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Bruceploitation
Bruceploitation (a portmanteau of "Bruce Lee" and "exploitation") is an exploitation film subgenre that emerged after the death of martial arts film star Bruce Lee in 1973, where filmmakers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea cast Bruce Lee look-alike actors ("Lee-alikes") to star in imitation martial arts films, in order to exploit Lee's sudden international popularity. Bruce Lee look-alike characters also commonly appear in other media, including anime, comic books, manga, and video games. History When martial arts film star Bruce Lee died on July 20, 1973, he was Hong Kong's most famous martial arts actor. When ''Enter the Dragon'' became a box office success worldwide, many Hong Kong studios feared that a movie without their most famous star in it would not be financially successful and decided to play on Lee's sudden international fame by making movies that sounded like Bruce Lee starring vehicles. They cast actors who looked like Lee and changed their screen names to var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Li
Bruce Li (; born Ho Chung-tao; 5 June 1950) is a Taiwanese actor, martial arts, martial artist and Bruce Lee imitator who starred in martial arts films from the Bruceploitation movement. Career He went to play a stuntman in Taiwan and Hong Kong under the name of James Ho. After the death of Bruce Lee, Ho Chung-tao's acting career began. Hong Kong studios noticed that Ho resembled the Chinese martial arts, kung fu star. They first employed him in ''Conspiracy''. Afterwards, the producers of ''Game of Death'' asked him to finish their movie in Lee's role, but Ho declined the offer. After this, Ho was employed by producer actor Jimmy Shaw who gave him the name of Bruce ''Li''. While Ho was finishing his military service, he appeared in ''Goodbye Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death''. He would star in other Bruceploitation pictures in 1976 with ''The Young Bruce Lee'' and ''Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth''. Under the name "Bruce Li", some Taiwanese and Hong Kong producers decided to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |