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Once Upon a Time in Shanghai is a Hongkongais film of genre Action directed by Wong Ching-po with Sammo Hung
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (2014)
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Add to a movie listOnce Upon a Time in Shanghai is a 2014 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Wong Ching-po and starring Sammo Hung, Philip Ng and Andy On with action choreography by Yuen Woo-ping and Yuen Cheung-yan. The film is a remake of the 1972 film Boxer from Shantung which starred Chen Kuan-tai, who also appears in a supporting role in this film.
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Possessing unique super strength and martial arts skills since childhood, Ma Yongzhen (Philip Ng) travels from his hometown to Shanghai to seek a livelihood. There he meets rising gang boss Long Qi (Andy On), whose ruthlessness and powerful martial arts skills have put the four gang leaders of Shanghai’s reigning Axe fraternity on notice and pushed their territory from four even parts of Shanghai to just only half of it under the Axe fraternity and half under his own reign. Both youths possess insanely good martial arts skills. Ma righteously challenges Long Qi over his criminal activities at the pier with a duration of a cigarette in which if Ma won, he could have the entire truckloads of Opium for himself. Ma won the fight but instead of taking it and selling it out, he burnt the Opium right in front of Long Qi and Long Qi is impressed by Ma’s stalwart character and awesome martial arts skills. Soon, Long Qi offers to be Ma’s benefactor.Actors
Sammo Hung
(Master Tie)
Philip Wan-Lung Ng
(Ma Yongzhen)
Andy On
(Long Qi)
Philip Ng
(Ma Yongzhen)
Chen Kuan-tai
(Baldy Bai)
Yuen Cheung-Yan
(Laughing Buddha)
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