Fong Sai-yuk (film)

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Fong Sai-yuk
Directed by Corey Yuen
Produced by Jet Li
Starring Jet Li
Lung Chan
Adam Cheng
Michelle Reis
Josephine Siao
Release date(s) March 4, 1993
Running time 106 min.
Country Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Followed by Fong Sai-yuk II
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Fong Sai-yuk (Chinese: 方世玉; pinyin: Fāng Shìyù; Yale Cantonese: Fong1 Sai3 Yuk6) is a 1993 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Corey Yuen and starring Jet Li. It was released in North America under the alternate title The Legend.

The film is based on the life of Fong Sai-yuk, a young kung-fu master who spends his days playing around with his friends instead of learning.

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[edit] Plot

Fong Sai-yuk comes to learn that his father is the head of the Red Flower Society, an anti-Qing rebel group. The rest of this film follows Fong Sai-yuk as he matures into the legendary Chinese warrior he comes to be.

[edit] Cast

  • Jet Li as Fong Sai-Yuk
  • Josephine Siao as Miu Chui-Fa, Sai-Yuk's mother
  • Michelle Reis as Ting Ting
  • Man Cheuk Chiu as The Governor of Kau Man
  • Sung Young Chen as Tiger Lui
  • Sibelle Hu as Siu-wan
  • Kong Chu as Fong Tuk, Sai-Yuk's father
  • Lung Chan as Macu
  • Adam Cheng as Chan Ka-lok, leader of the Red Flower Society

[edit] Box office

Fong Sai-yuk was a box office hit on Hong Kong, grossing HK $30,666,842. As a result, a sequel, Fong Sai-yuk II, was commissioned immediately and released the very same year.

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