Once Upon a Time in China
Director: Tsui Hark
Genre: Martial arts, Adventure, Chinese Movies
Year: 1991
Country: Hong Kong, China
Language: Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, English Language, Standard Mandarin
Starring: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Jacky Cheung Hok-yau, Yuen Biao, Kent Cheng
Once Upon a Time in China is a 1991 Hong Kong martial arts action film written and directed by Tsui Hark and starring Jet Li as Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung. It is the first film in the Once Upon a Time in China film series.
Locals are concerned with the growing influence and presence of Westerners and foreigners in Foshan. General Liu Yongfu of the Black Flag Army approaches Wong Fei-hung and requests that the latter help him muster and train a militia to assist in defending the town. Among those recruited by Wong are the butcher Porky Wing and an American-educated Chinese called Bucktooth So.
Wong meets Siu-kwan, who is around the same age as him, and whom he addresses respectfully as "13th Aunt". Although they are not direct blood relations, her father was a sworn brother of Wong's grandfather so she is considered to be Wong's elder. They develop romantic feelings for each other but their relationship is often restrained as it is considered taboo in traditional culture.
Leung Foon arrives in town with an opera troupe to stage performances. He runs into some trouble with the Shaho Gang, which terrorises local businesses by demanding "protection money" from them. He
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