Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words" (1996)
1996 Hong Kong action film directed by Ching Siu-tung
- Released
- 1996
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Language
- Cantonese
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Ching Siu-tung
- Music
- Frankie Chan
- Starring
- Charlie Yeung, Collin Chou, Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Takeshi Kaneshiro
- Running time
- 87 minutes
- Distributor
- Netflix
Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words" (Chinese: 冒險王; Cantonese Yale: Mo him wong; lit. 'Adventure King'; released in the Philippines as Adventurer from China) is a 1996 Hong Kong action film directed by Ching Siu-tung and starring Jet Li.
It won the Golden Horse Award for Best Visual Effects and was nominated at the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Action Choreography.
During the production, a fire destroyed HK$10 million worth of sets, resulting in severe budget problems. In an attempt to limit the damage, the script was revised and many modern plots were added, resulting the film to have two different endings.
More films directed by Ching Siu-tung
- Duel to the Death 1983
- Witch from Nepal 1986
- The Swordsman 1990
- The Raid 1991
- Swordsman II 1992
- New Dragon Gate Inn 1992
- Conman in Tokyo 2000
- Naked Weapon 2002
- Belly of the Beast 2003
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Facts from Wikidata Q516076 (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.