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1972 Hong Kong film
The Way of the Dragon
Hong Kong film poster
Traditional Chinese
猛龍過江
Simplified Chinese
猛龙过江
Literal meaning
Ferocious Dragon Crosses the River[a]
Hanyu Pinyin
Měng Lóng Guòjiāng
Jyutping
Maang5 Lung5 Gwo3 Gong1
Directed by
Bruce Lee
Written by
Bruce Lee
Produced by
Raymond Chow
Bruce Lee
Starring
Bruce Lee
Nora Miao
Paul Wei
Huang Chung-hsin
Tony Liu
Unicorn Chan
Chuck Norris
Malisa Longo
Robert Wall
Hwang In-shik
Jon T. Benn
Cinematography
Tadashi Nishimoto (as Ho Lang-shan)
Edited by
Peter Cheung
Music by
Joseph Koo
Production company
Concord Production Inc.
Distributed by
Golden Harvest
Release date
30 December 1972 (1972-12-30)
Running time
100 minutes
Country
Hong Kong
Languages
Mandarin Cantonese English
Budget
US$130,000[2]
Box office
US$130 million[3]
The Way of the Dragon[4] (Chinese: 猛龍過江, originally released in the United States as Return of the Dragon) is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film co-produced and directed by Bruce Lee, who also stars in the lead role. This is Lee's only complete directorial film and the last one released during his lifetime. The film co-stars Nora Miao, Robert Wall, Wei Ping-ou and Chuck Norris (playing his debut screen role).
The Way of the Dragon was released in Hong Kong on 30 December 1972, and in the United States in August 1974. The film went on to gross an estimated US$130 million worldwide (equivalent to over $700 million adjusted for inflation), against a tight budget of $130,000, earning a thousand times its budget. It was the highest-grossing Hong Kong film up until Lee's next film Enter the Dragon (1973).
The film is primarily set in a restaurant in Rome. The owners are being harassed by a local crime boss, and request help from a relative in Hong Kong. The help arrives in the form of a young martial artist. The conflict between the restaurant staff and the gangsters soon escalates.
^Derbyshire, John. "The Virtual Attic — The Way of the Dragon". John Derbyshire's Home Page. Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
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