The Game of Death (1972 movie)

**The Game of Death** (_死亡的遊戲_) is an incomplete Hong Kong martial arts film, of 40 minutes filmed between August and October 1972. It was directed, written and produced by Bruce Lee and Bruce Lee starred in it too. In 1978 the _Golden Harvest_ has released _Game of Death_ and _other Game of Death movies_. The 1978 version uses portions of the original footage married to an entirely new plot. The revised version of the film uses only 11 minutes and 7 seconds of the footage from the original _The Game of Death_, but after 2000 the original version was distributed in movies and documentaries from various parts of the world.

|Title|Release date|Notes on the original 1972 footage|Running time of the original footage from 1972|Companies|Country|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Bruce Lee, the Man and the Legend_|14 October 1973|In 1984 the sequel, Bruce Lee, The Legend, was released, shown other exclusive footage from 1972 + fragments of Game of Death (1978 movie)|Trailer (2 minutes)|Concorn Productions Ltd. and Golden Harvest|British Hong Kong|
|_Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey_|22 October 2000|Bruce Lee's editing. Distributed on DVD the October 8, 2001 with the short film _The Story_in the special features.|36 minutes and 40 seconds (23 exclusive minutes)|Warner Bros (with JJL Enterprises LLC)|U.S.A.|
|_Bruce Lee in G.O.D 死亡的遊戯_|25 November 2000|The longer scenes without Bruce Lee's editing|39 minutes|ArtPort|Japan|
|_Game of Death Redux_|19 July 2019|Alan Canvan's editing. Special features by _Game of Death (1978 movie)_. The trailer of the second version was released in 2022|34 minutes and 26 seconds|The Criterion Collection and Niche Pictures|U.S.A.|
|_The Final Game of Death_|17 July 2023|James Flower's editing|Movie of 40 minutes (2 exclusive minutes) and other archive footage and gallery images|Arrow Video|British|

## Infobox (chinese/chinese)

- **child**: yes
- **hide**: no
- **header**: none
- **l**: Death Game
- **s**: 死亡的遊戏
- **p**: sǐwáng de yóuxì
- **j**: sei2 mong4 dik1 jau4 hei3


## Infobox (film)

- **name**: The Game of Death
死亡的遊戲
- **native name**: English language, English The Game of Death
- **image**: Bruce Lee, The Game Of Death.svg
- **caption**: _[https://imdb.com/title/tt0297814/mediaviewer/rm3085963776 Bruce Lee's script notes]_
- **director**: Bruce Lee
- **producer**: Raymond Chow
Bruce Lee
- **writer**: Bruce Lee
- **starring**: Bruce Lee (_Hai Tien_)
**The gang (The Story), Gang**:
James Tien (_Tien Da_)
Chieh Yuan (_Yuan (The Game of Death), member fighter_)
**The guardians of the temple**:
Hwang In-shik (_Guardian of the first floor Hall, guardian on the first floor_)
Dan Inosanto (_Guardian of the Tiger Hall, guardian on the third floor_)
Ji Han-jae (_Guardian of the Dragon Hall, guardian on the fourth floor_)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (_Mantis (The Game of Death), Mantis_)
***Unfilmed cast*** (_Guardian of the Praying Mantis Hall, guardian on the second floor_ and others)
- **cinematography**: Tadashi Nishimoto
Bruce Lee
- **studio**: Golden Harvest
Concord Production Inc.
- **runtime**: 40 minutes
18 minutes
- **country**: Hong Kong (British Hong Kong, british)
- **language**: Cantonese language, Cantonese
English language, English