Chopsocky is a colloquial term for martial arts films and kung fu films made primarily by Hong Kong action cinema between the late 1960s and early 1980s. The term was coined by the American motion picture trade magazine Variety following the explosion of films in the genre released in 1973 in the U.S. after the success of Five Fingers of Death. The word is a play on chop suey, combining "chop" and "sock".
Bruce Li is a Taiwanese martial artist and actor who starred in martial arts films from the Bruceploitation movement.
Bruceploitation is an exploitation film subgenre that emerged after the death of martial arts film star Bruce Lee in 1973, during which time filmmakers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea cast Bruce Lee look-alike actors ("Lee-alikes") to star in imitation martial arts films, in order to exploit Lee's sudden international popularity. Bruce Lee look-alike characters also commonly appear in other media, including anime, comic books, manga, and video games.
Kim Tai-chung, also known as Kim Tai-jong or Tong Lung, was a South Korean martial artist, actor and businessman. A Taekwondo practitioner, he is best known for his martial arts films.
Super Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a 1974 Bruceploitation film starring Bruce Lee impersonator Bruce Li. The film is a loose biopic about martial artist and actor Bruce Lee and centers on his supposed affair with actress Betty Ting-Pei. The film is notable for being the first biopic about Lee, the debut film of Li as a Lee impersonator, and the first entry in the Bruceploitation genre.
Fist of Fury II is a 1977 Hong Kong explotiation kung fu film directed by Lahardi Iksan and Lee Tso-nam. The film stars Bruce Li and Lo Lieh. It is the sequel to Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury (1972), where the lead role of Chen Shan, played by Bruce Li, who goes to Shanghai to mourn his brother's death who was killed at the hands of the Japanese. Chen Shan then avenges his brother by killing the Japanese.
Fist of Fury III fully titled as Fist of Fury Part III: Jeet Kune the Claws and the Supreme Kung Fu is a 1979 Hong Kong exploitation kung fu film directed by Lee Tso-nam, and written by Lung Yueh. The film stars Bruce Li, Ku Feng, Tong Yim-chan, and Chow Siu-loi. It was originally released in Hong Kong as Jie quan yingzhua gong, and has been informally called Chinese Connection III. It continues the story of Chen Shen from Fist of Fury II: Fistful of the Dragon (1977), the brother of the Bruce Lee character in Fist of Fury: The Chinese Connection (1972).
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth is a 1976 Hong Kong semi-biographical martial arts film starring Ho Chung-tao and directed by Ng See-yuen. The film was released in Hong Kong on 28 October 1976.
The Image of Bruce Lee is a 1978 action film. It was originally released in Hong Kong as 猛男大賊脂虎 Meng nan da zei yan zhi hu, although the Bruceploitation title was added for its American release.
The Clones of Bruce Lee is a 1980 Bruceploitation martial arts film capitalizing on the death of actor and martial arts star Bruce Lee in 1973.
Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave, originally released as Visitor of America, is a 1976 Bruceploitation supernatural martial arts film starring tae kwon do instructor Jun Chong. The film was directed by Lee Doo-yong, though persistent misinformation claims that the movie was directed by Italian horror director Umberto Lenzi.
Enter the Game of Death originally released as Sǐ wáng mó tǎ is a 1978 martial arts film directed by Lee Tso-nam, who helmed previous Bruceploitation films Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger and Fist of Fury II. Bolo Yeung also stars as the character being beaten first in the film.
The True Game of Death is a low budget 1979 Bruceploitation film, starring Hsao Lung. The film borrows heavily from Golden Harvest's 1978 Game of Death.
Chen Zhen is a fictional character created by Hong Kong writer Ni Kuang. First portrayed by Bruce Lee in the 1972 film Fist of Fury, the character has been the subject of numerous film and television series, including remakes and adaptations of Fist of Fury. Many notable actors, including Jet Li and Donnie Yen, have portrayed Chen Zhen on screen after Bruce Lee. Although Chen Zhen's story varies in the different remakes and adaptations, most have an ending similar to the original Fist of Fury. Chen Zhen is believed to be based on Liu Zhensheng (劉振聲), an apprentice of Huo Yuanjia, a martial artist who lived during the late Qing dynasty of China.
This article details the filmography of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee.
Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger, also released as Bruce Lee: The Star of Stars, is a 1976 Bruceploitation film starring Bruce Li. The title is a play on the Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon and is one of the most well-known films in the Bruceploitation genre.
The Chinese Stuntman is a 1981 Hong Kong martial arts action film starring Bruce Li as a stunt double for kung fu films who unravels the corruption of the Hong Kong film industry. The film is considered to be part of the wave of films released in the aftermath of Bruce Lee's death, labeled Bruceploitation, as well as a postmodernist film.
Bruce Lee (1940–1973) was a Chinese-American martial artist, actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, filmmaker and founder of Jeet Kune Do.
Martial artist and actor Bruce Lee has been subject to extensive media coverage.
The Dragon Lives, also known as He's a Legend, He's a Hero, is a 1976 Hong Kong martial arts film starring Bruce Li and directed by Wang Hsing-lei. A fictional account of Bruce Lee's life, it is one of numerous films which exploited the popularity of Lee after his death, a practice called Bruceploitation. The film was released in the United States by Film Ventures International on 19 September 1978.
