Fong Sai-yuk (1993)
1993 film by Corey Yuen
- Released
- 1993
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Language
- Cantonese
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Corey Yuen
- Producer
- Jet Li
- Music
- Romeo Diaz
- Cinematography
- Jingle Ma
- Starring
- Jet Li, Josephine Siao, Vincent Zhao, Michelle Reis
- Running time
- 100 minutes
- Set in
- Qing dynasty
Fong Sai-yuk (方世玉), also known as The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk, The Legend, and The Prodigal Fighter, is a 1993 Hong Kong action-comedy film directed by Corey Yuen and produced by Jet Li, who starred as Chinese folk hero Fong Sai-yuk (Fang Shiyu). It co-starred Josephine Siao, Vincent Zhao, and Michelle Reis. The film received positive reviews, particularly praising Siao's acting and the action choreography. The film won the Hong Kong Film Award and Golden Horse Award for best action choreography. A sequel, Fong Sai-yuk II, was released later the same year in 1993.
The film, which is loosely connected to the wuxia novel The Book and the Sword by Jin Yong, follows Fang Shiyu, a Qing dynasty martial artist from Guangdong who competes in a martial arts contest to win the hand in marriage of a woman but finds himself caught in the conflict between an anti-Qing underground movement and Qing government forces led by the Governor of Nine Gates.
More films directed by Corey Yuen
- Ninja in the Dragon's Den 1982
- Yes, Madam 1985
- No Retreat, No Surrender 1986
- Righting Wrongs 1986
- No Retreat, No Surrender 2 1987
- In the Blood 1988
- She Shoots Straight 1990
- Saviour of the Soul 1991
- Saviour of the Soul II 1992
- Fong Sai-yuk II 1993
- The New Legend of Shaolin 1994
- The Bodyguard from Beijing 1994
- High Risk 1995
- My Father Is a Hero 1995
- Hero 1997
- And Now You're Dead 1998
- The Avenging Fist 2001
- The Twins Effect II 2004
- DOA: Dead or Alive 2006
Series
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q429444 (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.