After facing brutal humiliation in the ring, a young karateka travels to China in order to study the ancient art of Shaolin Kung Fu, becoming the first American Shaolin.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Reese MadiganDrew Carson
- Trent BusheyTrevor Gottitall
- Daniel Dae KimGao
- Billy ChangLi
- Cliff LendermanD.S.
- Henry OSan De
- Kim ChanMaster Kwan
- Alice Zhang HungAshena
- Jean Louisa KellyMaria
- Mark Swetland'Bruce Lee'
Crew
- Lo Yuen-MingDirector
- Keith W. StrandbergScreenplay
- Poon HungEditor
- Marco Mak Chi-SinEditor
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