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Tai Chi Master

Original title: Tai gik Cheung Sam Fung
  • 19931993
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  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Tai Chi Master (1993)
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Two friends, ex Shaolin monks, part ways as they brush with the ongoing rebellion against the government. The ambitious one rises up to be a powerful military commander, while his betrayed f... Read allTwo friends, ex Shaolin monks, part ways as they brush with the ongoing rebellion against the government. The ambitious one rises up to be a powerful military commander, while his betrayed friend resorts to learn the calm ways of Tai Chi.Two friends, ex Shaolin monks, part ways as they brush with the ongoing rebellion against the government. The ambitious one rises up to be a powerful military commander, while his betrayed friend resorts to learn the calm ways of Tai Chi.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
10K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
32,173
7,361
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    • Director
      • Woo-Ping Yuen
    • Writer
      • Kwong-Kim Yip(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Jet Li
      • Michelle Yeoh
      • Siu-Ho Chin
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Woo-Ping Yuen
    • Writer
      • Kwong-Kim Yip(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Jet Li
      • Michelle Yeoh
      • Siu-Ho Chin
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 55User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Michelle Yeoh, Jet Li, and Jiankui Sun in Tai Chi Master (1993)
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    Jet Li
    Jet Li
    • Kwan Bo
    Michelle Yeoh
    Michelle Yeoh
    • Siu Lin
    Siu-Ho Chin
    Siu-Ho Chin
    • Chin Bo
    • (as Chin Siu Ho)
    Fennie Yuen
    Fennie Yuen
    • Miss Li
    • (as Fannie Yuen)
    Cheung-Yan Yuen
    Cheung-Yan Yuen
    • Rev. Ling
    • (as Yuen Cheung Yan)
    Shun Lau
    Shun Lau
    • Master Jueyuan
    • (as Lau Shun)
    Hai Yu
    • Head Master
    Kam Kong Chow
    Kam Kong Chow
    Yung-Chang Ho
    Jiankui Sun
    • Royal Eunuch…
    Bing Lei Li
    • Shaolin
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Woo-Ping Yuen
    • Writer
      • Kwong-Kim Yip(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Donnie Yen was offered the role of Chin Bo, but turned it down to pursue his solo career.
    • Goofs
      In the scene where Junbao and Siu Lin attack Governor Lu while he's on his way to Beijing, the wires they "flew" in on, and in the fight, are visible.
    • Quotes

      Junbao: Enough! Stop living in your past! What do you think you're doing here? Stop shoving me away! The past is what makes up who we are. Don't let it become your burden.

    • Alternate versions
      The U.S. version is essentially the same as the Hong Kong version, sans one scene where the monks in the Shaolin temple are all seen sleeping while standing on their heads.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Art of Action: Martial Arts in Motion Picture (2002)

    User reviews55

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    Top review
    A truly great 90's actioner
    It's not Drunken Master, (not the Legend of Drunken Master, the original, noodge), but what is? It is a well made tale of an ousted Shaolin monk who through hardship and madness, learns the ultimately taoist T'ai Chi Chuan.

    The thing I love about this film, (and you'd have to be a geek to go with this} but I love the fact that he learns T'ai Chi through his own hardships, not from a sifu (teacher), and the typical sifu or friend who dies is his friend, who, instead of dying, turns evil with power.

    The entire movie is a great representation of Taosism (yin, yang, good and evil}. I don't agree that Michelle Yeoh (or Michelle Kahn at she time in the film) was not well used. She provided the idea of the easy path, drinking in this case, that is so lacking in gong fu movies. She and he both redeem themselves against the head bad guy (His character name escapes me at the time}, but there is no love interest between themselves. She's tough and troubled, he's tough and troubled and they actually help each other (read: she stops drinking to save him, he learns from her care and she helps cure his madness).

    By the way, the head bad guy, (again, sorry about the name} was still played brilliantly even in dubbing. My friends and I still say "Hmmmmm" in his fey evil voice when thinking bad thoughts. It can be said it's typical Hong Kong fare... Good guy gets defeated, learns a new style of Gong Fu and defeats the bad guy, but then again, isn't that what Star Wars took 3 films to accomplish?

    Anyway, my opinion of this film is tainted by the fact that I'm a taoist, but the action is top notch, nobody flies for no reason, all the characters (even the comic relief) are fleshed out. great film. not the greatest, but, it's a hell of a lot better than "Shaolin Drunken Monk" (aka, Plan 9 from the Shaolin Temple) lol.
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    • Release date
      • November 18, 1993 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Languages
      • Cantonese
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Tai-Chi Master
    • Filming locations
      • China
    • Production companies
      • Eastern Productions
      • Golden Harvest Company
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $652,527
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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