Once Upon a Time in China V

Once Upon a Time in China V
Once Upon a Time in China V
Hanyu Pinyin	Huáng Fēihǒng Zhī Wǔ Lóng Chéng Jiān Bà
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Wong4 Fei1-hung4 Zi1 Ng5 Lung4 Sing4 Cim1 Baa3

Directed byTsui HarkWritten byTsui Hark
Lau Daai-muk
Lam Kee-toProduced byTsui Hark
Ng See-yuenStarringVincent Zhao
Rosamund Kwan
Max MokCinematographyKo Chiu-Lam
Derek Wan
Peter Pau Tak-Hai
Tom Lau
Ardy LamEdited byMarco MakMusic byTsui Hark

Production
companies

Film Workshop
Paragon Films Ltd.

Distributed byGolden Harvest

Release date

17 November 1994 (1994-11-17)

Running time

101 minutesCountriesHong Kong
ChinaLanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
EnglishBox officeHK$4,902,426.00^[1]

Once Upon a Time in China V is a 1994 Hong Kong–Chinese martial arts action film written and directed by

13th Aunt

", who was absent in the fourth film.

Plot

After the armies of the

13th Aunt

" and "14th Aunt".

When they arrive at the port town, they see that the town is in a desolate state, as the authorities have fled with all the public funds, leaving the local army garrison without any money or food. The situation worsens with the presence of pirates, who terrorise the coast and seal off the sea route. Wong and his companions decide to form a local crime prevention force to deal with the threats, leading to three confrontations with the pirates and eventual victory for the protagonists. Wong and his family decide to settle in Hong Kong to help the local government maintain peace and security.

Cast

Vincent Zhao as Wong Fei-hung
Rosamund Kwan as "13th Aunt" Yee Siu-kwan
Max Mok as Leung Foon
Kent Cheng as Lam Sai-wing ("Porky Wing")
Roger Kwok as So Sai-man ("Bucktooth" So)
Hung Yan-yan as Kwai Geuk-chat ("Clubfoot Seven Chiu-Tsat")
Jean Wang as "14th Aunt" May
Lau Shun as Wong Kei-ying
Tam Bing-man as Boss
Yee Tin-hung as Devil Cheung
Elaine Lui as "Single-eyed" Ying
Zhang Tielin as Chief constable Xie Sibao
Stephen Tung as Junior Cheung
Dion Lam as Flying Monkey
Sam Hoh as pirate
Lau Siu-ming as pirate
James Wong
Kong Foo-keung
Tanigaki Kenji
Lam Kwok-git
Cheung Chun-hung
Ho Chi-moo

Box office

Despite receiving more positive reviews than Once Upon a Time in China IV, the fifth in the series performed poorly at the Hong Kong box office, grossing only HK$4,902,426.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b HKMDB

External links

Wong Fei-hung zhi wu: Long cheng jian ba aka "Once Upon a Time in China V" at
IMDb

[HKMDB-1] HKMDB

[1]

v t e Tsui Hark's Once Upon a Time in China
Films	Once Upon a Time in China (1991) Once Upon a Time in China II (1992) Once Upon a Time in China III (1993) Once Upon a Time in China IV (1994) Once Upon a Time in China V (1994) Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997)
Television	Wong Fei Hung Series (1996)
Related films	Iron Monkey (1993) Last Hero in China (1993)
Characters	Wong Fei-hung Thirteenth Aunt Porky Wing Wong Kei-ying
Category

v t e Works by Ng See-yuen
Films directed	Feng kuang sha shou (1971) Bloody Fists (1972) Kung Fu, the Invisible Fist (1972) Meng hu xia shan (1973) Call Me Dragon (1974) Little Superman (1974) The Godfather Squad (1974) Shi san hao xiong zhai (1975) Lian zheng feng bo (1975) Secret Rivals (1976) Kung Fu Sting (1976) Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth (1976) Kidnap in Rome (1976) Secret Rivals 2 (1977) The Invincible Armour (1977) What Price Stardom? (1977) The Ring of Death (1980) Game of Death II (1981) Tiger and Crane Shaolin Kung Fu (1982) The Unwritten Law (1985) The Music Box (2006) Evening of Roses (2009)
Films produced only	Hong lou chun shang chun (1978) The Butterfly Murders (1979) She mao he hun xing quan (1980) We're Going to Eat You (1980) Ta Bei wu ai (1980) Shuang la (1980) Hun wai qing (1988) Walk on Fire (1988) Once Upon a Time in China II (1992) Once Upon a Time in China III (1993) Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993) Once Upon a Time in China V (1994) Ren yue huang hun (1995) The Soong Sisters (1997)
Films produced and written	Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) Drunken Master (1978) Dance of the Drunk Mantis (1979) The Sweet and Sour Cops (1981) Legend of a Fighter (1982) Ninja in the Dragon's Den (1982) The Sweet and Sour Cops Part II (1982) Hao cai zhuang dao ni (1984) No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)