Once Upon a Time in China
| Once Upon a Time in China | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃飛鴻 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄飞鸿 | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Tsui Hark | ||||||||||
| Written by | Tsui Hark Yuen Kai-chi (阮繼志) Leung Yiu-ming Elsa Tang (鄧碧燕) | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Tsui Hark | ||||||||||
| Starring | Jet Li Yuen Biao Jacky Cheung Rosamund Kwan Kent Cheng | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | Ardy Lam Bill Wong David Chung Arthur Wong Wingo Chan Wilson Chan | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Marco Mak | ||||||||||
| Music by | James Wong George Lam (theme song) | ||||||||||
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| Distributed by | Golden Harvest | ||||||||||
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Running time | 134 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Languages | Cantonese Mandarin English French | ||||||||||
| Box office | HK$29,672,278 | ||||||||||
Once Upon a Time in China is a 1991 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film directed and produced by Tsui Hark, who also wrote with Yuen Kai-chi, Leung Yiu-ming, and Elsa Tang. Jet Li stars as Chinese martial arts master and folk hero of Cantonese ethnicity, Wong Fei-hung. The film co-stars Yuen Biao, Jacky Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, and Kent Cheng. It is the first installment in the Once Upon a Time in China film series. It is a staple in the wuxia genre and regarded as one of the most influential martial arts films of all time.