Once Upon a Time in China

Once Upon a Time in China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃飛鴻
Simplified Chinese黄飞鸿
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Fēihóng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingWong4 Fei1-hung4
Directed byTsui Hark
Written byTsui Hark
Yuen Kai-chi (阮繼志)
Leung Yiu-ming
Elsa Tang (鄧碧燕)
Produced byTsui Hark
StarringJet Li
Yuen Biao
Jacky Cheung
Rosamund Kwan
Kent Cheng
CinematographyArdy Lam
Bill Wong
David Chung
Arthur Wong
Wingo Chan
Wilson Chan
Edited byMarco Mak
Music byJames Wong
George Lam (theme song)
Production
companies
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 15 August 1991 (1991-08-15)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
English
French
Box officeHK$29,672,278

Once Upon a Time in China (also known as Enter the New Game of Death in the Philippines) is a 1991 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film directed and produced by Tsui Hark, who also wrote with Yuen Kai-chi, Leung Yiu-ming, and Elsa Tang. Jet Li stars as Chinese martial arts master and folk hero of Cantonese ethnicity, Wong Fei-hung. The film co-stars Yuen Biao, Jacky Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, and Kent Cheng. It is the first installment in the Once Upon a Time in China film series. It is a staple in the Wuxia genre. It is regarded as one of the most influential martial arts movies of all time.[1]