Black Mask (1996)

1996 film by Daniel Lee

Released

1996

Country

Hong Kong

Language

English

Genre

Martial arts film

Director

Daniel Lee

Screenplay

Ann Hui, Tsui Hark, Teddy Chan, Joe Ma

Producer

Tsui Hark

Music

Teddy Robin

Starring

Jet Li, Karen Mok, Sean Lau, Anthony Wong, Françoise Yip, John DiMaggio, Lawrence Ah Mon, Sunny Luk

Running time

83 minutes

Production company

China Star Entertainment Group, Artisan Entertainment, Film Workshop

Distributor

Netflix

Set in

Hong Kong

Black Mask (Chinese: 黑俠) is a 1996 Hong Kong superhero martial arts film directed by Daniel Lee, and produced by Tsui Hark, who also wrote with Koan Hui, Teddy Chan, and Joe Ma. The action director was Yuen Woo-ping. The film stars Jet Li, Lau Ching-wan, Karen Mok, Françoise Yip, Patrick Lung, and Anthony Wong. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 9 November 1996. In 1999, the film was dubbed in English and released in the United States by Artisan Entertainment.

The film is an adaptation of the 1992 manhua Black Mask by Li Chi-Tak. In 2002, it was followed by a sequel, Black Mask 2: City of Masks, starring Andy On and directed by Tsui Hark.

In homage to The Green Hornet, Black Mask wears a domino mask and chauffeur's cap in the same style as Kato (played by Bruce Lee) from the television series. The Black Mask is even compared to Kato in a news reporter scene.

More films directed by Daniel Lee

• What Price Survival 1994
• A Fighter's Blues 2000
• Star Runner 2003
• Dragon Squad 2005
• Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon 2008
• 14 Blades 2010
• Dragon Blade 2015

Series

• Followed by: Black Mask 2: City of Masks

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q880396 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.