Jet Li vs. Yasuaki Kurata - Fist of Legend (Original Cantonese and Mandarin Re-Sound)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ย. 2022
- The original Cantonese sound effects for the fight scenes sometimes had a little too much of the "psshh psshh" that was common throughout the 90s' Hong Kong action films especially in the sequence between Jet Li and Yasuaki Kurata. Because I own the Dragon Dynasty Blu-Ray, I decided to take it's Mandarin Dub, which has a much heavier bass in its sound design whilst still maintaining the overall sound style of that era, and spliced it together with the original Cantonese. That way during the dialogue, Jet Li and Yasuaki Kurata are speaking with their actual voices rather than being dubbed by Mandarin voice actors particularly good for retaining Kurata's Japanese lines. The non-dialogue segments have the Mandarin re-sound to accentuate the impact of the hits. Unfortunately the ki-yas, grunts, etc., are in Mandarin so you get a deeper voiced Kurata who often yells "Haizo!". Not to mention the Dragon Dynasty edition uses "dub-titles" which only subtitles the English dub instead of the original Cantonese which means words aren't accurately translated. Though that's more of a problem during the dialogue not shown in the video where Jet Li and Yasuaki Kurata's characters are discussing martial arts philosophy. Otherwise you get the best of both audio versions. The only other issue is that the sounds are slightly altered in each version such as the music and background noise like the rush of the wind both having a different pitch. It can be quite noticeable in this video when it goes from dialogue to non-dialogue but there was only so much I could do about it using iMovie of course. Anyways, I hope you enjoy it! And check out my websites for top 12 lists on different categories of fight scenes.
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There's something truly wholesome about watching 2 masters competing with honor, dignity and respect to their fullest potential. Its the stuff long lasting love and friendships are made of.
This fight has a similar vibe with Jackie Chan versus Bradley James in Gorgeous.
I remember as young boys, we only made friends with people we've fought before, those were guys you could trust to stand with you. That was with fists or stick fighting before people decided to stab or shoot their opponent in a fight.
The kids these days call that frenemies.
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lol...kyle if you see this, don't know why we had beef but I still respect you bro
He respects this master, so when the master can't see, he puts on the blindfold to be fair.
But later on when he fights the evil general, he doesn't have to play fair, so he doesn't do the same thing.
I love how Yasuaki breaks Jet Li's rhythm by "warming up". By the time Jet is ready to fight, he's almost bored until the thunder comes.
Similar to Mushashi where he will show up late on purpose to piss them off and throw them off.
I wonder, too, if any of it was an old master imparting a lesson to a gifted student, a little "hey, slow down a bit, don't rush into a fight so blindly".
The dialogue post-fight shows Kurata's character's wisdom and understanding of hand-to-hand combat, as well as his great respect for Chen Zhen and his master, it gave a lot more depth to the fight itself.
一鼓作气，再而衰，三而竭。
@@user-db9mk9dx3n 是的我同意 (google translate hehe)
He said "I am old" in Japanese language.
This has to be my most favorite movie fight scene. Despite some of the traditional over the top physics in this style of movie, the choreography was top notch. Not to mention the hint of humor they put into it.
Yeah, I agree
Oh oui absolument 🙏
Not to mention these guys were about to fight to the death. It's easily one of the greatest fight scenes I've ever seen in a movie.
Yep. Plenty of amazing fight scenes since, but this whole movie and the context of this fight was one of the best I've ever seen!
NO way! Twin Warriors with Jet Li has far better fight scenes
I miss these old days when you could talk to anyone in different language yet converse so perfectly
around 60% of Korean words and 50% of Japanese words come from Chinese.
Tekken does that all the time.
@@geebeepmanThey also had Panda, bear and kangaroo language
@@eduardobrigas4177 Not that much for Korean. Also it's just the vocabulary and even those have pure Korean counterparts so are not mandatory.
in the movie, Jet Li's character was shown to be bilingual as he went to school in Japan (and able nab a Japanese gf)
the old man was shown to be able to speak some Chinese
This is cool. Way back when I competed in wrestling, our coach would make us wrestle blindfolded during practice. It was supposed to help us understand what our opponent was doing based purely on weight distribution and resistance. Brings back old memories from days long past. 😢
Same with judo.
and did it helped you to become better?
