Birth of the Dragon

In 1964, a young Bruce Lee owns and operates a San Francisco Kung Fu Academy, specializing in the Chinese martial art Wing Chun. Lee provides advice, defends students from Chinatown gangs, and spars with student Steve McKee, who falls for an employee named Xiulan. Lee challenges Wong Jack-man, a kung fu master working as a dishwasher, to a fight that becomes a turning point in their lives and the development of Lee's fighting style, Jeet Kune Do. The film follows Lee's emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with Wong, set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown.