New Fist of Fury

New Fist of Fury is a 1976 Hong Kong martial arts 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 Chans stage name Sing Lung literally meaning becoming a dragon, by which Chan is 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 film was a sequel to Bruce Lees Fist of Fury, one of Lo Weis biggest successes. New Fist of Fury was part of Los attempt to market Jackie Chan as the new Bruce Lee and did not contain any of the comedy elements that were to be Chans career trademark later on.

Jackie Chan plays a young Taiwanese thief who steals a nunchaku after fighting with a pair of Japanese men, he assumes they belong to the local Japanese kung fu school Da Yang Gate. The school offers him a job in a casino but refuses, and is beaten up as a result. He is rescued by the surviving members of the Jingwu school and is invited to Mao Li Uhrs grandfathers 80th birthday celebration where a group of Japanese decide to gatecrash. This causes Mao Li Uhrs grandfather to die of a heart attack. The remaining Jingwu students acquire his home and convert it into a new Jingwu school. The Japanese council closes down the school and Jackie Chan finally realizes that he can no longer stand by and let the Japanese trample the rights of the Chinese people. He proves extremely adept at the martial arts, and carries the fight to its final conclusion.

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