Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger

Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger
Traditional	天皇巨星
Simplified	天皇巨星
Directed by	Tso Nam Lee
Produced by	Wong Fung
Written by	Hsin Yee Chang
Starring	Bruce Li
Music by	Fu Liang Chou
Cinematography	Yip Cheng-Biu
Production company	Hong Kong Alpha Motion Picture Company
Distributed by	Dimension Pictures
Release dates	1976 (1976)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin

Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (Chinese title: 天皇巨星; Cantonese: Tian huang ju xing), also released as Bruce Lee: The Star of Stars, is a 1976 Bruceploitation film starring Bruce Li as David Lee. 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.^[1]

Plot

The film tells the story of Tiger, a student of Bruce Lee, who comes to Hong Kong in search of answers regarding the mysterious death of his master. The character Suzy Yung represents Betty Ting Pei. She and Tiger team up and take on the Hong Kong mafia in search for the truth regarding the death of the martial arts legend.

Cast

• Bruce Li as David Lee/Tiger
• Chang Yi as The Baron
• Lung Fei as Lung Fei
• Shan Mao as Sam
• Kam Kong as Wa

Music

The film's music was composed by Fu Liang Chou under the name of Chow Fook-Leung. Similar to other film scores by Fu Liang Chou, excerpts from popular music of that time can be heard interpolated in the score. These excerpts include pieces of John Barry's 1974 score to The Man with the Golden Gun, Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", and Isaac Hayes' theme to Three Tough Guys, among others.

Sequel

In 1978 a sequel was released titled Return of the Tiger.

References

External links

• Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger at the Internet Movie Database.
• Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase