Dragon Fist

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This article is about the film starring Jackie Chan. For the Japanese comic book by Shuu Katayama, see Dragon Fist (manga).

Dragon Fist
DVD cover (UK Ultrabit edition)
Directed by	Lo Wei
Produced by	Hsu Li Hwa Lo Wei
Starring	Jackie Chan Nora Miao James Tien Wu Wen Sau
Cinematography	Chen Yung Hsu
Distributed by	Lo Wei Motion Picture Company
Release date(s)	April 21, 1979
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
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Dragon Fist (龍拳 - Long Quan) aka Dragon Hero is a 1979 Hong Kong action film diercted by Lo Wei. The star and stunt coordinator of the film is Jackie Chan.

Like Jackie Chan's Spiritual Kung-Fu, Dragon Fist was filmed in 1978 but could not be released because the studio was running out of money. As a result, both Lo Wei productions only saw a release after Chan returned from his loan period with Seasonal Films, where he made Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master with director Yuen Woo-ping.

Unlike most of Chan's early films, Dragon Fist had a more serious tone, with little in the way of comedic moments.

1 Plot
2 DVD Releases
3 Box Office
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Tang How-Yuen (Jackie Chan) is a disciple of kung fu master San-Thye. San-Thye wins a martial arts tournament, only to be killed by evil kung fu master, Chung Chien-Kuen (Yen Shi-Kwan). Tang tries unsuccessfully to fight Chung, and the evil master leaves unharmed. Tang, along with San-Thye's wife and daughter head after the killer to seek revenge. When they find him, Chung has repented and has cut of his own leg as penance. The master's widow becomes ill, so Tang goes to work for a gang in order to get her medicine. However, whilst in their employ, he is blamed for the death of a young boy, and San-Thye's widow is poisoned. Tang and the one-legged master join forces to defeat the evil lord who poisoned San-Thye's widow.

[edit] DVD Releases

The film was originally released on Region 2 in the UK by Eastern Heroes, with an aspect ratio of 1.78:1. It was re-released in 2007 by Hong Kong Legends, part of the Contender Entertainment Group. The UK version is uncut, as per the original Hong Kong print, and runs for 93 minutes.

In the US, it was released by Columbia Tristar in original aspect ratio of 2.35:1. However, it was heavily edited and had a running time of only 76 minutes.