🎉😂
Joyitas d angel
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Regardless of the mechanics involved in pulling that choreography together, it’s stunning to watch.
I agree 100%
It's really bad tbh. Glad you are enjoying yourself though. You like All Star Wrestling too?
@@rayflaherty3441 clearly not as much as you like being miserable
@@blacklivesorblackvotes2985 ok boomer
@@rayflaherty3441 So original.
Didn’t know that Yasuaki have 7th, 3rd and 2nd Dan in Karate, judo and Aikido….This dude is a real deal.
You need to watch him using the tonfas in his earlier 70s films.
@@raimundorodriguez5652 pppppppp .
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Still can’t touch the akido master Steven seagal
Anonymous io me lo ricordo in un film del 1973/74, ed é sempre uguale, cmq il film era: le 4 dita della furia, e lui interpretava la parte di un maestro giapponese di karate 5^dan, e di judo 3^dan,
Mirò Dupiem, o Tupiem, é stato il secondo film di arti marziali che vidi, ev probabilmente uscito anche nei cinema in Italia
This is one of my favourite movie fights of all time.I watched this film in the theatre as a teen when i was visiting hong kong back in the early 90s and it blew me away then and still blows me away today. Probably my favourite Jet Li fight out there...
The taunting is just awesome. Li's smile when Kurata's character almost immediately picks up on the nuance of his fighting style... Chen Zhen loves a skilled opponent
This is still after all these years one of my favorite duels.
The hip realignment @ 4:50 is still one of my favorite moves. What's yours?
We will forever miss this energetic Jet Li. Everyone is getting so old.
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@NraugHmoob, some years back I asked a friend who was from Mainland China about the lack of quality martial arts films in the modern era and according to her, people in China just aren’t interested anymore.
@@keithtorgersen9664 I'd like to say that the new generation can come up with something better, but the odds are against them if they come from the US. Now, it's all AI, spying, and drugs. If they could come up with a way for AI to take something, I'm sure they would.
A golden era of martial arts film, that drew to a close about 2 decades ago imo. I miss 90s action films.
they dont make movies like this anymore let alone are there many actors like jet li and jackie chan
yasuaki san is a legend even in his last movie "god of war", he still deliver great performance.
I have been a fan of Yasuaki Kurata since the mid 70s when he usually played the bad guys, most memorable against Chen Sing in many Hong Kong films like "Kung Fu, the Invincible Fist" and "Rage of Wind".
he looks like a guy in the Game of Death too
Calorcito y no te lo han dicho
man, Rage if Wind is classic stuff
HKSC also did alot of stuff with Bolo Yung
amazing choreography from that group
you can see it here also
My friend and I lost our minds the first time we saw this fight. Hands down one.of the best choreographed fights ever.....and the Li's come back line of "don't worry, I'll show you". Chef's kiss
5:03 tieng viet
I much preferred this fight over the last fight with the general. I felt this fight was way more poetic and held a deeper meaning than the all-out brawl we see in the last fight.
He actually didn't say that exactly... he said 'don't worry about what style... as long as it wins, its a good style'
@@bparabellumli39 that doesn’t sound as cool as “I’ll show you” lol. Hollywood translations will always bend it that way.
The most interesting fact about this movie is that the story of this movie took place after the story in Fearless. Nice how Jet Li get to portray not only Huo Yuanjia but also his student Chen Zhen as well.
Correct!!
I love hand-to-hand combat fights in general but the ones where both fighters are pretty much evenly matched and able to lands hits on each other consistently are just 👌 so satisfying. More than the matches where each fighter has periods of landslide advantages during the fight. Excellently choreographed 💯
Which is why I'm not a fan of Ip Man, he dominated every opponent with ease, yawn.
@@berryshmelly4928😐😐 ip man not good fake fight
@@berryshmelly4928Not every fighter. Twister and Frank were his toughest opponents and he didn't actually defeat the latter.
