Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (Chinese title: 天皇巨星; Cantonese: Tian huang ju xing), also released as Bruce Lee: The Star of Stars, is a 1976 Bruceploitation film starring Bruce Li. The title is a play on the Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon and is one of the most well-known films in the Bruceploitation genre.

Plot

The film tells the story of David "The Tiger" Lee, who was a student, protégé and successor of Bruce "The Dragon" Lee. "The Tiger" comes to Hong Kong in search of answers regarding the mysterious death of his shih-fu "The Dragon". The character Susie Yung represents Betty Ting Pei, whom "The Tiger" teams up with as they both take on "The Baron", the head of the Hong Kong mafia, in search of the truth regarding the death of the late martial arts legend "The Dragon".

Cast

Main roles

Supporting roles

Guest roles

Production

Music

The film's music was composed by Fu Liang Chou under the name of Chow Fook-Leung. Similar to other film scores by Fu Liang Chou, excerpts from popular music of that time can be heard interpolated in the score. These excerpts include pieces of John Barry's 1974 score to The Man with the Golden Gun, Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", and Isaac Hayes' theme to Three Tough Guys, among others.

Sequel

In 1978 a sequel was released titled Return of the Tiger. Li returned as a different character and the film co-starred Angela Mao.