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Birth of the Dragon

The Fight That Created The Legend

2017 · PG-13 · 1h 43m

Directed by George Nolfi

5.8

TMDB audience score
343 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man.

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Cast

  • Philip Ng Wan-lung
    Bruce Lee

  • Billy Magnussen
    Steve McKee

  • Xia Yu
    Wong Jack Man

  • Ron Yuan
    Tony Yu

  • Darren E. Scott
    Vince Miller

  • King Lau
    King Lau

  • Yee Jee Tso
    Winston Peng

  • Teresa Navarro
    Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited)

  • Vanessa Ross
    Tourist (uncredited)

  • Christina July Kim
    Ship Passenger (uncredited)

  • Terry Chen
    Frankie Chen

  • Wu Yue
    Wang Biao

  • Lillian Lim
    Janet Wei

  • Jeff Mosley

  • Simon Chin
    Wai Fu

  • Yu Hai
    Shaolin Abbot (as Yu Hai)

  • Qu Jingjing
    Xiulan Quan (as Qu Jingjing)

  • Simon Yin
    Vinnie Wei