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Director
  
Ching Siu-tung

Music director
  
Frankie Chan

Country
  
Hong Kong

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Action, Adventure

Duration
  

Language
  
Cantonese

Dr Wai in The Scripture with No Words movie poster
Release date
  
14 March 1996

Writer
  
Wai-Lun Lam, Sandy Shaw, Cheuk-Hon Szeto

Genres
  
Action Film, Comedy, Adventure Film, Chinese Movies

Cast
  
Jet Li
(Chow Si-Kit),
Rosamund Kwan
(Monica Kwan / Cammy),
Takeshi Kaneshiro
(Shing),
Charlie Yeung
(Yvonne),
Law Kar-Ying
(Headmaster),
Billy Chow
(Chan / Japanese Embassy Guard)

Similar movies
  
Jet Li movies, Martial arts movies

Assistants help a Chinese archaeologist-cum-novelist (Jet Li) find inspiration for a serial adventure tale.

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Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words" (Chinese: ; Cantonese Yale: ; literally: "Adventure King") is a 1996 Hong Kong action film directed by Ching Siu-tung and starring Jet Li.

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It won the Golden Horse Award for Best Visual Effects and was nominated at the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards in the Best Action Choreography category.

During the production, a fire destroyed HK$10 million worth of sets, resulting in severe budget problems. In an attempt to limit the damage, a special export version was cut (which omitted parts that seemed too Chinese) to attract international audiences.

A serial adventure writer with problems in his personal life lives out the adventures of his literary hero, King of Adventurers.

Plot

A pulp serial author with numerous personal problems resulting in a serious case of writers block, temporarily escapes reality by living vicariously through one of his lead characters in a story about a quest for a mythical scripture. This story within a story has Jet Li up against an enormous mutant rat, Japanese sumo wrestlers and ninjas, although the pen is mightier than the sword (or metal grill, as it were) in this film by famed director Siu-Tung Ching.(Note the beginning description of the plot given here seems to be different from the English dubbed version).

Cast

  • Jet Li as Chow Si-Kit/Dr. Wai, the "Adventure King"
  • Rosamund Kwan as Monica Kwan/Cammy
  • Charlie Yeung as Yvonne/Yan Yan/Pansy
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro as Shing
  • Billy Chow as Chan/Japanese Embassy Guard
  • Collin Chou as Hung Hung Sing Sing
  • Johnny Kong as Mr. Lo
  • Law Kar-ying as Headmaster

    • References

    Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words" Wikipedia
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    Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words" IMDb Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words" themoviedb.org


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