Dragon Fist (1979) on Netflix
A tournament win costs the kung fu master San-thye his life, and his student Tong Huo-wan goes after the killer. Tong's challenge fails, and he joins San-thye's widow and her daughter.
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Plot summary
Tong Huo-wan is a martial arts student under the master San-thye. When San-thye wins a tournament, the kung fu master Chung Li kills him soon afterward. Tong tries to fight Chung Li and fails, and the killer leaves unharmed. Tong then sets out with San-thye's widow and her daughter to find the man. The widow falls ill, so Tong takes work with a gang of criminals to get her medicine, which brings him into a quarrel between the gang and a local clan and leaves him torn between his duty to San-thye's household and what he believes is right.
Cast
- Kim Yeong-Ilas Laam Ceng
- Chui Yuenas Fourth Brother
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- Peng Gangas Ngai's Thug
- Lee Chun-Fookas Ngai's Thug
- Yin-Ju Linas Chung Cau-ping
- Yen Si-Kuanas Chung Gim-gwan
- Sha-Fei Ouyangas Mistress
- Yeong-il Kimas Laam-ceng
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Dragon Fist (1979)
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- While making Dragon Fist, Jackie Chan reportedly had his nose broken repeatedly, and joked about it: "Do you think I was born with this nose?"
- Dragon Fist was filmed in South Korea in early 1978 but went unreleased after the studio went bankrupt and ran out of money, and both of Lo Wei's productions with Chan then used cost-cutting measures.
- Dragon Fist was scored with musical cues taken from American films, chiefly Jerry Goldsmith's 1966 score for The Sand Pebbles.
- During production, Jackie Chan reportedly had his nose broken repeatedly, and joked about it: "Do you think I was born with this nose?"
- Dragon Fist was filmed in South Korea in early 1978 but could not be released because the studio went bankrupt and ran out of money. Both Lo Wei productions used cost-cutting measures after Chan returned from his loan deal with Seasonal Films, where he made Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master alongside director Yuen Woo-ping.
- The film was scored with musical cues taken from American films, mainly Jerry Goldsmith's 1966 score for The Sand Pebbles.
