The Chinese Connection (1972)
The undisputed reigning champ of martial arts movies! Chen Zhen (Lee) returns to the international compound of China only to learn of his beloved teacher's death. This is compounded by the continual racist harassment by the Japanese population in the area. Unlike his friends, he confronts it head on with his mastery of martial arts while investigating his teacher's murder. It is not surprising that the audience in the 1972 premier stood up and cheered in unison of National Pride when Chen Smashed the infamous "No Dogs and Chinese Allowed" sign. This film showed that the Chinese (or in Bruce's philosophy, any race) has the equal right to live and cannot be so easily bullied. Graceful, powerful, humorous, and charismatic; Lee at his best.