Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
Hong Kong film franchise
- Released
- 1991
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Tsui Hark, Sammo Hung
- Music
- James Wong
- Editing
- Marco Mak
- Starring
- Jet Li
- Production company
- Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Once Upon a Time in China is a Hong Kong film and television franchise created and produced by Tsui Hark, consisting of six films and a television series released between 1991 and 1997. Tsui also directed four of the films and co-wrote the first five as well as an episode of the television series.
The films and the series recount fictional exploits and adventures of real-life Chinese martial arts master and folk hero of Cantonese ethnicity Wong Fei-hung, who is portrayed by Jet Li in the first through third and sixth films and Vincent Zhao in the fourth and fifth films and the TV series, his apprentices Leung Foon, Kwai Geuk-Chat and Lam Sai-wing, and his love interest Siu-kwan, a fictional character created for the series and played by Rosamund Kwan in the films and Maggie Shiu on television.
More films directed by Tsui Hark
- The Butterfly Murders 1979
- Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain 1983
- Righting Wrongs 1986
- The Master 1989
- The Swordsman 1990
- The Raid 1991
- Once Upon a Time in China 1991
- Once Upon a Time in China II 1992
- New Dragon Gate Inn 1992
- Twin Dragons 1992
- Once Upon a Time in China III 1993
- Once Upon a Time in China V 1994
- Love in the Time of Twilight 1995
- Black Mask 2: City of Masks 2002
- Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame 2010
- Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 2011
- Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants 2025
More films directed by Sammo Hung
- The Iron-Fisted Monk 1977
- Warriors Two 1978
- Game of Death 1978
- Enter the Fat Dragon 1978
- Magnificent Butcher 1979
- Knockabout 1979
- Encounters of the Spooky Kind 1980
- The Victim 1980
- The Prodigal Son 1981
- Carry On Pickpocket 1982
- Project A 1983
- Winners & Sinners 1983
- Lucky Stars 1983
- Wheels on Meals 1984
- The Owl vs Bombo 1984
- Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars 1985
- My Lucky Stars 1985
- Heart of Dragon 1985
- Millionaires Express 1986
- Eastern Condors 1987
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Facts from Wikidata Q7091868 (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.