--- title: 'Once Upon a Time in China (1991)' type: 'film' director: 'Tsui Hark' released: '1991-08-15' runtime_minutes: 128 certification: 'R' genres: - 'Action' - 'History' countries: - 'Hong Kong' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/once-upon-a-time-in-china-1991' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103285/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Once Upon a Time in China (1991) 1991 · R · 128 min · Action, History · Hong Kong Part of: Once Upon a Time in China ## Synopsis 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Tsui Hark](https://cinepixo.com/people/tsui-hark) - **Screenplay:** [Tsui Hark](https://cinepixo.com/people/tsui-hark) - **Producer:** [Tsui Hark](https://cinepixo.com/people/tsui-hark) - **Original Music Composer:** [James Wong](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wong) - **Editor:** [Marco Mak](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-mak) ## Cast - [Yuen Biao](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuen-biao) - [Kent Cheng](https://cinepixo.com/people/kent-cheng) as Lam Sai-wing - [Jet Li](https://cinepixo.com/people/jet-li) as Wong Fei-hung - [Wu Ma](https://cinepixo.com/people/wu-ma) - [Jacky Cheung](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacky-cheung) - [Yen Shi-Kwan](https://cinepixo.com/people/yen-shi-kwan) - [Yuen Cheung-yan](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuen-cheung-yan) - [Rosamund Kwan](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosamund-kwan) as Thirteenth Aunt ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/once-upon-a-time-in-china-1991 Film facts: Wikidata (Q947446); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.