The Bodyguard from Beijing

The Bodyguard from Beijing
The Bodyguard from Beijing film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese中南海保鑣
Simplified Chinese中南海保镖
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngnánhǎi Bǎobiāo
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZung1-naam4-hoi2 Bou2-biu1
Directed byCorey Yuen
Written byChan Kin-chung
Gordon Chan
Produced byJet Li
StarringJet Li
Christy Chung
Kent Cheng
Sing Ngai
CinematographyTom Lau
Edited byAngie Lam
Music byWilliam Hu
Production
companies
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 28 July 1994 (1994-07-28)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
Box officeHK$11.2 million

The Bodyguard from Beijing (simplified Chinese: 中南海保镖; traditional Chinese: 中南海保鑣; released in the United States as The Defender and United Kingdom as Jet Li's The Defender) is a 1994 Hong Kong action film directed by Corey Yuen, and starring Jet Li, who also produced. The film co-stars Christy Chung, Kent Cheng and Sing Ngai. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 28 July 1994.