CCTV's beginning-of-the-year plays often adopt grand productions, and "Crossing Northeast" will be the station's main play this year. It will be one of CCTV's two trump cards for TV dramas this year along with "The Legend of Bruce Lee" which will appear later.
This drama tells the legendary career, romance, mentors and friends, and romance of Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee, as a kung fu idol, cultural idol, and spiritual idol in people's hearts, his legendary life will once again become a cultural hotspot that captures the attention of Chinese nationals and dragon fans around the world.
Highlights of the series:
Multiple Hollywood superstars join, telling a legendary story filled with dazzling kung fu and excellent audio-visual effects, featuring an unparalleled cast of stars.
Director: Li Wen
Producer: Yu Shengli
Cinematographer: Yuan Xiaoman
Martial Arts Director: Ma Zhongxuan, Chen Zhizhong
Screenwriter: Qian Linsen
Main Cast:
Chen Guokun as Bruce Lee
Gai Ke as Mother Lee
Wang Luoyong as Shao Ruhai
Zhou Zhou as Father Lee
Synopsis:
As a young boy, Bruce Lee was not interested in academics but was fascinated by martial arts. He also acted in movies with his father when he was a child. In a street fight, he lost to a local thug, and from then on, he earnestly studied martial arts under Master Yip Man with insatiable thirst and even madness. At seventeen, despite having only recently been introduced to boxing, he became the champion boxer of all Hong Kong.
Young and brash, Little Dragon, relying on his reputation as the Hong Kong boxing champion, challenged many opponents and made numerous enemies, eventually being hunted down by a gang. His father, determined to change his ways, forced him to travel overseas alone to make a living in San Francisco. Despite his lofty ambitions, he had to rely on others for support. While working in a restaurant, he got into a 'jealousy' conflict with the head chef...