Corey Yuen's remake of Chang Cheh's Boxer From Shantung sees Taiwanese Japanese heart-throb Takeshi Kaneshiro as Ma Wing-jing, a worker from Shantung who rises to the top of the Shanghai triad ladder.
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Title: Shanghai Hero - The Legend (1997)
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| Takeshi Kaneshiro | ... |
Ma Wing Jing
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Biao Yuen | ... |
Tam See
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Jessica Hester Hsuan | ... |
Kim Ling-Tze
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| Wah Yuen | ... |
Ma Tai Cheung
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Tak Yuen | ... |
Yeung Seung
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| Valerie Chow | ... |
Yam Yeung-Tien
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Corey Yuen | ... |
Uncle Po
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Ma Wing Jing and his older brother Ma Tai Chueng arrive in Shanghai to make their fortune at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Be-friending a powerful mobster (Tam Sei) Wing Jing is given his nightclub in return for saving Tam Sei's life. Unfortunately, another Gangster wants the territory a well. Corruption and violence rule the streets as Wing Jing and Tam Sei must battle not only the rival gangs but the corrupt police officials as well. Written by R. L. Strong <RS080455@PACBELL.NET>
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Release Date:
17 June 1997 (Hong Kong) See more »Also Known As:
Shanghai Hero - The Legend See more »Company Credits
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China Film Co-Production Corporation, Inner Mongolian Film Production Institute, Shaw Brothers See more »
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There is a terrific fight between Kaneshiro and Yuen early in the picture, one of the best I've ever seen, and nothing that follows it can quite match up to it (not even that hilarious anachronistic snippet near the end); it also eventually overdoses on violence for no good reason, in my opinion, but the whole film still makes for an involving experience. The audience I saw it with just loved it.