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Bruce Lee was a Chinese American martial arts expert and movie star best known for films including Enter The Dragon and Game Of Death. Born on November 27, 1940 in San Francisco, he was the son of Cantonese opera singer Lee Hoi-Chuen. Lee returned to Hong Kong at three months old and was raised in Kowloon, where as a child he appeared in several films. In his late teens he moved to the United States where he began teaching martial arts, eventually moving into films. Lee is widely credited with changing the perceptions of Asians in Hollywood movies, as well as founding the martial art of Jeet Kune Do. Lee died in Kowloon Tong on July 20, 1973 aged 32 from acute cerebral edema.
- Lee was made a superstar by the glossy Hong Kong-Hollywood production Enter the Dragon, and it remains his most loved film, but that doesn’t mean it is his best
- Critics give their opinions on how it stands up next to other Bruce Lee films, considering plot, fight scenes, Lee’s performance, and ‘ugly’ racial stereotypes
Shannon Lee, daughter of Bruce Lee and actress Anna May Wong’s niece Anna Wong talk about how the actors paved the way for Asians in Hollywood, and the pain of the ‘horrible tropes’ they had to endure.
From the film that changed everything to fighting with fists instead of swords, girl power and the birth of a legend, milestones in the development of Hong Kong martial arts cinema.
The Taiwanese-American actor was in The Hangover Part II with Bradley Cooper, Lucy with Scarlett Johansson, and Hong Kong’s Limbo – and is even said to look like Bruce Lee
Ang Lee has revealed he cast his son Mason Lee in the title role of his biopic Bruce Lee. Directors from Clint Eastwood to Sammo Hung have also cast their children in movies.
Did you know that Bruce Lee wanted to add comedy to his films, and was a fan of samurai films? Bone up on the martial arts icon on what would have been his 82nd birthday.
Brain swelling was ruled as the cause of death, but researchers say the real reason may have been hyponatraemia – when a person cannot get rid of water quickly enough.
Bruce Lee was the greatest martial artist the world has seen. As we mark what would have been his 82nd birthday this month, let’s look back at how the legendary actor influenced martial arts on the screen and in the fighting cage, with his hybrid jeet kune do style.
Bruce Lee expert Carl Fox examines the making of Fist of Fury, the actor’s longest running film that is ‘one of Lee’s best’.
Test your knowledge about the world's greatest martial artist.
Entrepreneur turned author Ian Huen tells Kate Whitehead about the school bullying that reinforced his Chinese identity, how The Art of War can help protect family wealth and why we all need to know our end game.
The Lung Wah Hotel in Sha Tin may be forced to shut after income slashed by pandemic and younger people look elsewhere to dine out.
Andrew Koji, star of the Bruce Lee-inspired HBO drama Warrior, talks about why he almost gave up acting, the fickleness of Hollywood, and why acting alongside Brad Pitt in the movie Bullet Train was so much fun.
Kung Fu star Bruce Lee’s demolished Hong Kong home to be recreated for fans using the latest multimedia technology.
The Way of the Dragon is the first, and last, film Bruce Lee directed. Set in Rome, it made US martial artist Chuck Norris a household name and – not that he sought it – launched his action movie career.
BeCandle, an artisan candle maker and creative lab in Hong Kong that takes its name from Bruce Lee’s ‘be water, my friends’ saying, is not just surviving but thriving amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and John Woo are household names around the world, and martial arts films have done more to promote Hong Kong and its culture than any other cultural offering.
Lady Vengeance renamed Deep Thrust, a topless scene added to The Water Margin – when adult-film theatres switched from showing X-rated porn to martial arts films, they embellished their plots on posters.
Bruce Lee started Game of Death as a philosophical martial arts film, but after his death completing it became a cynical way to cash in on his stardom.
Bruce Lee’s role in The Big Boss made him an instant star in Hong Kong. It stood up for the Chinese people and featured a kung fu move that looked so good it became one of his trademark moves.
He became a global martial arts superstar in Hollywood, but Lee’s first steps in the film world actually came before he could even walk
Lee gave Wall his big break filming ‘Way of the Dragon’ in Hong Kong, where American black belt recalled he was challenged to fights ‘everywhere I went’ by locals.
Bruce Lee fans in 1970s Britain swapped information, poems, art and more through The KFM Bruce Lee Society, which sought to keep the actor’s memory alive after his death.
Jackie Chan talking about Bruce Lee, the Squid Game phenomenon, how to sleep better and live healthier –stories about all these were among the most read from the Post’s culture and lifestyle pages in 2021.
African-Americans readily identified with the underdog themes of Hong Kong kung fu movies, which played into their hope for a better future and, later, were seen as a manifestation of rebellion.
