Iron Monkey (1993 film)
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| Traditional | 少年黃飛鴻之鐵馬騮 |
| Simplified | 少年黄飞鸿之铁马骝 |
| Mandarin | Shàonián Huáng Fēihóng Zhī Tiě Mǎliú |
| Cantonese | Siu3-nin4 Wong4 Fei1-hung4 Zi1 Tit3 Maa5-lau4 |
| Directed by | Yuen Woo-ping |
| Produced by | Tsui Hark |
| Written by | Tsui Hark Cheung Tan Tang Elsa Lau Tai-Mok |
| Starring |
Donnie Yen Yu Rongguang Jean Wang Angie Tsang Yuen Shun-yi |
| Music by |
Richard Yuen (Hong Kong) James L. Venable (United States) Johnny Yeung William Hu Chow Gam-wing |
| Cinematography |
Arthur Wong Tam Chi-wai |
| Edited by | Marco Mak Angie Lam Andy Chan |
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| Distributed by | Golden Harvest Gala Film Distribution |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Budget | US$11 million |
| Box office | US$14,694,904 |
Iron Monkey is a 1993 Hong Kong martial arts film written and produced by Tsui Hark and directed by Yuen Woo-ping, starring Donnie Yen, Yu Rongguang, Jean Wang, Angie Tsang and Yuen Shun-yi. It is not related to the 1977 Hong Kong film of the same title.
The film is a fictionalised account of an episode in the childhood of the Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung and his father Wong Kei-ying, and their encounter with the "Iron Monkey". In 1996, a separate film entitled Iron Monkey 2 was released but it was not a sequel to this film.
The plot centers on a masked martial artist known as "Iron Monkey". "Iron Monkey" is actually the alter ego of a traditional Chinese medicine physician called Yang Tianchun. In the day, Yang runs his clinic and provides free medical treatment for the poor, which he subsidises by charging his rich patients. At night, he dresses in black and travels around town to rob the rich and help the poor. Once, he breaks into the governor's residence and makes off with a hoard of gold. The guards and four Shaolin monks are unable to stop him. The governor orders the chief constable, Fox, to hunt down Iron Monkey and to arrest anyone who is linked to monkeys in any way. Fox appears to be a bungler who is not aware that Iron Monkey is actually the physician who is treating his injured men who fought with Iron Monkey the previous night.
In the meantime, Wong Kei-ying, also a physician and martial artist from Foshan, arrives in town with his young son, Wong Fei-hung. Wong Kei-ying fights with street thugs who attempt to rob him and some soldiers who have been observing the fight nearby suspect that Wong is Iron Monkey and they arrest him and his son. During the trial, the governor orders Wong Fei-hung to be branded for defiance, but Iron Monkey shows up and disrupts the proceedings. Wong Kei-ying is eager to prove his innocence and he fights with Iron Monkey. Neither of them is able to defeat his opponent and Iron Monkey escapes. The governor is impressed by Wong Kei-ying's skill and he holds Wong Fei-hung hostage to force Wong Kei-ying to help him capture Iron Monkey within seven days.
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