Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- CN
- Country
- United States, Hong Kong SAR China
- Violence
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In CN — subtitles on.
The story
So goes to the U.S. to open a martial arts school. Around this time, many Chinese people were sold off to U.S. railroad companies, and were brutally treated by the Americans under the harsh working conditions. Thus, the American workers' hatred towards the Chinese immigrants is high. As a result, So gets into trouble with the Americans and the mob, and calls Master Wong for help.
- martial arts
- kung fu
- china
- foreign worker
- colonisation
- kung fu master
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jet Li
Wong Fei Hung
Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam
Aunt Yee / Diana
Xiong Xinxin
Kwai Geuk-Chat
Power Chan Kwok-Pong
Dr. So
- Jeff Wolfe — Billy
- Joseph Sayah — Bandit Leader
- Chrystabell — Sarah, the Indian Girl
- Patrick Lung Kong — Uncle Lone
- Richard Ng Yiu-Hon — Uncle Han
- William Fung Kwun-Man — Immigrant Worker
- Johnny Koo Kwok-Wah — Immigrant Worker
- Roger Yuan — Dick
- T.J. Storm — Rival Tribe Indian Brave
- Ryon Marshall
- Gavin Perry
- Directed
- Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
- Written
- Sze-To Cheuk-Hon, Sze Mei-Yee, Sharon Hui, So Man-Sing, Philip Kwok
Production
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 · 118 ratings
- Studio
- Win's Entertainment Ltd., China Star Entertainment
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1992Once Upon a Time in China II
Where it starts.
Once Upon a Time in China III
1993
Once Upon a Time in China IV
1993
Once Upon a Time in China and America
1997 · You’re here
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
