Once Upon a Time in China II
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| Traditional | 黃飛鴻之二男兒當自強 |
| Simplified | 黄飞鸿之二男儿当自强 |
| Mandarin | Huáng Fēihǒng Zhī Èr Nánér Dāng Zìqiáng |
| Cantonese | Wong4 Fei1-hung4 Zi1 Ji6 Naam4-ji4 Dong1 Zi6-koeng4 |
| Directed by | Tsui Hark |
| Produced by | Tsui Hark Ng See-yuen Raymond Chow |
| Written by | Tsui Hark Chan Tin-suen Cheung Tan |
| Starring |
Jet Li Rosamund Kwan Max Mok Donnie Yen |
| Music by |
Richard Yuen Johnny Yeung Chow Gam-wing |
| Cinematography | Arthur Wong |
| Edited by |
Marco Mak Angie Lam Andy Chan |
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| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
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113 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$30,399,676 |
Once Upon a Time in China II is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts film written and directed by Tsui Hark, and starring Jet Li as Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung. It is the second instalment in the Once Upon a Time in China film series. The iconic theme song, A Man Should Better Himself (男兒當自強), was performed in Cantonese by George Lam at the beginning of the film, and by Jackie Chan in the end credits. (Chan also sang the Mandarin version.)
The film is set in China in 1895 during the Qing dynasty. Wong Fei-hung travels by train from Foshan to Guangzhou to attend a seminar on medicine. He is accompanied by his romantic interest 13th Aunt and apprentice Leung Foon. The situation in Guangzhou is rather chaotic. On one hand, there are protests in the streets against the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki. On the other hand, the White Lotus Sect, an extreme xenophobic cult, goes around attacking Westerners and destroying everything regarded as alien to Chinese culture. At one point, 13th Aunt is almost captured by the cult when she tries to take a photo of them, but Wong shows up, fights with the cult members, and saves her.
Wong gives a lecture on acupuncture at the seminar while a Western-trained Chinese doctor, Sun Wen, helps him translate for the predominantly non-Chinese audience. The seminar is disrupted when the White Lotus Sect shoot flaming arrows into the building; Wong, Leung and Sun manage to escape safely. Wong feels that Guangzhou is not safe and wants to bring Leung and 13th Aunt with him back to Foshan. However, just as they are about to leave, they learn that the White Lotus Sect is attacking the Tongwen Guan, a school for children to study foreign languages. They head over and save the children. The innkeeper refuses to allow the children to remain in his inn because he is worried about retaliation by the White Lotus Sect.
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