Mandarin Course

Heroes of Shinpaku

Audio: The audio was 99% unadulterated from the ATV Drama serial ‘Fist of Fury’ drama theme song starring Donnie Yen who was the choreographer, actor and editor. He incidentally sang the theme song as well. Yes that was his real voice singing. He wanted the series to be a tribute towards Bruce Lee. It’s a TV series made in 1995. Lyrics:Oh yes, I’ve added both Chinese and English subtitles this time. I did most of the translation myself. The Chinese lyrics were very patriotic and well written and some of the meaning was lost in translation but i tried my best in that aspect. Some of the qualities of heroes mentioned in the lyrics were questionable but i just stuck as close as i could to the original meaning without prejudice. Background Info: The term sick man of Asia or sick man of East Asia refers to the derogatory term for the Chinese by Japanese invaders during the Second World War and the years immediately preceding it, in which Japan occupied sections of China. The phrase features prominently in the original Bruce Lee film Fist of Fury and the TV series By Donnie Yen. The derogatory term along with the invasion provoked an unprecedented level of patriotism amongst the Chinese who banded together to form the Heroes of Jing Wu (led by Donnie Yen’s character and his master- Huo Yuan Jia- Jet Li’s character from Fearless) who fought to drive out the Japanese. His master was poisoned by the Japanese and Donnie Yen’s character went postal on the Japanese and discovered …