Iron Monkey (1993 film)

Iron Monkey
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	少年黃飛鴻之鐵馬騮
Simplified Chinese	少年黄飞鸿之铁马骝
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shàonián Huáng Fēihóng Zhī Tiě Mǎliú Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Siu3-nin4 Wong4 Fei1-hung4 Zi1 Tit3 Maa5-lau4
Directed by	Yuen Woo-ping
Written by	Tsui Hark Cheung Tan Tang Elsa Lau Tai-Mok
Produced by	Tsui Hark Quentin Tarantino (US release)
Starring	Donnie Yen Yu Rongguang Jean Wang Angie Tsang Yuen Shun-yi
Cinematography	Arthur Wong Tam Chi-wai
Edited by	Marco Mak Angie Lam Andy Chan
Music by	Richard Yuen (Hong Kong) James L. Venable (United States) Johnny Yeung William Hu Chow Gam-wing
Production companies	Golden Harvest Long Shong Pictures Paragon Films Film Workshop
Distributed by	Golden Harvest
Release date	3 September 1993 (1993-09-03)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Budget	US$11 million
Box office	US$14,694,904

Iron Monkey is a 1993 Hong Kong martial arts film written and produced by Tsui Hark and directed by Yuen Woo-ping, starring Donnie Yen, Yu Rongguang, Jean Wang, Angie Tsang and Yuen Shun-yi. It is not related to the 1977 Hong Kong film of the same title.

The film is a fictionalised account of an episode in the childhood of the Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung and his father Wong Kei-ying, and their encounter with the "Iron Monkey".^[1] In 1996, a separate film titled Iron Monkey 2 was released, but it is unrelated to the 1993 film.^[2]