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The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk(Movie, 1993)

Original title: "方世玉" (Chinese (Cantonese)/CN)
1h 46min | Genres: Adventure, Action, Comedy
The Legend of Fong Sai YukRating: 3.4/5 (with 6262 votes)
Fong Sai-yuk (Chinese: 方世玉; pinyin: Fāng Shì Yù, a.k.a. The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk or simply The Legend; released in the Philippines as The Prodigal Fighter) is a 1993 Hong Kong action-comedy film directed by Corey Yuen and produced by Jet Li, who stars as Chinese folk hero Fong Sai-yuk. The film won the Hong Kong Film Award and Golden Horse Award for best action choreography. The film received positive reviews, particularly praising Josephine Siao's acting and the action choreography. The film had a sequel, Fong Sai-yuk II, released later the same year in 1993. ()
Part of the The Legend Collection
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About The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk

The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission to retrieve a list of members of that secret society. Meanwhile, Canton kung fu practitioner Fong Sai-Yuk falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a rich merchant.

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Additional Information

Production country: Hong Kong
Plays in: Qing Dynasty
Original language: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN)
Spoken languages: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Translated into 16 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 03/04/1993
Director: Corey Yuen
Producer: Jet Li
Director of Photography: Jingle Ma
Composer: Romeo Diaz
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Fang Shi Yu"
"Fong Sai Yuk I - Der Vollstrecker"
"Jet Li - Der Vollstrecker"
"The Legend"
"The Legend - Der Vollstrecker"
"Fong Sai Yuk"
"방세옥"
"The Prodigal Fighter"
"Fong Sai Yuk"
"Fong Sai-Yuk"
"Iron Tiger"
"The Legend"
"Phương Thế Ngọc"
Keywords: kung fu
Revenue: 3,956,913 USD

2 movies in the The Legend Collection

1993 The Legend II ("方世玉續集")
1993 The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk

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