Birth of the Dragon

Aug 25, 2017

1h 43m

★ 5.8

The Fight That Created The Legend

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Drama

Production Companies

Groundswell Productions

Kylin Pictures

WWE Studios

Good Universe

BH Tilt

Birth of the Dragon Trailers

Cast

Bruce Lee

Philip Ng Wan-Lung

Steve McKee

Billy Magnussen

Wong Jack Man

Xia Yu

Tony Yu

Ron Yuan

Vince Miller

Darren E. Scott

King Lau

Winston Peng

Yee Jee Tso

Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited)

Teresa Navarro

Tourist (uncredited)

Vanessa Ross

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Christina July Kim

Frankie Chen

Terry Chen

Wang Biao

Wu Yue

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