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Once Upon a Time in China

Once Upon a Time in China

Film · 1991

Original title黃飛鴻

Original languageCantonese

Runtime2 hours 13 minutes

GenreActionDrama

Setsomewhere between 1870 and 1895Filed at 1870 — the year this title is listed under on the timeline, and where the archive counts it≈ the film does not say
Letterboxd average
3.7 / 5
Saltiness

Fewer grains = more historically accurate.

Shelfmark MS 0349Last checked

Directed byTsui Hark
121 years
between the events and the release
1870 → 1991

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Production Information

Written by
Edward Leung Yiu-MingElsa Tang Bik-YinTsui HarkYuen Kai-chi
Cinematography
Arthur Wong Ngok-TaiAndy Lam Kwok-WahWilson Chan Pui-KaDavid ChungBill Wong Chung-Piu
Music by
Romeo DíazJames Wong Jim
Production country
Hong Kong
Box office
$3.8 million

Credits, box office and production countries from TMDB.

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