Birth of the Dragon

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Synopsis

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.

Directed by

George Nolfi

Written by

Christopher Wilkinson, Stephen J. Rivele

Cast

Philip Ng Wan-lung

Bruce Lee

Billy Magnussen

Steve McKee

Xia Yu

Wong Jack Man

Ron Yuan

Tony Yu

Darren E. Scott

Vince Miller

King Lau

King Lau

Yee Jee Tso

Winston Peng

Teresa Navarro

Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited)

Vanessa Ross

Tourist (uncredited)

Christina July Kim

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Terry Chen

Frankie Chen

Wu Yue

Wang Biao

Lillian Lim

Janet Wei

Jeff Mosley

Simon Chin

Wai Fu

Yu Hai

Shaolin Abbot (as Yu Hai)

Details

Released

August 25, 2017

Runtime

1h 43m

Status

Released

Language

EN

Country

China, United States of America

Budget

$31,000,000

Box office

$7,220,490

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