Jing wu men (1972)

Director:

Wei Lo

Writer:

Wei Lo (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 March 1972 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Bruce Lee is DYNAMITE! [UK]

Plot:

A young man seeks vengence for the death of his teacher.

Plot Keywords:

Japanese | Murder | Martial Arts | Honor | Katana Sword

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Bruce Lee	...	Chen Zhen
Nora Miao	...	Yuan Le-erh (as Miao Ker Hsiu)
James Tien	...	Fan Chun-hsia
Maria Yi	...	Yen
Robert Baker	...	Petrov
Fu Ching Chen	...	Chao
San Chin	...	Tung
Ying-Chieh Han	...	Feng Kwai-sher
Riki Hashimoto	...	Hiroshi Suzuki
Jun Katsumura	...	Suzuki's bodyguard
Chung-Hsin Huang	...	Tien
Kun Li	...	Hsu (as Quin Lee)
Feng Tien	...	Fan
Yin Chi Lee	...	Li
Tony Liu	...	Chin
Wei Lo	...	Inspector
Ngai Fung	...	Yoshida (as Fung Yi)
Ping-Ao Wei	...	Interpreter Wu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Billy Chan	...	Japanese fighter
Hsi Chang	...	Wake eulogist
Tom Chan
Chuan Chen
Ching-Ying Lam	...	Japanese fighter
Jackie Chan	...	Jing Wu student (uncredited)
Unicorn Chan	...	Jing Wu student (uncredited)
Alexander Grand	...	Gate Guard (uncredited)
Kwok Choi Hon	...	Dojo student (uncredited)
Hsing Chung Hung	...	Dojo student (uncredited)
Jim James	...	Extra (uncredited)
Mars	...	(uncredited)
Hidy Ochiai	...	Japanese fighter (uncredited)
Tsim Po Sham	...	(uncredited)
Ming-tsai Wu	...	Dojo student (uncredited)
Biao Yuen	...	Extra (uncredited)
Corey Yuen	...	Japanese fighter (uncredited)
Wah Yuen	...	Man who mocks Chen at the gate (uncredited)

Directed by
Wei Lo

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Wei Lo		screenplay (as Lo Wei)

Produced by
Raymond Chow	....	producer
Liang Hua Liu	....	associate producer (as Liu Liang Hua)

Original Music by
Joseph Koo

Cinematography by
Ching-Chu Chen

Film Editing by
Yao Chung Chang		(as Chang Yao Chung)

Production Design by
Wei Lo		(as Lo Wei)

Art Direction by
Hsin Chien		(as Chen Hsin)

Costume Design by
Sheng Shi Chu

Makeup Department
Kuo Hsiung Chen	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Liang Hua Liu	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yao-chang Chih	....	assistant director (as Chih Yao Ching)

Art Department
Wen Chun Ma	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Ping Wong	....	sound mixer

Stunts
Robert Baker	....	stunts
Jackie Chan	....	stunts
Unicorn Chan	....	stunts
Ying-Chieh Han	....	fighting instructor (as Han Ying Chieh)
Ching-Ying Lam	....	stunts
Biao Yuen	....	stunts
Wah Yuen	....	stunts

Other crew
Yang Kao	....	script supervisor
Chia-Cheng Tu	....	production assistant
Bruce Lee	....	martial arts director (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Golden Harvest Company

Distributors

• National General Pictures (1973) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Media Asia Distribution (????) (UK) (theatrical) (dubbed) (as Media Asia Distribution Ltd.)
• Tuschinski Film Distribution (1973) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Digital Multimedia Limited (DML) (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Finnkino Video (19??) (Finland) (VHS)
• Fox Video (video)
• Front Row Entertainment (video)
• Future Film (2001) (Finland) (DVD)
• GoodTimes Home Video (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Hong Kong Legends (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• Madacy Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Megastar Pictures (USA) (DVD)
• Penta Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• SBP (2000) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Tai Seng Video Marketing (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Wonder Multimídia (Brazil) (DVD)
• YLE Teema (2002) (Finland) (TV)
• Éditions René Chateau (France)

Also Known As:

Fist of Fury (Hong Kong: English title) (UK)
Jing mo mun (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Laugh Track: Chinese Connection (USA) (video title (redubbed comic version))
School for Chivalry (Hong Kong: Mandarin title) (literal English title)
The Chinese Connection (USA)

Runtime:

Argentina:108 min | Germany:99 min | UK:102 min | USA:107 min | Hong Kong:102 min | France:95 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | New Zealand:M (re-rating, uncut) | New Zealand:R16 (original rating, cut version) | France:-12 | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:(Banned) (1978) | Finland:K-18 (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | South Korea:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivia:

Steve Martin allegedly plays one of the police man who shoots Lee at the end of the film, though he has never been credited with this role. The legitimacy of this rumor is debatable.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the extreme close-up of Chen's eyes in the final fight with Petrov, his contact lenses are visible.

Quotes:

Wu: I feel dizzy, so dizzy!
Petrov: Three more cups!
Suzuki: Now then, if you want to go out of here, go out like a Chinese! On your hands and knees!
Wu: You mean crawl?
Suzuki: Why not?
Wu: Oh yes, sure. I will, I will crawl. Crawl!

Movie Connections:

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underrated here but i think i know why...

...most of you have seen the dubbed, cutted version. this review is for the uncut version.

bruce lee makes his most memorable performance in this excellent martial art film. the main character is not the perfect kind forgiving guy you always see in these types of movies. he cannot forgive all he can think of is revenge. he's even prepared to kick down some innocent people on the side if need be to achieve his goal.

martial art movies often suffer from the same problems as porn movies do. the lack of a decent plot.

in this one bad guys are really bad guys, the good guy is like 'the punisher', shows anger in every turn but is unable to show his emotions towards his girlfriend. here even the ending is an unconventional one.

a very good film, compared to the remake with jet li bruce lee's movie loses in great fighting scenes, but wins in attitude and depth. jet li wasn't very believable as chen zhen, but you can see the fire burning in bruce's eyes in every single screen.