Trivia / Way of the Dragon

• Completely Different Title: In America, the film was released as Return of the Dragon and was sold as a sequel to Enter the Dragon.
• Copiously Credited Creator: Bruce Lee not only starred in the film, but he also directed, produced, and wrote it, as well as choreographing the action.
• Dyeing for Your Art: Bruce Lee had Chuck Norris put on weight in order to appear larger and more formidable.
• Fake Nationality: Hwang In-shik, who played the Japanese Karate fighter, was really a Korean Hapkido master.
• Looping Lines: Bruce Lee dubbed almost all of the English speaking characters in this film including one line for the boss. That line is: "Take him out, but be careful with that gun in public".
• Playing Against Type:
  • Between his fish-out-of-waterness and his very weak bowels, Tang Lung was certainly a more comedic character than Bruce Lee's usual stoic badasses.
  • This is also one of the few times Chuck Norris plays a villain.
• Working Title: Enter the Dragon. However, once Bruce had gotten wind that Hollywood had become interested in making a martial arts film with Bruce in the lead role based on the success of his two earlier films made in Hong Kong, Bruce decided to reserve the name and title 'Enter' for his first Hollywood breakout film, changing the name of this film to Way of the Dragon.

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