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The young Wong Fei-hung follows his father to the northeast to find medicinal herbs. On the way back, in order to avoid the taxes that the warlords forcibly collected, Wong Fei-hung hides ginseng, the most expensive medicinal herb, in the British consul’s luggage. Coincidentally, the ginseng is swapped with the royal seal that the martial arts master Bo Min-gi had come to steal, and the two become connected. The British consul discovers that the royal seal that he was trying to smuggle overseas has disappeared and orders his men to find it. The consul’s men, convinced that Wong Fei-hung stole the royal seal, follow Wong Fei-hung. When the consul’s men start a fight, Wong Fei-hung has no choice but to drink the alcohol that his father tells him not to drink and fight back with drunken fighting. As a result, Wong Fei-hung is kicked out of his house and confronts the consul’s men again in a bar. Wong Fei-hung, completely drunk, is beaten severely and stripped naked, humiliating him. After learning of his father’s deep intentions, Wong Fei-hung vows never to drink again. Meanwhile, when Fu Min-ki is killed by the British Consul’s gang while trying to retrieve the royal seal, Wong Fei-hung and Master Chan infiltrate the British Consulate to retrieve the royal seal, but are eventually captured. Wong Fei-hung’s father sells his land to the British Consul for a pittance to save his son. Wong Fei-hung is touched by his father’s love and tries to remain cautious, but when he catches wind of the British Consul’s attempts to smuggle national treasures out of the country, he sets out to punish the group.
◆ subject:
It was the end of the Qing Dynasty. China, under colonial rule, was suffering from internal and external troubles, and some of the awakened warriors did not spare themselves to protect the national treasure. Influenced by this, Wong Fei-hung and his friends also became patriotic, and fought against the British consul and his group to protect the national treasure that the British consul was trying to smuggle overseas. Wong Fei-hung fought the group with his honed drunken fighting skills, and eventually succeeded in punishing them.
◆ Points to note:
Jackie Chan’s action scenes in the film are well-organized and well-made, even after many years have passed, to the point that it was selected as one of Time magazine’s ‘100 Best Global Movies’ in 2005. In particular, the action scene between Jackie Chan and Noh Hye-kwang at the end shows Jackie Chan’s style of action and comedy without reserve. In the latter half of the filming, the director had a difference of opinion with Jackie Chan on the implementation of the action scenes, and eventually handed the megaphone over to Jackie Chan. Jackie Chan, who took the megaphone, used his own action style. <취권2> The second half of the action scene was composed.
◆ director:
Born in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province on July 28, 1934, Yu Jialiang is also a successor of the ‘Hong Ga’ martial arts. After debuting as an actor in 1953, he began to stand out as a martial arts director in 1965, and after directing many works, he became the director of the Hong Ga martial arts in 1990. <닌자터틀>He was selected as the martial arts director for , making him the first Chinese martial arts director to enter Hollywood. In 1994, <취권2>He won the Best Martial Arts Director Award at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Golden Award for directing, and also made a cameo appearance as the Manchurian martial arts master Fu Minqi. He passed away on June 25, 2013, at the age of 79.
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