Lee production company Concorde. The film belongs to the genre of martial arts film.

Bruce Lee acted not only as a leading man, but was also the director, screenwriter and fight scene choreographer. Way of the Dragon again, in Hong Kong had its premiere on December 30, 1972 was a worldwide success.

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Tang Lung, a young man from Hong Kong traveled to Rome to assist there a relative in the fight against a band of thugs who tried by all means to take over their restaurant. After Tang Lung has beaten the first thugs effortlessly into the flight, the gangster boss gets reinforcement in the form of an American and a Japanese martial arts expert ( Hapkido master Hwang In - shik ). After they fail to make Tang Lung harmless, the American Colt waiting for him. The Colosseum of Rome it comes to a battle of the giants. Tang Lung kills his opponent, and the crime boss was arrested by the police.

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  • Many of the filming took place in Rome. For more filming the backdrop of the Colosseum were recreated in a film studio in Hong Kong.
  • In Hong Kong, the film grossed a more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars. At the U.S. box office followed over 11 million U.S. dollars, in which case the film was not listed until 1974 In Germany the theatrical release followed in August 1975.
  • In Germany there is currently no uncut DVD version of this film available; However, the uncut versions of all movies directed by and starring Bruce Lee in the fall of 2011 were released on BluRay. In the late 1980s ran on ZDF twice a completely unabridged and otherwise dubbed version of Way of the Dragon. This synchronization is included as a feature on the BluRay available from Way of the Dragon.
  • The Chinese title of the film is Meng long guo jiang, Cantonese Maang ment goh kong, which meant literally " The wild dragon crossed the river ." The opening credits of the film shows a dragon boat, which sails from China to Italy.
  • Lee's role name Tang Long ( Cantonese Tong Lung ) means " Dragon of China".
  • The German title of the Dragon again arose from a misunderstanding. 1973 turned Bruce Lee his last (complete) film, Enter The Dragon, the The man wore the German name Enter the Dragon. The said man was, however, in the plot of this film is not Bruce Lee himself, but his opponent, who could put on several essays on his arm due to a missing hand. In the final scenes of Enter The Dragon this enemy fights against Lee with attached claw. Thus, the designation Todeskralle was probably brought by mistake with Bruce Lee himself later in conjunction with the German film award title. In Way of the Dragon again to nobody plays such a role.
  • For the role of Colt Lee originally wanted the karate and kickboxing champion Joe Lewis commit, which was also one of his students. This, however, refused, and Chuck Norris took his place.
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