Once Upon a Time in China V
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| Once Upon a Time in China V | |
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 Once Upon a Time in China V |
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| Directed by | Tsui Hark |
| Produced by | Tsui Hark Ng See Yuen |
| Written by | Tsui Hark |
| Starring | Zhao Wen Zhou Chiu Man Cheuk Kent Cheng Rosamund Kwan |
| Cinematography | Derek Wan |
| Editing by | Marco Mak |
| Release date(s) | 1995 |
| Country |  Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Preceded by | Once Upon a Time in China IV |
| Followed by | Once Upon a Time in China VI |
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Once Upon a Time in China V is a 1995 Hong Kong action film written and directed by Tsui Hark. Zhao Wen Zhou portrayed the legendary Chinese folk hero, Wong Fei Hung, in this fifth film in the Once Upon a Time in China series; Jet Li had starred as Wong in the first three films.
Tsui had written and directed the first three films in the series, and co-wrote the fourth. Once Upon a Time in China V also saw the return of Rosamund Kwan as Aunt Yee (aka 13th Aunt).
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[edit] Plot
Wong Fei Hung and his disciples travel back to southern China. A rivalry for Wong's love develops between 13th Aunt and her sister, Aunt May. Wong and his disciples eventually discover that pirates are terrorizing the southern seas. They decide to form a local crime prevention unit, which leads to 3 confrontations with the pirates and eventually to the death of all major pirate leaders.
[edit] Box office
The fifth in the series was a box office flop grossing only $4,902,426 HKD in Hong Kong.[1]
[edit] External links
- Wong Fei-hung zhi wu: Long cheng jian ba aka "Once Upon a Time in China V" at the Internet Movie Database
