Once Upon a Time in China IV
Though it picks up the narrative thread where the previous installment left off, Once Upon a Time in China IV introduces a new director, action choreographer Yuen Bun, and star, Vincent Zhao, who takes over the role of Wong Fei-hung from Jet Li. Once again, foreign skulduggery and a violent nationalist group—this time in the form of the fierce women warriors known as the Red Lantern Sect—swirl around a magnificent lion-dance competition, with Wong caught in the fray. Toning down the comedic and romantic elements of the first three films in favor of almost wall-to-wall kung-fu action, the fourth entry is the leanest and meanest of the series, highlighted by a gravity-defying fight atop a field of collapsing, domino-like planks.
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Collector's Set
Cast
- Vincent Zhao
- Wong Fei-hung
- Jean Wang
- Fourteenth Aunt May
- Max Mok Siu-chung
- Leung Foon
- Xiong Xin-xin
- Clubfoot Seven
- Lau Shun
- Wong Kei-ying
- Wang Jin-hua
- Miu San
- Billy Chow
- Iron Fist Wong
- Chin Ka-lok
- Lui
Credits
- Director
- Yuen Bun
- Produced by
- Tsui Hark
- Ng See-yuen
- Screenplay by
- Tsui Hark
- Elsa Tang Bik-yin
- Cinematography by
- Arthur Wong Ngok-tai
- Ko Chiu-lam
- Edited by
- Marco Mak Chi-sin
- Art director
- Raymond Lee King-man
- Costume designers
- Fung Shui-lin
- Che Chi-on
- Martial-arts direction by
- Yuen Bun
- Original music by
- William Wu Wai-lap
