Wu Pang's The Story of Wong Fei-hung, Part 1, released in Hong Kong in 1949. Jackie Chan reprised Wong's character in 1978's Drunken Master, Jet Li followed suit in Once Upon a Time in China ...

Wong Fei-hung's Whip that Smacks the Candle (1949). Wong went on to distil and formalise the hung ga system, which had been invented by Hong Xiguan, another Shaolin hero. “He was an expert in ...

Some of the best kung fu movies ever made have come from Hong Kong. Heck, we practically invented it. The first collection of kung fu movies is generally agreed to the Wong Fei-hung series.

the film will revive the beloved local story of martial arts master Wong Fei-hung and star Sammo Hung as the kung fu figure's mentor. By Karen Chu HONG KONG – Edko Films, Irresistible Delta and ...

HONG KONG — Production begins today on “Rise of the Legend,” a kung fu movie that attempts to revive Wong Fei-hung, one of the iconic old names of the Chinese action genre, but who has been ...

Wong Fei-hung is the most famous of all the exponents of southern-style Chinese martial arts, and his exploits have passed into legend. There have been around 100 films about him, 77 of which ...

(In China—including Hong Kong, where they were produced—they were titled after their protagonist, Wong Fei-hung.) Criterion has now gathered these films, which were recently restored in 2K and ...

With this new release titled, Wong Fei-Hong Meets Little Strudel, multi-instrumentalist, horn-man Edward Ratliff exhibits an acute musical mind to go along with his somewhat entertaining and ...

HONG KONG — Production begins today on “Rise of the Legend,” a kung fu movie that attempts to revive Wong Fei-hung, one of the iconic old names of the Chinese action genre, but who has been ...