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Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Jet Li Wong Fei-hung
Yuen Biao Leung Foon
Jacky Cheung Buck Teeth Sol
Rosamund Kwan Aunt Yee
Kent Cheng Porky Lang
Jimmy Wang Yu Slave from America
Biao Yuen
Steve Tartalia
Jonathan Isgar
Yee Kwan Yan
Mark King
Kam-Fai Yuen
Plot
Though generally unknown to Western audiences, Tsui Hark is considered a giant among Asian filmmakers and this exceptional epic, combining hard-hitting martial-arts action with romance, comedy, history, genuine poignance, and sharp insight into the effects of the century-long encroachment of Western civilization in Asia more than amply demonstrates why. The story centers on the exploits of Master Wong Fei-hung (a familiar figure in Hong Kong cinema) a 19th-century doctor, Confucian, and exceptional martial artist. As the film begins, he has just opened a new clinic in Canton Province. To help him with patients, he hires a few apprentices including Porky Lang (the comic relief) and Buck Teeth Sol, who was raised outside China and barely can speak the language. Wong is platonically involved with the lovely, worldly Aunt Yee, who has been abroad most of her life. Wong soon gets in trouble when he begins using his skills to protect and assist the poor and helpless in his community. As a result, someone torches his clinic, forcing Wong and his compadres to set off and get spectacularly staged revenge. They also try vainly to stop Western culture from changing traditional Chinese ways, but they soon find that they may as well be shoveling sand against a rising tide. — Sandra Brennan
Movie Details
Genre Foreign Film
Director Tsui Hark; Hark Tsui
Producer Tsui Hark
Writer Tsui Hark; Leung Yiu-Ming
Studio Image Entertainment USA
Country USA
Language English
Audience Rating R (Restricted)
Running Time 112 mins
Movie Release Date 1991
Color Color
Personal Details
Format DVD
Seen It Yes
Index 140
Collection Status In Collection
Location Disc 32
Product Details
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 2.35:1
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
UPC (Barcode) 043396056725
Chapters 28
Release Date 1/9/2001
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen
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