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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   6,291 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Yiu Ming Leung (writer)
Pik-yin Tang (writer)
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Release Date:
15 August 1991 (Hong Kong) more
Tagline:
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Plot:
Set in late 19th century Canton this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 4 nominations more
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Cast

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Jet Li ... Wong Fei-hung
Biao Yuen ... Leung Fu
Rosamund Kwan ... Aunt Yee
Jacky Cheung ... Buck Teeth Soh
Steve Tartalia ... Tiger
Kent Cheng ... Porky Lang
Jonathan Isgar ... Jackson
Shi-Kwan Yen ... Iron Robe Yim (as Yee Kwan Yan)
Mark King ... British general
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bruce Fontaine ... Policeman
Shun Lau ... Naval Commander
Tsim Po Sham
Kien Shih ... Old man who gives advise (Cameo)
Chi Yeung Wong ... Commander Man
Ma Wu ... Old Man

Simon Yam
Cheung-Yan Yuen
Kam-Fai Yuen ... Kai
Shun-Yee Yuen ... Honorable Manchu Soldier
Tony Yuen (as Yuen Kam Fai)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Once Upon a Time in China (Hong Kong: English title) (UK) (USA)
Huang Fei-hong (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence.
Runtime:
134 min | Germany:95 min (cut version) | USA:99 min (cut version)
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Fun Stuff

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Jet Li's voice is dubbed in post-production because he is not a Cantonese speaker. In fact, he spoke in Mandarin entirely during filming. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Aunt Yee is fitting Fei-hung for a suit, she sees his shadow on the wall. Standing a few inches behind him, she traces his silhouette with her finger, obviously without touching him. However, when she touches his shadow ear, it flickers, meaning she actually touched his real ear. more
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Yim: No matter how good our kung-fu is, it will never defeat guns. more
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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Stand-out, 15 December 2004
8/10
Author: Guardia from Brisbane, Australia.

Brilliantly made martial-arts film about legendary Chinaman Wong Fei-hung. One of the only movies in it's genre to really create a cast of meaningful characters that do not merely lay by the way side of the best martial artist (obviously Jet Li).

It is excellently shot and acted with a sensible balance of action and drama - although it does have a tendency to lay things on quite thick, what with excessively dramatic music and over-signified sequences.

Overall it is a very original film, and is set among the interesting clash of the British and Chinese cultures. Slightly "magical" kung-fu sequences may turn Chan fans off, but otherwise it is mostly engaging.

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