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.
The 1993–1995 Hong Kong Window
71 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Fist of Legend sits at position #3.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Fist of Legend. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
3 sharedThe Way of the Dragon
★ 7.4 · Hong Kong
3 sharedCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
★ 7.4 · China
3 sharedThe Legend of Drunken Master
★ 7.4 · Hong Kong
3 sharedPolice Story
★ 7.5 · Hong Kong
3 sharedBruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
★ 9.0 · Hong Kong
2 sharedIp Man: The Awakening
★ 6.8 · China
Other Titles From Eastern Productions
The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Fist of Legend premiered. 215 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
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%).
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 |