Martial Arts Movie Stars Bruce Lee & Jim Kelly Wore Onitsuka Tiger Sneakers
But did Lee actually wear these iconic shoes on screen in ‘Game of Death?’
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Your uber-stylish pop culture archeologist (yes, me) was extremely close to buying a yellow pair of Mexico 66’s. The temptation to buy arose from my having it incorrectly in my head that these sneakers, made by the Onitsuka Tiger company of Japan since the mid-1960s, were the shoes that Bruce Lee had on his nimble feet in the film Game of Death.
The sneakers that Lee actually did wear added a stylish grounding element to an iconic ensemble comprised of a yellow and black striped jumpsuit and color-coordinated nunchaku.
If you’re the type of kung fu movie geek for whom such imagery resonates, imagine what you’d do if you saw yellow and black sneakers on the feet of some nameless soul out browsing the racks at the comic book shop with…
