Hong Kong Fist of Legend sits in the top 4% of Hong Kong films on this catalog — ranked #35 of 836 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
精武英雄
“To avenge his masters death, He'll fight like never before!”
Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in fact military occupation- after reading about the death of his kung-fu master Hou Ting-An in a fight against the Japanese champion Ryuichi Akutagawa.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #35 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (96th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.2 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #15 of 516 (top 3%).
Audience Engagement
469 audience reviews — more than 93% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 92th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Fist of Legend. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Eastern Productions
The 1993–1995 Hong Kong Window
Among 71 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, Fist of Legend places #3 — near the top of its class.
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Fist of Legend premiered alongside 25 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 25 other Hong Kong films in 1994.
The 412th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Cantonese, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Eastern Productions, Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| Runtime | 1h 43m |
| Release Date | December 22, 1994 |
| IMDb | tt0110200 |