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This scene was so epic! I've watched this movie so many times. It's time to revisit.
The coreograph is top notch even to today's standard👍
This is one of the biggest and best fights I've ever seen on film. Many skills in use within frankly objective and straight styles, a true Martial Arts class.
I love how can they communicate despite language barrier
Don’t know if anyone notices, but there are instances in which certain parts of the frame is blurry. That’s because back in the day where they didn’t have the ability to digitally edit out wires, they would smear Vaseline on the top of the lens so that the wire couldn’t be seen, now the wires themselves were thin, but we’re metallic, so light could reflect off the surface of the wire and expose it.
Ah, so that's why we get those fuzzed out portions of the screen from time to time...
@@jamyangpelsang3099 yup
Thank you
I think they blurred it up much later in the DVDs. I had this movie on a VHS tape when I was a kid and I specifically remember pausing that shot several times and running it frame by frame. The stuntman's face could be seen clearly. He is a much younger guy who was also there in the dojo fight scene.
Hong Kong kung fu movies are frikkin awesome I want more kung fu movie suggestions
This scenes was the iconic and it's very famous
There is quite a lot of martial arts knowledge in this fight. I like the transitions between various Aikido techniques, defense, etc. Great fight.
Me too
nah, one is using karate element particularly Wado Ryu style, while jet lee is using smth like tai boxing/mix with kick boxing and wing chun.
It's Karate vs mixed styles of Kung Fu, all these throws are in Karate as well as Aiki-Jiujitsu.
At some point especially when they're blindfolded it looks like Wing Chun elements in both of them. But there's a lot of blocks that are similar in Karate.
@helioshyperion8077 Jet Li never learned Wing Chun so definitely not. He's playing to his strengths which are changquan or "long fist" and fanziquan which is "lightning fist". The second one in particular suits Jet Li especially considering he is blindingly fast.
I learned wushu myself so the number of different kicks he is pulling off is no surprise either. The sheer number of different kicks you have to learn in wushu is nuts
What a great show they demonstrated. A great humor in combination with the excellent moves
how amazing it is. no CGI, just passion for martial arts choreography
I watched this movie over 100 times as a kid this scene was one my favorite 🎉
You know what’s is the movie name
I grew up watching this sort of fighting, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Lei.
Still brings me so much joy even today.
Jet Li is a legend.
I will miss his performances!
Has he died ?
@@classifiedtopsecret4664 Not, but if you google him today, he is just a shadow of his former self, probably ill... But age gonna catch up to all of us.
@@FBPG He was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism back in 2010, that’s what caused him to essentially give up his action movie days :(
@@alfa-psi So what, he's flying sick kids around in helicopters now?
@@alfa-psi The other reason is that him and his family were vacationing in Indonesia on Boxing Day in 2004, they were there when the Tsunami struck and they all barely survived. He said that after that day he was trying to focus more on his time with family.
He took on two years at a time to make movies and the rest of the info you mentioned and others was what made him start lowering his action movie days more. I believe that unlike Jackie Chan who purposely used to risk his life for stunts (respectfully appreciated as it were) Jet Li was met with the fact of dying unpredictably or his loved ones by nature itself.
When one is risking one's life, I think in difference that untimely death accidentally or not does bring many thoughts on how we spend our time alive.
This was the scene that made me buy the exact shoes Jet Li wore as a kid. Miss this movie ❤
4:23 I think this throw-combo is my favorite part of the fight. Just a cool technique.
One of the best fights on film, soo many lessons taught through this movie.
Couldn't stop smiling from start to finish. My jaws ache.
Same🤷🏻♂️
This is by far one of my favorite all time fight scenes in any martial art movie. Just brings back all kinds of memories, I was 9 when this came out. I remember seeing this and thinking how absolutely awesome it was to watch two masters fight like it was a game of chess and be really honorable about it
I've always loved and yet found amusing how they're conversing in two different languages but can understand each other perfectly fine.
