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Film In February 1965 Linda had her first child, Brandon, and six days later Li Hoi Chuen, died in Hong Kong. Bruce left immediately to attend the funeral and on his return to Oakland received a call from Ed Parker to do a test in Hollywood. William Dozier, executive producer of the Batman TV series had seen a film in Super 8 show that Bruce had been in Long Beach, invited by Ed Parker. Dozier knew Bruce through the mediation of a mutual friend of he and Parker (Hollywood hairdresser who worked for Sharon Tate, who was killed in the massacre led by Charles Manson fan). Dozier called Bruce, just a week later went to Hollywood and did the test. At first it was thought that would turn the son of the Chinese detective Charlie Chan. Bruce signed a contract option and immediately began drama classes.But Bruce's hopes were dashed when he received the call informing him that the series Dozier was suspended. In February the following year Bruce received a call informing him that he had been selected for the role of "Kato" in a new television series entitled The Green Hornet (The Green Hornet). After signing the contract packed his things and left with his family to Los Angeles. James was very angry, but Bruce had promised to visit as often as I could to train with him and his students. In 1967, Bruce opened his third Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute, which was their last Kwoon. It was located at 628 College Street in Chinatown in Los Angeles, and, unlike those he had in Seattle and Oakland, he had no identification mark, even to maintain the anonymity the windows were painted. Bruce did not need the gym to live, because, fortunately, he could of his appearances in television and film.So this way the people of Chinatown were carefully selected among talented martial artists and only allowed the transition to some artists and people related to the entertainment that Bruce had known, like Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Stirling Siliphant, including Kareem Abdul Jabbar. A Bruce did not like the classes loaded with people, he claimed that the classes were the closest thing to personal training, gave the example of a boxing trainer who could only train two or three at most if you want the answer above boxer in the ring. This was why he rejected the offer to start a chain of gyms under the name of Kato. An American producer offered her a role in the television series Kung Fu but despite Lee being involved in the original idea of the series, the end was designated to David Carradine in the role, being discriminated against because of not well regarded Chinese descent Americans in the forums.In 1971, while visiting Hong Kong, producer Raymond Chow of Golden Harvest Bruce offered participation in one of his film projects. At that time you decide to go live to Hong Kong, and asks Taky Kimura (head of school in Seattle), James Lee (head of the Oakland school) and Dan Inosanto (head of school in Los Angeles), which close their activities, and not spend more commercially teach what they had taught. The first film he made at this stage in Hong Kong called The Big Boss (Karate to death in Bangkok or The Big Boss) and was immediately a hit in Hong Kong collecting benefits for millions of dollars. Bruce Lee won the heights of popularity Chinese who considered him a national hero.Immediately participated in his second martial arts movie called "Fist of Fury" (or Oriental Fury Fists of Fury) which exploited the supposed superiority of Kung Fu on the Japanese Karate as a way to conjure the feeling of inferiority against the Japanese Chinese . The success achieved in this film exceeded all expectations and Bruce Lee became an established star of martial arts films. In 1972, actor, screenwriter, co-producer and director in the movie "Way of the Dragon (The Dragon's fury or the Way of the Dragon) recorded in Rome with Chuck Norris. The film was another box office success in the Chinese circuit, as Bruce did not want to leave him. This film is considered a classic of martial arts and fight in the Coliseum is one of the most memorable in the filmography of Bruce Lee, is known as the battle of the century. A curious fact in the focus of the soundtrack, he was responsible for playing the drums.In the same year, in full fame, is technical or of a book entirely devoted to Wing Chun, written by one of the three students who certify Bruce Lee to teach his vision of the martial arts, which had Chinese ancestry James Yim Lee. J.