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Bruce Lee is the undisputed personification of martial arts cinema.
Even today, 40 years after his death.
Even though he only appeared in a handful of films.
He was the first Chinese superstar and inspired millions of people around the world with his work.
When he died at the age of 32, an entire nation was in shock.
Thousands gathered on the streets, weeping in each other's arms and mourning their national hero.
His rise from Chinese underdog to Hollywood star is legendary.
Yet Lee never gives up and continues to fight against all odds.
With just one Hollywood film, he revolutionized the action film genre.
Lee is an exceptional fighter, brilliant fight choreographer, thoughtful philosopher and sportsman with an iron will.
But his discipline takes its toll in 1973.
Lee dies at the age of just 32.
But his short career was followed by an impressive afterlife.
Bruce Lee: his name, his face and his legacy have become icons of pop culture.
"TOO young TO DIE: Bruce Lee - The Fist of Hollywood" follows the biography of the greatest martial arts icon of all time and traces his footsteps up to the present day.
Friends of Lee share their personal memories and artists show how Bruce Lee and his work inspired them.
First broadcast: Saturday, December 12, 2015, 10:05 p.m. on arte.