Like Tekken
Parece que o personagem do Jet li estudava em uma escola japonesa... por isso provavelmente os dois estão falando japonês. Imagino que sim.
cause in the movie, both of them can speak each other language
@JohnDoe-ug3su Yeah, considering that Jet Li's character (Chen Zhen) was studying at a Japanese university.
@@94462 Tekken GETS IT. No other fighting game really hit the spirit of these style vs style martial arts films.
Best fight scene of Jet Li and Yasuaki Kurata!!!! 👍🏿👌🏿🙏🏿☯️🫸🏿🤛🏿🙏🏿
This is such a great scene. The martial arts is of course, not entirely realistic, but it doesn't matter because the STORYTELLING in the fight is so great.
I mean realism has never been the point of Kung Fu movies. It's the fakest shit out there. But it looks amazing. Realistic fights are usually comparatively boring
But to be able to work at that speed and still let the view keep up is what’s most impressive. Martials artists normaly need to learn to slow down for film but these guys speed up instead and make it work
@@jonahblock Yes of course, martial arts choreography stunt work is a skill by itself. Even though the fight isn’t meant to be realistic, it should still try to tell a realistic story in the reactions, actions and emotions of the fighters..
@@GMMesmerize go and watch the fakest shit WWE this one is real fight better than your fake WWE😏😏😏😏😏
Jet Lee's Best movie role. He did an Amazing job as Chen Zen. Fist of Legend is a really good movie.
I love that Jet Li plays Chen Zhen (fictional) and Huo Yuanjia (a real person), his teacher.
Thank you for posting this. I saw this years ago and loved it, having now done some Chinese and Japanese martial arts.
I couldn't remember the name of the film but remembered this scene vividly. Ake, as some one else has pointed out, the respect that they both show for each other and their dignity stands out, as well as their movements.
精武门
I pressed play immediately it's been a while since I watched the Ol Man and JL in action.
1 of the best fights ever to be committed to film.
ブルース・リーにヌンチャクを教えて、ジャッキー・チェンに勝った事もある、そしてジェット・リーと互角に渡り合う和製ドラゴン倉田保昭。
It's a real fight of brave & strong warriors. Japanese Kyokushin Kaikan style by Yasuaki can be clearly observed.
My favorite martial arts movie ever honestly. There are ones better stories and more epic battles, but something about this has always stuck with me. It was the first "Jet Li" movie I ever watched specifically because he was in it.
That part where he kicks the hay into the guy and he wigs out attacking the hell out of it has always made me laugh out loud, obviously intentional to lessen the tension and its perfect because it doesnt last long and it something youd actually do to disguise your movement.
The battles throughout the film gave depth to the characters without much dialogue having to be said.
And the part where they both hit each other on the head and almost mimic the rubbing of their hands on their head with the same expression on their faces.😂
The story is actually a remake of Bruce Lee film Fist of Fury (loosely based on real story), and fight choreography is still unmatched.
This movie still fresh in our minds
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A legendary fight. It was a great movie. Your video brought me back an awesome memory.
I love this fight scene better than the final fight scene with the villain.
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Loved how the og goes from stretching to absolutely flying at him at full force 😮😆🔥🔥🔥
best fight i can see this all day
I bought almost every one of Jet Li movie. Fist of Legends, Twin Warriors, and Red Dragon are 3 of my tops Jet Li movies.
Black Mask is up there too
Man who choreographed this fight? It's insanely well done
Man who choreographed fight was Yuen Woo-ping.
The master of the matrix fight sequences, kill Bill vol 1 and many others
Yeah after this film Yuen Woo-Ping became #1 most wanted fight choreographer in Hollywood and they kept inviting him for everything.
When Jet Li had his back and attempted to choke, clearly they lack knowledge of BJJ
@@howardlam6181yawn
The fight that makes this movie stay for more than 25 years in the top ten martial arts movies such as the raid 1 & 2, enter the dragon, drunken fist, spl, ong bak 2, Flashpoint, ninja shadow of a tear and bloodsport. For me ... 😢
you can tell these two legends had a lot of fun filming this scene
I used to watch these Jet Li films when I was a kid with my father. Those were good days. Great scene.
