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Iron & Silk (1990)
Mark Salzman always was interested in Kung-Fu and the Chinese culture, claims to have seen every Kung-Fu movie... See full summary » Director:Shirley Sun |
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Hangcheng Dong | ... |
Teacher Cai
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Xihong Jiang | ... |
Teacher Zhang
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Jeanette Lin Tsui | ... |
Teacher Hei
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Qingfu Pan | ... |
Himself
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Mark Salzman | ... |
Teacher Mark
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Xudong Sun | ... |
Sinbad
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Funglin To | ... |
Old Sheep
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Ming
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Yang Xiru | ... |
Dr. Wang
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Xiao Ying | ... |
April
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Hu Yun | ... |
Fatty Du
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Lu Zhiquan | ... |
Teacher Li
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Genyuan Zhuang | ... |
Teacher Xu
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Mark Salzman always was interested in Kung-Fu and the Chinese culture, claims to have seen every Kung-Fu movie. 1982, with a degree in Chinese literature, he visits a province university in China for two years to teach Chinese teachers the English language. He learns the refinements of correct behavior among Chinese people, makes friends with his pupils, falls in love with the young doctor Ming, learns Uschu (similar Kung-Fu) from the famous teacher Pan... but also learns about political repression, especially when he's forbidden contact with some of his friends. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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As a student in America, he searched for ancient wisdom. As a teacher in China, he learned to find it within himself.Parents Guide:
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Mark: [voiceover] I hate to admit it, but when I graduated from college, I thought I was ready for anything. That is, until I stepped off the train in Hangzhou. Here I was in a country of a billion people, and I didn't know a single one. This place was different than what I'd expected. It wasn't at all like what I'd seen in the Kung Fu movies. No one else I knew stayed up all night to watch that stuff, but I was hooked.
[screaming, Kung Fu movie clips with English subtitles]
Mark: The hero was always small like me, but he moved like the wind, triumphed over evil, and brought the bad guys to their knees. And - he always got the girl.
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Took four years to film. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Mark: [voiceover] I hate to admit it, but when I graduated from college, I thought I was ready for anything. That is, until I stepped off the train in Hangzhou. Here I was in a country of a billion people, and I didn't know a single one. This place was different than what I'd expected. It wasn't at all like what I'd seen in the Kung Fu movies. No one else I knew stayed up all night to watch that stuff, but I was hooked.
[screaming, Kung Fu movie clips with English subtitles]
Mark: The hero was always small like me, but he moved like the wind, triumphed over evil, and brought the bad guys to their knees. And - he always got the girl.
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Connections
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert: The Doors/My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys/Iron & Silk/Superstar" (1991) See more »
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