Jing wu ying xiong (1994)

Director:

Gordon Chan

Writers:

Gordon Chan (screenplay)
Lan Kay Toa (screenplay)
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Release Date:

22 December 1994 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

In 1937, a Chinese martial artist returns to Shanghai to find his teacher dead and his school harassed by the Japanese.

Plot Keywords:

Kung Fu | Martial Arts | Abuse | Slap In The Face | Sword

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jet Li	...	Chen Zhen
Shinobu Nakayama	...	Mitsuko Yamada
Siu-hou Chin	...	Hou Ting-An (as Chin Siu Ho)
Billy Chow	...	General Fujita (Supreme Killer) (as Billy Chau)
Yasuaki Kurata	...	Fuimo Funakoshi
Paul Chun	...	Uncle Noh (as Paul Chiang)
Ada Choi	...	Rose
Cheung-Yan Yuen	...	Captain Jie
Toshimichi Takahashi	...	Japanese Ambassador
Carol Tam	...	Wei
Jackson Liu	...	Ryuichi Akutagawa (as Lou Hsueh Hsien)
Sun Wong	...	Cook
Man Biu Lee	...	Biu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shaun Britton	...	English Gentleman at dock
Tai Woh Dang	...	Ngai
Gary Mak	...	Lun - Jingwu Mun student
Kenji Tanigaki

Directed by
Gordon Chan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gordon Chan		screenplay
Lan Kay Toa		screenplay (as Lam Kay Toa)
Kee-To Lam		screenplay (as Kei To Lam)
Kwong Kim Yip		screenplay (as Ip Kwong Kim)

Produced by
Chui Yin Lam	....	co-producer
Jet Li	....	executive producer
Jet Li	....	producer

Original Music by
Stephen Edwards
Joseph Koo

Cinematography by
Derek Wan		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Ki-hop Chan		(as Chan Kei Hop)

Production Design by
Horace Ma

Costume Design by
Shirley Chan

Production Management
Po Chu Chui	....	executive in charge of production
Helen Li	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cheung-Yan Yuen	....	action director

Sound Department
Todd Beckett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Trip Brock	....	supervising sound editor (1999 English soundtrack)
Michael J. Fox	....	sound editor
Dean St. John	....	adr mixer (English version)

Stunts
Huan-Chiu Ku	....	martial arts and stunt double: Jet li

Camera and Electrical Department
Kwok-Man Keung	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
David B. Baron	....	editorial consultant (2001 English version)

Other crew
Norm Hvam	....	main title graphics
Shun-Yee Yuen	....	action director
Woo-ping Yuen	....	action director
Woo-ping Yuen	....	martial arts choreographer (as Yuen Woo Ping)

Production Companies

• Eastern Productions

Distributors

• Arte (2007) (Germany) (TV)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (UK) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS) (rental)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (VHS) (retail)
• Buena Vista Home Video
• Dimension Films (USA) (dubbed)
• Evolution Entertainment (2008) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Manga Films (1998) (Spain) (video)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
• Miramax Films

Other Companies

• Monkeyland Audio  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

Fist of Legend (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title)
Cheng miu ying hung (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Fist of Legend (France) [fr]
Jet Li es el mejor luchador (Spain) (video title) [es]
Seibu eiyû (Japan) [ja]

MPAA:

Rated R for some strong martial arts violence.

Runtime:

103 min | Germany:98 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English | Japanese | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | France:U | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Company:

Eastern Productions

Trivia:

Even the plots are different, the premise of this movie; about the 5th disciple of Master Huo Yuanjia who returns to China after the master's death to avenge him and uncover the circumstances of his murder, is also the premise for Jing wu men (1972), starring Bruce Lee as Chen Zhen.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Chen Zen flips one of the Niguchi students while his fingers are in the student's mouth, he seems to be doing it with his right hand. But when the student falls, it seems Chen did it with his left hand, although he wipes his right hand on his clothes.

Quotes:

Fumio Funakoshi: Why don't you show me what you've learned
Chen Zhen: [Picks up rock and breaks it into pieces] It's about the energy. About focusing on a single point in time.
Fumio Funakoshi: So, it's about energy. But tell me something, does a rock have as much energy as an opponent would?
[Slices a leaf floating in air with hand]
Fumio Funakoshi: You need a more powerful stroke when you're fighting a human being.
Chen Zhen: Let's see how I can put it into action.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002) (V)

Truly amazing

Purely amazing. This is definitely the greatest martial arts movie that I've ever seen. I've seen the English dubbed version, so the acting isn't one hundred percent, but it's just pure action and emotion. It's great.

Jet Li is without a doubt the next Jackie Chan, except cooler. When he faces off against the (evil) General Vegito at the end, it was definitely one of the best fight scenes put on film. Oh, and the Japanese girl was hot.

Great action movie, 8/10.