You just have to love these fight scenes, even if they are so rediciolous it's basically comedy😁
Hater stop comment. Go watch spongebob that's suitable for you
Better than superman,spiderman fake fight used CGI
haven't seen it in around 15 years but such a great and fun movie.
The blindfold stays on through the violent fight. Wow. Impressive tying technique.
In the days of vhs dubs and rips, I truly think people today are missing out on some amazing movies just because they don't have some flashing CGI burning their eyes every 5 seconds.
I love how they fight hard, but still let each other recover.
GÉNIAL !!!!😲Qu’est-ce que j’ai apprécié cette scène,grande classe et humour sont au rendez-vous de cette version revisitée 👏👏👏
How are you doing
Nothing beats Kurata in the Heroes of the East movie when he fights Gordon Liu with Crab style.....
They definitely went to a urban barbershop 😂 love the hairstyle 💯💯💯💯
Such a crazy fight scene, and really creative choreography. Granted, I always hated the SLIGHTLY overcranked cam speeds in Jet Li's films. I mean 6-12% is fine--great, even. But once it starts hitting 16%, it's just too bloody much. THEY'RE ALREADY FAST. They don't need to be impossible to see or follow. 😕 That's the opposite of awesome storytelling, lol.
luckily you can play it on 75% speed here at TH-cam
One of the the best fight scenes of all time.
About 30 years ago my Dad showed me this movie ( I forgot whether on Betamax or Laser Disc ) and still one of my favorite Fighting scenes 'till now..
こんなに動ける俳優さん知らなかった！撮り方も特撮風だったけどカッコ良かったw
倉田さん、まさかジェット・リーと対戦してたとは！
しかもちゃんと動けてるし！！ 感動しました！！
Jet Li in his prime. One of his best films.
I remember when this came out in America;jet was 33 when he filmed this.
One of my favorite remakes
Still one of the best duel fight in the history of cinema
3:28 How would they know if the other is still wearing the blindfold? xD
Honour.
One of my favourite fight scenes and movie as well. They don't make fight scenes like this anymore.
Why do I love this stuff?
Maybe because it's badass.
Love it.
This movie is something special. Which is rare for a remake. Got this and iron monkey at the same dvd kiosk in kings plaza in like 94 or 95.
Jet li is a real martial artist and it shows.
@@jermainewright2556 agreed. I wasn't commenting on who was better between the two, they are both amazing. My point was compared to other big cinema stars, Jet Li was a proper martial artist.
jackie chan was no joke too.
Bruce Lee anyone?
@@MrJspecefini agreed. No one is saying that Jet li is the only one, there are others Sammo Hung is also a pretty decent fighter, so is Donnie yen. I would personally class Jackie Chan + Yuen Biao as very elegant dancers/acrobats/martial artists. Jet li has won Wuxia championship titles in the real world. Bruce lee is of course a legendary martial artist of many forms and a teacher too.
Would still be outclassed by an amateur boxer.
The legend has returned
I love how they both have handkerchiefs handy
That is a really great scene, two masters fighting with respect for each other, no style shown as superior as such...
2:07 that was insane
I like your passionate work with an eye for detail and the load of background info put into the info box
+1 sub
True fight ...! No special effect ! just men naturally flying ! Good times.
Its been at least 10 years since i last saw this masterpiece
Simplesmente a melhor cena de luta de todos os tempos
Maybe one of the most beautiful fights.... ❤
One of the best fight scenes in history. This movie in my opinion is the best martial arts movie of all time.
“Can you see?”
“I’ll manage.”
“We’ll make it even.”
*Proceeds to pull out blindfolds*
Man, if people fought this way today, 1,000,000 people would still be alive.
Also I wonder what Donnie thought about this movie. He was YWP's prodigy for a decade, but Jet is the star here, and it's probably no coincidence he did his Fist of Fury series the year after this.
