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词条 Once Upon a Time in China
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Release and reception

     Critical response  Awards and nominations 

  4. Notes

     References 

  5. External links

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| name = Once Upon a Time in China
| image = Onceuponatimeinchina.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| film name = {{Film name| traditional = 黃飛鴻
| simplified = 黄飞鸿
| pinyin = Huáng Fēihóng
| jyutping = Wong4 Fei1-hung4}}
| director = Tsui Hark
| producer = Tsui Hark
| writer = Tsui Hark
Yuen Kai-chi ({{lang|zh-hk|阮繼志}})
Leung Yiu-ming
Elsa Tang ({{lang|zh-hk|鄧碧燕}})
| starring = Jet Li
Yuen Biao
Jacky Cheung
Rosamund Kwan
Kent Cheng
| music = James Wong
George Lam (theme song)
| cinematography = Ardy Lam
Bill Wong
David Chung
Arthur Wong
Wingo Chan
Wilson Chan
| editing = Marco Mak
| studio = Golden Harvest
Paragon Films
Film Workshop
| distributor = Golden Harvest
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1991|08|15}}
| runtime = 134 minutes
| country = Hong Kong
China
| language = Cantonese
Mandarin
English
French
| budget =
| gross = HK$29,672,278.00
}}

Once Upon a Time in China is a 1991 Hong Kong–Chinese martial arts film written and directed by Tsui Hark, starring Jet Li as Chinese martial arts master and folk hero of Cantonese ethnicity, Wong Fei-hung. It is the first installment in the Once Upon a Time in China film series.

Plot

The film is set in Foshan, China sometime in the late 19th century during the Qing dynasty. Liu Yongfu, the commander of the Black Flag Army, invites Wong Fei-hung on board his ship to watch a lion dance. Some sailors on board a nearby French ship hear the sound of firecrackers and mistakenly think that Liu's ship is opening fire at them, so they return fire and injure the dancers. Wong picks up the lion head and finishes the performance. Liu comments about the perilous situation China is in, and then gives Wong a hand fan inscribed with all the unequal treaties signed between China and other countries.

Wong is the martial arts instructor of the local militia in Foshan. He also runs his own traditional Chinese medicine clinic, Po-chi-lam, and has three apprentices: "Porky Wing", "Bucktooth" So, and Kai. He meets Siu-kwan, the daughter of a sworn brother of his grandfather. Even though she is around the same age as him, he still has to address her as "13th Aunt" as she is considered more "senior" than him. They have romantic feelings for each other, but their relationship is restrained because it is seen as taboo in the conservative Chinese society of their time.

Leung Foon arrives in Foshan with an opera troupe to stage performances. He encounters 13th Aunt by chance, has a few clumsy encounters with her, and develops a crush on her. He also runs into trouble with the Shaho Gang, which terrorises and extorts money from local businesses. A fight breaks out between the gang and the local militia while Wong is having a meeting at a restaurant with the Governor of Foshan. The gangsters flee when they realise they are no match for Wong. The Governor blames Wong for the disturbance, and disbands and arrests the militia members. Wong confronts the Shaho Gang's leader, defeats him and captures him, but the authorities release him because no one wants to help Wong by testifying as a witness in court.

In the meantime, Leung Foon meets a northern martial artist, "Iron Vest" Yim, and decides to follow him. Yim wants to become famous and start a martial arts school in Foshan, but he needs to prove himself first. One night, the Shaho Gang sets fire to Po-chi-lam in revenge, after which they flee and take shelter under Jackson, an American official. In return for protection from the authorities, the Shaho Gang helps Jackson run his underground human trafficking ring by kidnapping Chinese women to be sent to America as prostitutes. When Wong and the Governor are watching an opera performance, the Shaho Gang and Jackson's men ambush them and try to assassinate the Governor and kill Wong. Their plan fails but many innocent people at the theatre are wounded. The Governor blames Wong and threatens to arrest and execute him, but allows him to give medical attention to the injured.

While tending to the injured people in his clinic, Wong meets an escaped Chinese labourer from America who relates his story of how he and his fellow labourers were treated in America. Just then, Yim arrives at Po-chi-lam and insists on challenging Wong to a fight to prove he is the better fighter. Yim leaves with Leung Foon after he defeated Wong but later joins the Shaho Gang instead – even though Leung strongly objects to Yim working with the gang. Shortly after Yim left, the Governor shows up and orders his men to search Po-chi-lam for fugitives. While buying time for the labourer, 13th Aunt and "Bucktooth" So to escape, Wong and his apprentices fight with the Governor's men until 13th Aunt, "Bucktooth" So and the labourer have escaped. Wong then surrenders himself and is imprisoned along with his apprentices. In the meantime, the Shaho Gang kills the labourer, abducts 13th Aunt and takes her to their base. Bucktooth So escapes and goes to the prison to inform Wong. The prison guards release Wong and his apprentices out of respect for him.

