Directed by:
Bruce LeeScreenplay:
Bruce LeeCinematography:
Tadashi NishimotoComposer:
Joseph KooCast:
Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Ping-Ao Wei, Jon T. Benn, Anthony Lau, Little Unicorn, Chuck Norris, Robert Wall, Malisa Longo, Kwan Lee, Ing-Sik Whang, Robert Baker (more)Plots(1)
After the back-to-back triumphs of The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, Bruce Lee was given the chance to write, produce, and direct his third outing as a martial-arts superstar. He used the opportunity to add a touch of goofily entertaining comedy to the typically action-driven proceedings in The Way of the Dragon, which finds him playing a rigorously trained martial artist who travels from Hong Kong to Rome to help his cousin, whose restaurant is being threatened by a gang of thugs. Reaching new heights of physical virtuosity, Lee unleashes an astonishing display of nunchuck-swinging, fly-kicking mayhem, all culminating in one of his most breathtaking fights: an epic gladiatorial death match with Chuck Norris in the Roman Colosseum. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Bruce Lee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268032_b28c0d.jpg)
Bruce Lee
USA
Best movies:
Too Late for Divorce (1956)
The Orphan (1960)
Golden Gate Girl (1941)
![Nora Miao](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634345_061a31.jpg)
Nora Miao
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Clans of Intrigue (1977)
The Chinese Connection (1972)
Return of the Dragon (1972)
![Ping-Ao Wei](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/288/160288296_eb4e0c.jpg)
Ping-Ao Wei
China
Best movies:
Ninja in the Dragon's Den (1982)
The Chinese Connection (1972)
Return of the Dragon (1972)
Jon T. Benn
USA
Best movies:
Fearless (2006)
Return of the Dragon (1972)
Gymkata Killer (1980)
![Anthony Lau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/424/159424703_ce5a90.jpg)
Anthony Lau
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Death Chamber (1976)
The Chinese Connection (1972)
Return of the Dragon (1972)
![Little Unicorn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/288/160288292_2b3b8e.jpg)
Little Unicorn
Best movies:
The Chinese Connection (1972)
Return of the Dragon (1972)
Bruce Lee: The Man, the Myth (1976)
![Chuck Norris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/247/166247457_2b1a44.jpg)
Chuck Norris
USA
Best movies:
The Expendables 2 (2012)
Return of the Dragon (1972)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
![Robert Wall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126210_b010b3.jpg)
Robert Wall
USA
Best movies:
Return of the Dragon (1972)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Black Belt Jones (1974)
![Malisa Longo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274906_f627bf.jpg)
Malisa Longo
Italy
Best movies:
Return of the Dragon (1972)
California (1977)
One on Top of the Other (1969)
![Kwan Lee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/397/160397830_0475ec.jpg)
Kwan Lee
China
Best movies:
The Tournament (1974)
Return of the Dragon (1972)
Fists of Fury (1971)
![Ing-Sik Whang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/428/428962_045706.jpg)
Ing-Sik Whang
Korea
Best movies:
The Tournament (1974)
The Young Master (1980)
Sting of the Dragon Masters (1973)
Robert Baker
USA
Best movies:
The Chinese Connection (1972)
Return of the Dragon (1972)
Game of Death (1978) - a.f.
Franz Colangeli
Best movies:
The 13 Chairs (1969)
All the Way Trinity (1972)
Return of the Dragon (1972)
Giuseppe Marrocco
Best movies:
Avanti! (1972)
The Professor (1986)
In the Name of the Italian People (1971)
![Biao Yuen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270747_0f3583.jpg)
Biao Yuen
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Lightning Kung Fu (1980)
Warriors Two (1978)
The Invincible Armour (1977)
![Ching-Ying Lam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271277_ffc7e7.jpg)
Ching-Ying Lam
China
Best movies:
Lightning Kung Fu (1980)
The Incredible Kung Fu Master (1979)
Warriors Two (1978)
Andre Morgan
Best movies:
Sting of the Dragon Masters (1973)
Return of the Dragon (1972)
The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
![Di Chin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/288/160288291_31ba56.jpg)
Di Chin
China
Best movies:
Return of the Dragon (1972)
Lady Kung Fu (1972)
Bruce Lee and I (1973)
Piet Schweer
Best movies:
Return of the Dragon (1972)