I just finished reading Bey Logan's "Hong Kong Action Cinema" book which only goes up to 1996 and he basically named Donnie Yen as Yuen Woo-Pong's protege. Given Yen's more obvious Bruce Lee influence, I think in retrospect he would've made a lot more sense as the first pick for Chen Zhen. The only reason why he wouldn't is likely due to him not being nearly as popular and marketable as Jet Li who had climbed his way to the top of the Hong Kong hierarchy of martial arts movie figures after the massive success of the Once Upon a Time in China series.
Never thought about it like that
I personally feel that Donnie wouldn’t have had the charisma to pull it off, that’s me personally
@@DanteTW1 I guess it remains to be seen. He had a different type of intensity in his screen presence at the time. His Chen Zhen would've probably been more like the traditional Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury. Channeling the hot-headed youth archetype like in the Tiger Cage series and In The Line of Duty 4. Jet Li's almost the opposite character; silent and stoic with a more contained fury.
In his Fist of fury tv series' commentary on the 2002-3 dvd release, he talks about how he doesn't think Jet Li portrays Bruce Lee but rather more of a hero which he is often type casted as. He also said he understands he gets flake for it and that he also tries his best to imitate Bruce but can't copy everything.
When your girlfriend's dad wants you to fight him before he accepts you. You lose, you're not worthy of his daughter.
Unfortunately, you're wrong. He's not the girl's father
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I know. But the thought of that just popped into my head so I said it.
Hmm...you watched the anime "Tomo-chan is a Girl"?
Excellent choreography, and shows both fighting styles quite fairly.
what i wish to share and this is from way back in the day of
Golden Harvest and early HKSC stuff
is that sure, jet li is a master of his craft
but at this skill level, only other top tier masters of their craft
can even spar with jet li ,truly a duel of masters,
Yasuki has multiple dans in multiple disciplines himself
this is top tier stuff man
He and Donnie are truly amazing martial artists. There's something authentic about their fight scenes and despite all that acrobatic prowess, I can't help but find these scenes realistic.
Jet Li and Donnie Yen came from a place of pure martial arts, it really doesn't get more authentic than those two. They're truly the best at it in my opinion, and you feel their presence whenever they are on screen.
There's an early documentary out there somewhere, showing a very young Jet Li (teenage?) doing forms while standing on the grid made of poles, etc.
I like Jet Li's initial stance looks very practical, very stable kickboxing/Kung Fu style stance with the legs, with pre gloves style boxing guard with the hands.
One of the best scenes from the greatest kung fu movie ever made!!!!
The look in his eyes when he realized the old man moves super lightening speed
It's the music that makes this scene great! 😁
1:54 Translation is inaccurate. He actually said "As long as it can win it is good fighting style". This is closely related to a later conversation which Master Funakoshi told him that martial art is not all about taking down your opponent. It is more about self perfection.
This was interesting re dub and edit. Need to get my hands on this movie again.
Definitely one of my all time favorite Kung fu movie right along side Twin Warriors.
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One of the primary reasons this fight stands out is because they are both respectful opponents.
You can see by Chen Zhen's initial defensive moves against the Jap(anese) fighter that he is completely taken aback at the sheer ferocity and the efficiency in the karate techniques employed. Till this moment, Chen Zhen has very rarely encountered a karateka of this level. This fight thus helps him indirectly prepare for the final duel by giving him an idea of what to expect from the evil military officer antagonist.
The Jap fighter, despite his experience dealing with Chinese kung-fu in the past, is nonetheless impressed by Chen Zhen's natural affinity for the martial art. They thus part ways amicably, with the older man giving his blessings to the couple - something even Chen Zhen's own (adoptive) Chinese family refused to do when they learned of his relationship with his Japanese gf.
The whole story of Chen Zhen was always about how he's let down by his own peers, like in Bruce Lee version he defends them and they get mad at him because Japanese will be back but more angry... They refuse to stand up to bullies. In the end, we know Japan list the war and Chinese government lost the following civil war to russia backed communists, being colonized by other foreign ideology instead.
你說得很有道理，你很有智慧，你思考很深入，你動了你的腦筋
I remember this on vhs back in the day was a classic.
This will always be one of my favorite Jet Li films.