Member Squid Lips Posted November 28, 2010 Member Share Posted November 28, 2010 Though its first appearance is usually attributed to Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury, does anyone know if the nunchakus use on screen was predated by any other films? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member shukocarl Posted November 28, 2010 Member Share Posted November 28, 2010 Though its first appearance is usually attributed to Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury, does anyone know if the nunchakus use on screen was predated by any other films? Did Ng See Yuen's BLOODY FISTS make it to theaters before FIST OF FURY? If it did Chen Kuan Tai uses Nunchaku in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted November 28, 2010 Member Share Posted November 28, 2010 Ng See Yuen's BLOODY FISTS: was released in 1972, so I think Bruce Lee was the 1st. Person to ever use nunchaku in a film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Omni Dragon Posted November 28, 2010 Member Share Posted November 28, 2010 Where they not used in Japanese films before Bruce Lee did? It would make more sense as it's from Okinawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Squid Lips Posted November 28, 2010 Author Member Share Posted November 28, 2010 Thanks for the input. I did not realize Bloody Fists incorporated them. Was FOF released in ’71 or ’72? As for the Japanese films, I thought the same thing made sense but have yet to find them in any samurai film I have seen predated those films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted November 28, 2010 Member Share Posted November 28, 2010 Thanks for the input. I did not realize Bloody Fists incorporated them. Was FOF released in ’71 or ’72? As for the Japanese films, I thought the same thing made sense but have yet to find them in any samurai film I have seen predated those films. I think Bloody Fists was released a month or two after Fist of Fury. Yasuaki Kurata uses them in KING BOXER (AKA HANDS OF DEATH) but I don't know when that was released. And Bruce uses them in THE GREEN HORNET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Squid Lips Posted November 28, 2010 Author Member Share Posted November 28, 2010 Thanks Killer. Looks like Hands Of Death may win as its release seems to be 1971. I’ll have to look that one up as I don’t think I ever saw it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted November 29, 2010 Member Share Posted November 29, 2010 Release dates for Fist of Fury (1972) More at IMDbPro »Jing wu men (original title) ad feedback Country Date Hong Kong 22 March 1972 New Zealand 1 October 1972 USA 7 November 1972 (New York City, New York) Italy 1 March 1973 West Germany 28 March 1973 France 2 August 1973 USA 11 November 1973 (Bismarck, North Dakota) Denmark 1974 Hong Kong 2 January 1974 (re-release) Sweden 4 March 1974 Indonesia 9 April 1974 Spain 29 April 1974 (Madrid) West Germany 18 July 1974 (re-release) Japan 20 July 1974 West Germany 1 January 1978 (re-release) Hong Kong 1 January 1982 (re-issue version) Germany 1992 Finland 11 December 2001 (DVD premiere) Finland 1 October 2002 (TV premiere) Hong Kong 30 March 2010 (Hong Kong International Film Festival) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoKUNGFUforYU Posted May 31, 2018 Member Share Posted May 31, 2018 Sorry guys, 1968, The Assasinator, Sek Kin uses a Nunchaku along with a sword. Considering subbing this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member odioustrident Posted May 31, 2018 Member Share Posted May 31, 2018 I had heard it was Social Characters (1969). An all girl biker gang has nunchakus in that one. 2 section weapons in which one end is shorter than the other do appear in 60's swordplays. I suppose those count as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoKUNGFUforYU Posted June 1, 2018 Member Share Posted June 1, 2018 21 hours ago, odioustrident said: I had heard it was Social Characters (1969). An all girl biker gang has nunchakus in that one. 2 section weapons in which one end is shorter than the other do appear in 60's swordplays. I suppose those count as well. The uneven ones make way more sense. Hit a heavy bag with one and watch it bounce back against your hand. Unpleasant. A mace type of weapon makes more sense. As much as I like spinning them, they are a poor man's weapon. Also, there are videos of two hillbillies fighting with them and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted June 1, 2018 Member Share Posted June 1, 2018 13 hours ago, NoKUNGFUforYU said: The uneven ones make way more sense. Hit a heavy bag with one and watch it bounce back against your hand. Unpleasant. Dont quote me on this, but the unevn onesare called cudgels right?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member odioustrident Posted June 2, 2018 Member Share Posted June 2, 2018 It seems so hard not to hit yourself. That's why Bruce couldn't stop blinking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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