dvdOnce Upon a Time in China III
Once Upon a Time in China III is a 1993 Hong Kong action film written and directed by Tsui Hark and starring Jet Li as legendary Chinese folk hero, Wong Fei Hung. It is the third film in the Once Upon a Time in China series.
Plot
The Qing Dynasty was set in a time of turmoil at the turn of the century (c. 1900), when foreign nations began taking over and ruining China's sovereignty. To restore China's pride and power, the Empress Dowager and Governor Li Hongzhang sponsor a national King Lion Competition, where it features competing lion dancers.
Wong Fei Hung and his disciple Leung Foon arrive in Beijing to visit Fei Hung's father, Kei Ying. The two meet Aunt Yee at the train station, where she just reunited with a friend, a Russian diplomat named Tomonvsky, who vies for her attention to the annoyance of Wong.
Upon meeting his father, Fei Hung learns he was attacked by a wealthy rival martial artist named Chiu Tim Ba and his formidable fighter and lackey, Club. Luckily there were only minor injuries. Kei Ying, who runs a martial arts school and a shop selling lion masks, decides to grant Fei Hung's blessings since his son and Aunt Yee develop ...Read more
