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The life story of martial arts icon and actor Bruce Lee.


Who wouldn't want to see a biopic about the early life of Bruce Lee? Nearly 40 years after his death, Lee remains not only the most influential screen martial artist of all time, but the world's most famous Asian actor, period. Lee's trademark shriek, yellow jumpsuit & scratched face and torso made him a cultural icon of the 20th Century. His untimely death in 1973 at the age of just 32 only served to add to his mystique. However, while millions of fans have watched and re-watched his five kung-fu movies, quoted them ad infinitum and probably attempted to re-enact a sequence or two, Lee's early life, along with the dozens of films he made as a child & teenager, is considerably less well known. What directors Raymond Yip and Manfred Wong set out to do in their new film, BRUCE LEE, MY BROTHER is shed some light on who Bruce Lee was before he became a legend.   


Based on the memoir written by Lee's younger brother, Robert, the film begins with Bruce's birth in San Francisco, while his father, Lee Hoi Cheun (played by Tony Leung Ka Fai), was touring the USA with his Cantonese Opera troupe. We see the accidental way in which Lee acquired his English name, and also star in his first movie - GOLDEN GATE GIRL - while still a newborn. Against the advice of his friends, Lee Sr. whisks his family back to Hong Kong, only to see the city invaded by the Japanese shortly thereafter.  Lee was the fourth of five children and grew up in a comfortably well-off household, thanks in large part to his father's success as an actor on both stage and screen. It didn't take long for young Bruce to begin appearing in local productions, and by the age of six had landed his first starring role and acquired the stage name Lee Siu Long - "Little Dragon" - the name he would use throughout his career...