Birth of the Dragon

Birth of the Dragon

The Fight That Created The Legend

2017•1h 43m•5.8/10

ActionDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.8/10(323)

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.

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Production

Groundswell Productions, Kylin Pictures, WWE Studios, Good Universe, BH Tilt

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Philip Ng Wan-Lung

Philip Ng Wan-Lung

Bruce Lee

Billy Magnussen

Billy Magnussen

Steve McKee

Xia Yu

Xia Yu

Wong Jack Man

Ron Yuan

Ron Yuan

Tony Yu

Darren E. Scott

Vince Miller

King Lau

King Lau

King Lau

Yee Jee Tso

Yee Jee Tso

Winston Peng

Teresa Navarro

Teresa Navarro

Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited)

Vanessa Ross

Vanessa Ross

Tourist (uncredited)

Christina July Kim

Christina July Kim

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Terry Chen

Terry Chen

Frankie Chen

Wu Yue

Wu Yue

Wang Biao

Lillian Lim

Lillian Lim

Janet Wei

Jeff Mosley

Jeff Mosley

Simon Chin

Simon Chin

Wai Fu

Yu Hai

Shaolin Abbot (as Yu Hai)

Qu Jingjing

Qu Jingjing

Xiulan Quan (as Qu Jingjing)

Simon Yin

Simon Yin

Vinnie Wei

Steven Roberts

Beat Poet (as Steven F. Roberts)

Vanness Wu

Vanness Wu

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