The Way of the Dragon (1972)
The Way of the Dragon (1972)
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Cast & Crew.
Bruce Lee
Tang Lung / Director / Martial Arts Choreographer / Screenplay / Producer
Nora Miao
Chen Ching Hua
Chuck Norris
Colt
Wei Ping-ao
Ho
Huang Tsung-Hsun
'Uncle' Wang
Robert Wall
Fred / Stunts
Hwang In-shik
Japanese Fighter
Chin Ti
Ah Quen
Tony Liu
Tony
Little Unicorn
Jimmy
Malisa Longo
Italian Beauty
Ngan Wu
Waiter
Robert Chan Law-Bat
Robert
Fu Ching Chen
Robert
Jon T. Benn
The Boss
John Kenny
Quen (voice)
Robert Baker
Thug (uncredited) / Stunts
Riccardo Billi
Bank Manager (uncredited)
Russell Cawthorne
Man at Airport (uncredited)
Franz Colangeli
Man at Airport (uncredited)
John Derbyshire
Thug (uncredited)
Alexander Grand
Thug (uncredited)
Barry Haigh
Tang Lung (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Kaye
'Uncle' Wang / Colt / Japanese Fighter (voice) (uncredited)
Giuseppe Marrocco
Man at Airport (uncredited)
Mark Metekingi
Thug (uncredited)
André E. Morgan
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Anders Nelsson
Thug (uncredited)
Matthew Oram
Ho / Tony (voice) (uncredited)
Marco Pane
Child at Airport (uncredited)
Ho Pich
Thugs' Chief (uncredited)
Piet Schweer
Thug (uncredited)
Homan Tapsell
Gunman (uncredited)
Pupita Lea Scuderoni
Woman at Airport (uncredited)
Lisa Mantellini
Woman at Airport (uncredited)
Raymond Chow
Producer
Joseph Koo
Original Music Composer
Tadashi Nishimoto
Director of Photography
Chen Hsin
Art Direction
Joe Cheung Tung-cho
Script Supervisor
Cheng Hui-Jan
Lighting Technician
Chaplin Chang Yin-Peng
Production Manager
Chih Yao-Chang
Assistant Director
Kuang Chih-Chung
Production Manager
Leung Hey-Ming
Focus Puller
Hsieh Tse-Ming
Makeup Artist
Chow Shao-Lung
Sound Recordist
Chan Chap-Hung
Title Designer
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 30, 1972
Original Name猛龍過江
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Budget$130,000
Box Office$27,000,000
Filming LocationsColosseum · Rome, Italy
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The Way of the Dragon (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.