New Fist of Fury

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New Fist of Fury
1976 film poster
Directed by	Lo Wei
Produced by	Hwa Hsu Li
Written by	Lo Wei Pan Lei
Starring	Jackie Chan Han Ying Chieh Nora Miao Tong Yim-Chan
Distributed by	Simitar Entertainment
Release date(s)	July 8, 1976
Running time	114 min.
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
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New Fist of Fury (traditional Chinese: 新精武門之精武拳) is a 1976 Hong Kong action film, directed by Lo Wei and starring Jackie Chan. It is the first of several films that Lo directed Chan in, and the first using Chan's stage name Seng Long (Chinese: 成龍; pinyin: Chéng Lóng) - meaning "Becoming a Dragon" - by which he's still known today in Asia. The film gave Chan his first starring role in a widely released film (his first starring role was in the Little Tiger of Canton which only had a limited release in 1973). The movie was a sequel to Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury, one of Lo Wei's biggest successes besides Jackie Chan's later Fearless Hyena. New Fist of Fury was part of Lo's attempt to market Jackie Chan as the new Bruce Lee and didn't contain any of the comic elements that were to be Chan's career trademark later on. However, the film was a financial failure rendering this attempt at Bruceploitation moot.