Here to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bruce Lee’s first martial arts classic is an HD reconstruction of the original English-language export version prepared by Golden Harvest in late 1971 or early 1972, featuring dubbing by Ted Thomas’ Axis International. This reconstruction mainly uses the recent Criterion Blu-ray presentation of L’Immagine Ritrovata’s 4K restoration and reinstates missing footage, English titles, and other elements from a variety of other sources. I’m indebted to Space Hunter M, shenlong44, and Heng Wei Li for their help with this project.
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