Wong and his apprentices disguise themselves and infiltrate Jackson's base to find and rescue 13th Aunt. Yim engages Wong in a one-on-one fight but this time, Wong defeats Yim and realises that he's been lying and cheating; there is a small spearhead tied onto Yim's very tip of his queue. At the same time, Wong's apprentices and Leung Foon overcome the Shaho Gang and Jackson's men, and save 13th Aunt and the kidnapped women. Just as Wong was going onto Jackson's ship, Yim arrives and is shot and killed by gunfire from Jackson's men and tells Wong in his last words that, "Martial arts cannot win against guns...". During the fight on the boat, the Shaho gang leader is thrown into the furnace and burned alive. At the critical moment, Jackson takes the Governor hostage at gunpoint, but Wong kills Jackson by using his fingers to flick an unused bullet into Jackson's forehead, and saves the Governor. At the end of the film, Wong accepts Leung as his fourth apprentice and they take a group photo in Po-chi-lam.

Cast

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  • Jet Li as Wong Fei-hung (doubled by Hung Yan-yan)
  • Yuen Biao as Leung Foon
  • Jacky Cheung as So Sai-man ("Bucktooth" So)
  • Rosamund Kwan as "13th Aunt" Yee Siu-kwan
  • Kent Cheng as Lam Sai-wing ("Porky Wing")
  • Yuen Kam-fai as Ling Wan-kai ("Kai")
  • Yen Shi-kwan as "Iron Vest" Yim
  • Jonathan Isgar as Jackson
  • Steve Tartalia as Tiger
  • Mark King as General Wickens
  • Lau Shun as Liu Yongfu
  • Yau Kin-kwok as Shaho Gang Leader Tong
  • Wong Chi-yeung as the Governor
  • Yuen Cheung-yan as Yim's opponent
  • Jimmy Wang as escaped labourer
  • Hung Yan-yan as Shaho Gang member
  • Wu Ma as Granduncle Cheung (cameo)
  • Shih Kien as old man who gives advice (cameo)
  • Simon Yam (cameo)
{{div col end}}

Release and reception

Once Upon a Time in China was released in Hong Kong on 15 August 1991.[1] The film was a box office hit and is largely credited with starting the period martial arts craze of the early to mid 1990s. It ran for almost two months, the longest duration for any of the series, and grossed $29,672,278 HKD in Hong Kong.[2]

Critical response

Once Upon a Time in China was given highly favorable reviews from film critics.[3] Rotten Tomatoes reported a score of 88%.[4]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations
Ceremony Category Name Outcome
11th Hong Kong Film Awards[5]
Best FilmOnce Upon a Time in China{{Nom}}
Best DirectorTsui Hark{{Won}}
Best Supporting ActorJacky Cheung{{Nom}}
Best Film EditingMarco Mak{{Won}}
Best CinematographerArdy Lam, Bill Wong, David Chung,
Arthur Wong, Wingo Chan, Wilson Chan
{{Nom}}
Best Art DirectionYee Chung-Man{{Nom}}
Best Action ChoreographyYuen Cheung-yan, Yuen Shun-yee, Lau Kar-wing{{Won}}
Best Original Film ScoreJames Wong{{Won}}

Notes

1. ^Morton, 2009. p.75
2. ^ 
3. ^{{cite news|title= Review/Film; Kung Fu and Social Satire In a Martial-Arts Fantasy|publisher= The New York Times|date=21 May 1992|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/21/movies/review-film-kung-fu-and-social-satire-in-a-martial-arts-fantasy.html|accessdate=2010-12-14|first=Stephen|last=Holden}}
4. ^http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/once_upon_a_time_in_china/
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist11.html|title=第11屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單|work=Hong Kong Film Awards|accessdate=14 November 2011}}

References

  • {{Cite book | last= Morton | first= Lisa | title= The Cinema of Tsui Hark |publisher= McFarland |year= 2009 |isbn= 0-7864-4460-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiulRecfarcC&printsec=frontcover |accessdate=14 November 2011}}

External links

{{Portal|China|Hong Kong|Film|1990s}}
  • {{Amg movie|119263|Once Upon a Time in China}}
  • {{IMDb title |title=Once Upon a Time in China|id=0103285}}
  • {{Rotten Tomatoes|once_upon_a_time_in_china}}
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