Painted Faces

In the film Sammo Kam-Bo Hung left the school after clashing with Master Yu at the end of a performance and came back later. In reality Sammo left after breaking his ankle whilst training at the school, which led to him comfort-eating, which in turn led to him putting on the kind of weight that would later become one of his most notable features. Once his ankle had healed enough, unfortunately Master Yu deemed him to be too fat to perform on stage with the other children and this, coupled with his view that Peking Opera was not as popular as it had been previously (which later turned out to be correct), led him to believe that there was no benefit to him staying at the school and that the movie industry was the way to go with his skills. Unlike in the film, he would never return to the school after leaving.

Some prints include an epilogue members of the original Peking Opera School in Hong Kong troupe, including Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen and Corey Yuen, attending a party for the real Master Yu.

Edited into Traces of a Dragon (2003)