Once Upon a Time in China II

Once Upon a Time in China II
Japanese film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃飛鴻之二男兒當自強
Simplified Chinese黄飞鸿之二男儿当自强
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Fēihǒng Zhī Èr Nánér Dāng Zìqiáng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingWong4 Fei1-hung4 Zi1 Ji6 Naam4-ji4 Dong1 Zi6-koeng4
Directed byTsui Hark
Written byTsui Hark
Chan Tin-suen
Cheung Tan
Produced byTsui Hark
Ng See-yuen
Raymond Chow
StarringJet Li
Rosamund Kwan
Max Mok
Donnie Yen
CinematographyArthur Wong
Edited byMarco Mak
Angie Lam
Andy Chan
Music byRichard Yuen
Johnny Yeung
Chow Gam-wing
Production
companies
Film Workshop
Golden Harvest
Paragon Films Ltd.
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 16 April 1992 (1992-04-16)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
English
Box officeHK$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.

  1. ^ HKMDB
  2. ^ Thomas, Kevin (7 January 1994). "MOVIE REVIEW : 'China II': History in a Martial Arts Fantasy". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 December 2010.