Heroes Among Heroes
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Duration | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Action, Drama Running time 1h 31m Country Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Director Yuen Wo PingChan Chin Chung Release date Hong Kong:11 November 1993 (1993-11-11) Writer Chin-Chung Chan (screenplay), Wing-Fai Wong (screenplay), Jobic Tsui (screenplay), Tai-Mok Lau (screenplay) Genres Action Film, Martial Arts Film, Chinese Movies, Action/Adventure, Historical period drama, World cinema Cast (So Chan), Wong Gok (Wong Fei Hung), Fennie Yuen Kit-Ying (Princess Yiteh), Ng Man-Tat (Master So), Sheila Chan (Jean), Dickson Lee Ga-Sing (Leung Foon)Similar movies Wong Fei-hung movies, Donnie Yen movies, Martial arts movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Heroes among heroes soundtrack by wai lap wu main theme
Heroes Among Heroes (Chinese: 蘇乞兒) is a 1993 Hong Kong martial arts film produced and directed by Yuen Woo-ping and starring Donnie Yen as the titular protagonist, So Chan, whom was one of the Ten Tigers of Canton. The film shows opium smugglers in the Qing Dynasty, China, with Officer Lin Zexu and Master Wong Fei-hung fighting against them. It was released in the US as Fist of the Red Dragon.
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Plot
Close to the end of the Qing Dynasty, opium is being smuggled to China. Officer Lin Zexu (Pau Fong) and Master Wong Fei-hung (Wong Yuk) join forces against opium smugglers.
Meanwhile, So Chan, also known as Beggar So (Donnie Yen), a man from a rich family, is famous for stealing food for his poor foster father (Kwan Hoi-san) and friends. He lives with his father (Ng Man-tat) and aunt, Jean (Sheila Chan). So befriends a British teacher named Yi-teh (Fennie Yuen), a niece of Prince Twelve (Hung Yan-yan).
So fights and defeats the Fire Lotus Gang, causing an explosion in which many citizens are hurt and Master Wong demands an apology. Later, Prince Twelve offers So opium; So becomes addicted to it. He goes to his foster father and learns drunken boxing; his foster father is then killed by the Fire Lotus Gang, for whom Prince Twelve has betrayed So.
So eventually returns home, joins forces with Wong Fei-hung, and seeks revenge. In the end, So and Wong win against Prince Twelve and Yi-teh becomes So's girlfriend. Lin Zexu and Wong Fei-hung watch as the opium is burned.
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