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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

How Hong Kong kicked off a cinematic revolution

2019★ 6.8 · 601h 48mDocumentaryHistory

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The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transformed Western action cinema and inspired the birth of cultural movements such as blaxploitation, hip hop music, parkour and Wakaliwood cinema.

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成龍
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Keanu Reeves
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Scott Adkins
as Self

Michael Jai White
as Self

Jessica Henwick
as Self

Michelle Yeoh
as Self (archive footage)

洪金寶
as Self

陳國坤
as Self

Bruce Lee
as Self (archive footage)

David Carradine
as Self (archive footage)

Chuck Norris
as Self (archive footage)

Cynthia Rothrock
as Self

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Release date: 2019-08-14

Runtime: 1h 48m

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