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Mark Salzman (autobiography)
Mark Salzman (screenplay)
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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.
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Mark Salzman always was interested in Kung-Fu and the Chinese culture, claims to have seen every Kung-Fu movie... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Hangcheng Dong ... Teacher Cai
Xihong Jiang ... Teacher Zhang
Jeanette Lin Tsui ... Teacher Hei
Qingfu Pan ... Himself
Mark Salzman ... Teacher Mark
Xudong Sun ... Sinbad
Funglin To ... Old Sheep

Vivian Wu ... Ming
Yang Xiru ... Dr. Wang
Xiao Ying ... April
Hu Yun ... Fatty Du
Lu Zhiquan ... Teacher Li
Genyuan Zhuang ... Teacher Xu
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Runtime:
92 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Uschu teacher Qingfu Pan and Mark Salzman play themselves. more
Quotes:
Qingfu Pan: In martial arts, you hit with the eyes. more
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Features Shaolin Si (1982) more

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Unique and fascinating biography, 6 September 2000
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Author: Kevin Barrett (linkspro@hotmail.com) from Massachusetts

Mark Salzman stars in the movie adaptation of his autobiographical tale of a young college graduate visiting China for the first time. Although packaged as fiction based on Salzman's true story, the honesty and modesty of the film's style give a documentary-like feel. Salzman's humble charisma prompts one to forgive and perhaps forget the lack of typical Hollywood gloss. The only professionals in major roles are Jeannette Lin Tsui as Teacher Hei, and the beautiful Vivian Wu as love-interest Ming. My sole disappointment with this film was its brevity.

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