Once Upon a Time in China II | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 黃飛鴻之二男兒當自強 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 黄飞鸿之二男儿当自强 | ||||||||||
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Directed by | Tsui Hark | ||||||||||
Written by | Tsui Hark Chan Tin-suen Cheung Tan | ||||||||||
Produced by | Tsui Hark Ng See-yuen Raymond Chow | ||||||||||
Starring | Jet Li Rosamund Kwan Max Mok Donnie Yen | ||||||||||
Cinematography | Arthur Wong | ||||||||||
Edited by | Marco Mak Angie Lam Andy Chan | ||||||||||
Music by | Richard Yuen Johnny Yeung Chow Gam-wing | ||||||||||
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Distributed by | Golden Harvest | ||||||||||
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Running time | 113 minutes | ||||||||||
Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Languages | Cantonese Mandarin English | ||||||||||
Box office | HK$30,399,676[1] |
Once Upon a Time in China II is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts film written, produced and directed by Tsui Hark. Jet Li stars as Chinese martial arts master and folk hero of Cantonese ethnicity, Wong Fei-hung.[2] It is the second instalment in the Once Upon a Time in China film series, and co-stars Donnie Yen, Rosamund Kwan and Max Mok. The iconic theme song, "A Man Should Better Himself" (男兒當自強), was performed in Cantonese by George Lam at the beginning of the film, and by Jackie Chan in the end credits. Chan also sang the Mandarin version.