Legend of a Fighter

1982

Legend of a Fighter (in Chinese 霍元甲) is a 1982 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo-ping, and produced by Ng See-yuen, who also wrote the screenplay with Leung Lap-yan and Wong Jing. The film stars Bryan Leung, Yasuaki Kurata, Yuen Yat-choh, Philip Ko, Yuen Cheung-yan, Brandy Yuen and Steve Lee. The film is based on the story of Chinese martial artist Huo Yuanjia (Cantonese: Fok Yuen-kap 霍元甲).

Bryan Leung is portrayed as the historical figure Fok Yuen-kap in this action film. As the fourth of Fok Yan-tai's children Fok Yuen-kap was born weak and susceptible to illness. Fok Yuen-kap had asthma at an early age and contracted jaundice; his father discouraged him from learning martial arts.

His Father hires Kong Ho-san (Yasuaki Kurata), a tutor from Japan, to teach his son academics and moral values. But Kong secretly learns the Fok family's style of martial arts, mizongyi. Fok wants to learn martial arts against his father's wishes. He observes his father teaching his students martial arts during the day and secretly practices at night with Kong. After some time, Kong leaves Fok and advises him to practice Martial Arts.

Fok grows up and is challenged by a Japanese Fighter Sanaka. Fok defeats Sanaka and his Japanese swordsman. Sanaka commits suicide because of the defeat and his father sends the Top fighter from Japan to challenge Fok in China.

It is revealed that Kong Ho-san is the Japanese Fighter with whom Fok is supposed to fight with. Kong willing his student (Fok) to do his best, imposters as that he hates Fok Yuen-kap and all the Chinese people. At the end it is revealed after Fok Yuen-kap defeats Kong Ho-san.

Quelle: Wikipedia(englisch)
Kinostart:1982
weitere Titel:
Легенда о бойце
Legend of a Fighter
霍元甲zh-hant zh
Genre:Actionfilm, Filmbiografie, Martial-Arts-Film
Herstellungsland:Hongkong
Originalsprache:Kantonesisch
IMDB: 625
Regie:Yuen Woo-ping
Produzent:Ng See-yuen
Darsteller:Bryan Leung
Yasuaki Kurata
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