The New Legend of Shaolin

The New Legend of Shaolin
Film poster
Directed by
Written byWong Jing
Produced by
  • Helen Li
  • Jet Li
  • Pei Hsiang-chuan
  • Shia Wai-sum
Starring
CinematographyTom Lau
Edited byAngie Lam
Music byEckart Seeber
Production
company
Distributed byEastern Production
Release date
  • 3 March 1994 (1994-03-03)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese

The New Legend of Shaolin (Chinese: 洪熙官之少林五祖; pinyin: Hóng Xīguān Zhī Shàolín Wǔ Zǔ; released in the United Kingdom as Legend of the Red Dragon and in the Philippines as Once Upon a Time in China-4) is a 1994 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Wong Jing and Corey Yuen. The film stars and produced by Jet Li. The film showcases Hung Hei-kwun's exploits as a rebel against the Qing government, and it is one of two films in which Li and Miu Tse play a father-son duo, the other being My Father Is a Hero. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 3 March 1994. The film also pays homage to the Japanese film Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, with the opening scene being a parody of said film, while also having a similar plot of a father going on a journey of revenge with his infant son.[citation needed]