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.
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Film Cast:
- Chen Zhen: Jet Li
- Mitsuko Yamada: Shinobu Nakayama
- Hou Ting-An: Chin Siu-Ho
- Nong Jinsun: Paul Chun
- Fuimo Funakoshi: Yasuaki Kurata
- General Fujita (Supreme Killer): Billy Chow
- Rose: Ada Choi
- Captain Jie: Charlie Yuen Cheung-Yan
- Japanese Ambassador: Toshimichi Takahashi
- Ryuichi Akutagawa (as Lou Hsueh Hsien): Jackson Liu
- Jing Wu Mun girl- Xiao Hui: Suk-Mui Tam
- Uncle Gen: Wong San
- Akutagawa’s Student: Derek Cheung Chi-Chuen
- Tournament Referee: Mike Leeder
- Cook: Sun Wong
- Captain Jie: Cheung-Yan Yuen
- (voice): E.E. Bell
- Biu: Man Biu Lee
- English Gentleman at Dock: Shaun Britton
Film Crew:
- Producer: Jet Li
- Editor: Ki-hop Chan
- Original Music Composer: Joseph Koo
- Original Music Composer: Stephen Edwards
- Director: Gordon Chan
- Screenplay: Kwong-Kim Yip
- Screenplay: Lan Kay Toa
- Director of Photography: Derek Wan
- Stunts: Derek Cheung Chi-Chuen
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