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| During (I believe) Chen Kuan Tai's last visit to try to kill the monk, he battles guards on the steps. During this sequence the director has a small cameo (Master Lau is tops!!!) as a guard that attacks the hero with a three-section staff. It's brief, (maybe 40 seconds) but magical kung fu nonetheless. This one scene is missing from both DVD versions [by Ground Zero and PanMedia]. I suspect that the prints come from England where an a**hole (whose name slips my mind) from the censorship board outlawed the nunchaku (and usually the 3-section staff) from appearing in films after the initial release of Bruce Lee's films. Apparently, a few excited youths injured themselves with the weapon (it takes practice, kids!), including a blindness-causing strike to a head. For the record, the [censorship board] guy either retired or died, and just this year the Bruce films were finally released with the "chuck" scenes intact. Can you imagine seeing ENTER THE DRAGON without the nunchaku sequence? Blasphemy! |
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