5-year-old acts out Bruce Lee nunchuck scene with incredible accuracy

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Monday, May 4, 2015
(ABC News/Bruce Ryu/YouTube)
ABC News/Bruce Ryu/YouTube

Parents, you know how kids will watch their favorite movies over and over (and over)? One young Bruce Lee fan went further than learning the lines -- he knows all the nunchuck movements, too.

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Ryuji Imai, a 5-year-old from Japan, has developed a special talent that goes hand-in-hand with his love of Bruce Lee. His parent posted a video of him acting out the nunchuck scene from the movie Game of Death, and it's clear this isn't the first time he's picked up a nunchuck.

The boy follows Lee's movements to a T, even mimicking his expressions and calculated pauses. Ryuji's parents have been posting on YouTube and Facebook about the little boy's love of martial arts for a few months now, but this time it went viral.

The video was posted on Friday and has more than 3 million views already. Many who commented on the video called him amazing and said they can't stop watching. One popular movie buff channel, CineFix, asked if they could use Imai for a video, writing, "THIS IS AMAZING! Ca [sic] you borrow your son for homemade movies? hahahaha AWESOME!"

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