Once Upon a Time in China (film series)

Once Upon a Time in China film series
Once Upon a Time in China DVD box set for the first three films
Traditional Chinese武狀元黃飛鴻
Simplified Chinese武状元黄飞鸿
Hanyu PinyinWǔ Zhuàngyuán Huáng Fēihǒng Xì Liè
JyutpingMou5 Zong6 Jyun4 Wong4 Fei1 Hung4 Hai6 Lit6
Directed byTsui Hark (I, II, III, V)
Yuen Bun (IV)
Sammo Hung (VI)
Written byTsui Hark
Leung Yiu Ming (I)
Elsa Tang Pik Yin (I, IV)
Yun Kai Chi (I)
Chan Tin-suen (II, III)
Cheung Tan (II, III)
Produced byTsui Hark
Raymond Chow (II)
Ng See-Yuen (II-V)
Dick Tso (VI)
StarringJet Li (I-III, VI)
Vincent Zhao (IV-V)
CinematographyChan Tung-Chuen
Wilson Chan
David Chung
Andy Lam
Arthur Wong
Bill Wong
Andrew Lau
Sammo Hung
Edited byMarco Mak
Angie Lam
Music byJames Wong
Romeo Díaz
Richard Yuen
Johnny Njo
Wu Wai Lap
Lowell Lo
Production
companies
Distributed byOrange Sky Golden Harvest
China Star Entertainment
Win's Entertainment
Fortune Star Media Limited (I, II, III & VI only, current)
Warner Bros. Pictures (IV & V only, current)
Release date
1991–1997
Running time
657 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese (I-VI)
Mandarin (I-VI)
English (I-VI)
French (I)
Russian (III)
German (IV)

Once Upon a Time in China is a Hong Kong film and television franchise created and produced by Tsui Hark, consisting of six films and a television series released between 1991 and 1997. Tsui also directed four of the films and co-wrote the first five as well as an episode of the television series.

The films and the series recount fictional exploits and adventures of real-life Chinese martial arts master and folk hero of Cantonese ethnicity Wong Fei-hung, who is portrayed by Jet Li in the first through third and sixth films and Vincent Zhao in the fourth and fifth films and the TV series, his apprentices Leung Foon, Kwai Geuk-Chat and Lam Sai-wing, and his love interest Siu-kwan, a fictional character created for the series and played by Rosamund Kwan in the films and Maggie Shiu on television.

The first two films in the franchise were among the most popular of the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema (usually dated from 1986 to 1993)[citation needed] and were known for their depiction of Chinese nationalism as well as action choreography.[citation needed] The Once Upon a Time in China films were among Jet Li's best known hits at that time.[citation needed]


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