Once Upon a Time in China | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 黃飛鴻 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 黄飞鸿 | ||||||||||
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Directed by | Tsui Hark | ||||||||||
Written by | Tsui Hark Yuen Kai-chi (阮繼志) Leung Yiu-ming Elsa Tang (鄧碧燕) | ||||||||||
Produced by | Tsui Hark | ||||||||||
Starring | Jet Li Yuen Biao Jacky Cheung Rosamund Kwan Kent Cheng | ||||||||||
Cinematography | Ardy Lam Bill Wong David Chung Arthur Wong Wingo Chan Wilson Chan | ||||||||||
Edited by | Marco Mak | ||||||||||
Music by | James Wong George Lam (theme song) | ||||||||||
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Distributed by | Golden Harvest | ||||||||||
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Running time | 134 minutes | ||||||||||
Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Languages | Cantonese Mandarin English French | ||||||||||
Box office | HK$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]