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Tai Chi Boxer

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Tai Chi Boxer
UK DVD cover
Traditional Chinese太極拳
Simplified Chinese太极拳
Hanyu PinyinTàijí Quán
JyutpingTai3 Gik6 Kyun4
Directed byYuen Woo-ping
Zhang Xinyan
Written byYuen Woo-ping
Sze Yeung-ping
Produced byStephen Wong
StarringJacky Wu
Christy Chung
Sibelle Hu
Billy Chow
Mark Cheng
Lau Shun
CinematographyChau Pak-ling
Edited byZhang Xinyan
Koo Chi-wai
Music byBin Lau-lim
Tang Siu-lam
Production
company
Film Can Production
Distributed byUpland Films Corporate
Release date
  • 14 March 1996 (1996-03-14)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$742,095

Tai Chi Boxer (Chinese: 太極拳), also known as Tai Chi II, is a 1996 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo-ping (who also wrote with Sze Yeung-ping) and Zhang Xinyan (who also editor with Koo Chi-wai). It is a sequel to Yuen's earlier film Tai Chi Master, with Lau Shun and Yu Hai returning, albeit in different roles. The film stars Jacky Wu, Christy Chung, Sibelle Hu, Billy Chow, Mark Cheng and Lau Shun. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 14 March 1996. Tai Chi Boxer was Jacky Wu's first Hong Kong film debut, and Yuen's last directorial effort until 2010. The film is set in the late Qing Dynasty Era.

Cast

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  • Jacky Wu as Hawkman / Jackie
  • Christy Chung as Rose
  • Sibelle Hu as Jackie's Mother
  • Billy Chow as Wong, Great Kick of the North
  • Mark Cheng as Lam Wing
  • Lau Shun as Officer Tsao (Rose's Father)
  • Yu Hai as Yeung Shan-wu (Jackie's Father)
  • Ji Chun-hua as Da Bu-liang (Bald Villain)
  • Darren Shahlavi as Smith
  • Tam Chiu as Ya Sung
  • Kam Tak-mau as Lin Tung
  • Kau Chim-man as Siou Bu-liang
  • Xu Xiang-dong as Bao Biou

DVD release

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DVD was released by Hong Kong Legends in the United Kingdom in Region 2 on 17 June 2002.[citation needed]

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