Il était une fois en Chine

You're Wong Fei-Hung in Canton. Western powers encroach. Aunt Yee comes home changed, and then loyalties fracture along new fault lines. Tsui Hark's direction is a furious riposte. The film ponders cultural collision.

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Tsui Hark directed Il était une fois en Chine in 1991. See Tsui Hark's full filmography, where to start with Tsui Hark, or where to go after you've seen everything by Tsui Hark.

Il était une fois en Chine was released in 1991 (CN original-language production), with a runtime of 134 minutes.