Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997)
1997 film by Sammo Hung
- Released
- 1997
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Language
- Cantonese
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Sammo Hung
- Screenplay
- Tsui Hark, Samuel So
- Producer
- Tsui Hark
- Music
- Lowell Lo
- Starring
- Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Hung Yan-yan, Power Chan
- Running time
- 98 minutes
- Production company
- China Star Entertainment Group
- Distributor
- China Star Entertainment Group, Netflix
- Set in
- San Francisco
Once Upon a Time in China and America, also known as Once Upon a Time in China VI, (Chinese: 黃飛鴻之西域雄獅) is a 1997 Hong Kong martial arts western film directed by Sammo Hung, who also worked on the film's fight choreography. The film is the sixth and final installment in the Once Upon a Time in China film series. The film also saw the return of Jet Li as Cantonese martial arts master and folk hero Wong Fei-hung, who had been replaced by Vincent Zhao in the fourth and fifth films. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 1 February 1997, and garnered positive reviews.
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 Q691478 (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.