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Once Upon a Time in China
1991 · Director: Tsui Hark · HK
What it is about
In late-19th-century Canton, Wong Fei-hung faces colonial pressure and the collapse of the traditional world.
The fighting in it
The ladder fight is among the most technically demanding scenes in Hong Kong cinema. Wong Fei-hung was a real Hung Gar master and traditional physician, but the film is historical drama, not biography.
Martial arts in the film
Who appears in it
- Jet Liactor — Wong Fej-hung
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