Last Hero in China
| Last Hero in China | |
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| Traditional | 黃飛鴻之鐵雞鬥蜈蚣 |
| Simplified | 黄飞鸿之铁鸡斗蜈蚣 |
| Mandarin | Huáng Fēihóng Zhī Tiě Jī Dòu Wúgōng |
| Cantonese | Wong4 Fei1-hong4 Zi1 Tit3 Gai1 Dau2 Ng4-gung1 |
| Directed by | Wong Jing |
| Produced by | Jet Li |
| Screenplay by | Wong Jing |
| Starring | Jet Li Sharla Cheung Dicky Cheung Bryan Leung Anita Yuen Natalis Chan Alan Chui |
| Music by | James Wong Mark Lui Sherman Chow |
| Cinematography | Jingle Ma Tom Lau Ma Goon-wa Chan Kwong-hung |
| Editing by | Poon Hung |
| Studio | Win's Movie Productions Eastern Production Unit |
| Distributed by | Golden Harvest Gala Film Distribution Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | April 1, 1993 |
| Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese Mandarin English |
Last Hero in China is a 1993 Hong Kong film written and directed by Wong Jing. It is a derivative of the Once Upon a Time in China film series, and unlike other imitations, it can be considered a spin-off or parody to some extent.[citation needed] It was released after the first three films in the Once Upon a Time in China franchise. The film starred Jet Li as Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung and the action choreography was done by Yuen Woo-ping. However Last Hero in China differs greatly in tone from the Once Upon a Time in China films as it contains stronger elements of violence and broader, more slapstick, comedy.[citation needed]
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[edit] Alternate titles
- Claws of Steel
- Deadly China Hero
- Iron Rooster vs. Centipede
[edit] Plot
Due to economic pressures, Wong Fei-hung is forced to move his martial arts school and Po-chi-lam clinic to a new location but unknowingly re-opens next to a brothel. Wong comes into conflict with a corrupt police chief who is helping evil monks from a nearby temple to kidnap young women and sell them into prostitution in distant lands. Whilst investigating the temple, Wong gets into a fight and is subsequently accused of an unprovoked attack on the monks. He is also poisoned and becomes temporarily deaf. In a later fight, Wong intervenes in the police chief's attempts to assassinate a foreign official.
In one scene, parodying traditional lion dances, Wong dresses up as a rooster, compete with an iron beak and claws. He clucks as he battles his enemies, who are shrouded in a giant metallic centipede. This scene has its roots in the 1956 film Huang Fei-hong tie ji dou wu gong (Huang Fei-hong: The Iron Rooster vs. the Centipede), which starred Kwan Tak-hing as Wong Fei-hung. In the final fight against the police chief, Wong uses drunken boxing after his toes are broken while attempting to execute a Shadowless Kick on his opponent. The film concludes with Wong and his companions marching away victorious, but not before Wong rebukes the foreign official for selling opium and causing young children to go deaf.
[edit] Cast
- Jet Li as Wong Fei-hung
- Sharla Cheung as Ti Yin-er
- Dicky Cheung as So
- Bryan Leung as Leung Fu
- Anita Yuen as Miss Nine
- Natalis Chan as Mass Tar Wong
- Alan Chui as Lui Yat-siu
- Kingdom Yuen as San Gu
- Linda Cheung as hooker
- Gordon Liu as Master Liu Hung
- Dion Lam as convicted robber and rapist
- Wong Tin-lam as member of Moral Reform Society
- Pak Man-biu as Uncle Cheung
- Sze-ma Wah-lung as member of four com. associations
- Law Ho-kai as Robert
- Chung Fat as Yuen Lung
- Yuen Miu as Yuen Po
- Jimmy Au as Yuen Fu
- Julie Lee as woman chased through the woods
- Jackson Ng as young master molesting Yin-er
- Jue Tit-woh as Yin-er's father
- Isabel Leung as hooker
- Gam Biu as magistrate
- Chun Kwai-bo as Nun Yah's bad monk
- Chu Tau as constable who beat Mass Tar Wong
- Chow Gam-kong as young master's servant
- Lui Tat as master of Nun Yah Temple
- Ku Tin-yi as hooker
- Roy Filler as Benjamin
- Chan Siu-wah as monk
- Ling Chi-hung as landlord's representative
- Lee Hang as constable
- Lam Kwok-git as constable / Master Wong's disciple
- Cheung Chun-hung as Master Wong's disciple
- So Wai-naam as Master Wong's disciple
- Ho Si-wan
- Lam Foo-wai
[edit] External links
- Wong Fei-hung chi tit gai dau neung gung aka "Last Hero in China" at the Internet Movie Database
- Last Hero in China at AllRovi
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