I’m looking for the set of 6 bruce lee films in their original sound, with bruce’s actual voice. I don’t like the dubs at all. I can’t seem to find the original chinese (mandarin? cantonese? google is unsurprisingly totally useless and contradictory) even through legitimate sources. If anyone knows where to get this media, I would be grateful and seed indefinitely. If the only option is to buy from a legitimate source I would upload it myself. Please and thank you.
edit: what im looking for:
The Big Boss 唐山大兄 (1971)
Fist of Fury AKA The Chinese Connection 精武門 (1972)
The Way of the Dragon AKA Return of the Dragon 猛龍過江 (1972)
Enter the Dragon 龍爭虎鬥 (1973)
The Game of Death 死亡的遊戲 (1978)
Game of Death II 死亡塔 (1981)
Fun fact: in Fists of Fury, Bruce Lee voices Petrov, the Russian heavy
If I’m to believe the AI overview (as you said, Google is useless), Enter the Dragon was the first film to feature his actual voice and it’s an English film. I don’t think I have but one audio track for that . Earlier stuff is dubbed. Search result explanations is that many Hong Kong movies at the time were shot silent then dubbed afterwards. That would make sense, since the “Chinese” audio track I have for Way of the Dragon seems to fit the lip movements rather precisely but it isn’t his voice. I’d have to check the other films to confirm they’re the same.
Your list, sure you’re aware, matches the Bruce Lee Criterion Collection set. I’d be adding “criterion” to the searches, if you’re not already, and hoping someone has full-set rip with multi audio and subs. I got remarkably lucky and my local library actually had the Criterion set (along with some “Universal Horror” Karloff and Lugosi films) so I was able to check them out and rip them myself. Depending on where you are and your local infrastructure, might be a good shout to check your local library too.
There were a couple movies filmed by warner bros that had him speak english, but its been so long i dont recall which ones specifically. the other ones filmed in hong kong were produced for a primary chinese audience. the kung fu movies at the time were shot without voice and effects over top, iirc.
No, im not familiar with the criterion collection, i took those titles from wikipedia and my own memory. does criterion have enter the fist in original dub?
Enter the Fist? Enter the Dragon is in English. Way of the Dragon has Chinese and English dubs. Same for Fist of Fury. I’d have to check my other rips to see about them but I suspect it’s the same. It looks like a lot of the original, Chinese dubs were done in Mandarin for the larger Mandarin-speaking audience. Just how it was done at the time. Here’s an old thread over on KungFuFandom that talks about it.
Anyway, Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits from the Criterion Collection is an exact match to your list. Game of Death II appears amongst the content on the bonus discs and the rest of your list are all feature titles. There are a couple other alternative collections featuring a mostly-identical film lineup but consensus I’ve seen is that Criterion’s is the way to go.
I wrote enter the fist on accident xD
Thanks, I’ll seek out criterion specifically, I’ll check the library too.
For sure. I need to invest in a better Blu-ray drive (or maybe a few for Automatic Ripping Machine ) but MakeMKV, Jellyfin and my library card are all homies as of late. Definitely check your library out.
I don’t know why it took me so long to consider mine. I’m really spoiled having a few branches in my county that lend between one another. Then they further lend with other libraries in counties throughout the state. It’s nothing to put in a few requests, wait to be notified, then swing by the local branch to checkout.
I just realized I didn’t get a laptop with a disc drive because I can’t remember the last time I used optical media.
What are the English titles? You might try looking for the original titles. Especially on chinese-language trackers.
Can you recommend a chinese-language tracker? I’m ashamed to admit I never thought of that before…
Do you know the title of the movies on the set? I think it might be easier to find original audio for each individual film
The Big Boss 唐山大兄 (1971)
Fist of Fury AKA The Chinese Connection 精武門 (1972)
The Way of the Dragon AKA Return of the Dragon 猛龍過江 (1972)
Enter the Dragon 龍爭虎鬥 (1973)
The Game of Death 死亡的遊戲 (1978)
Game of Death II 死亡塔 (1981)