Legend Of The Red Dragon aka The New Legend of Shaolin 洪熙官之少林五祖 (Jet Li Does Lone Wolf & Cub)

Legend Of The Red Dragon aka The New Legend of Shaolin 洪熙官之少林五祖 (Jet Li Does Lone Wolf & Cub)

Rejissyor: KonCategoryIII. The New Legend of Shaolin ( Chinese : 洪熙官之少林五祖 ; pinyin : Hóng Xīguān Zhī Shàolín Wǔ Zǔ ; released in the United Kingdom as Legend of the Red Dragon and in the Philippines as Once Upon a Time in China-4 ) is a 1994 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Wong Jing and Corey Yuen . The film stars and is produced by Jet Li . The film showcases Hung Hei-kwun 's exploits as a rebel against the Qing government , and it is one of two films in which Li and Miu Tse play a father-son duo, the other being My Father Is a Hero . The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 3 March 1994. The film also pays homage to the Japanese film Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance , with the opening scene being a parody of said film, while also having a similar plot of a father going on a journey of revenge with his infant son. [ citation needed ] Plot Rebel Hung Hei-kwun arrives in his village only to find it destroyed from a raid by government soldiers. Hung Hei-kwun rescues the sole survivor, his infant son, and the two prepare to go on the run before encountering fellow rebel Ma Ling-yee. Ma Ling-yee suddenly attacks Hei-kwun as government soldiers appear, and reveals that he betrayed Hung Hei-kwun and the village for the bounty on Hei-kwun's head. Hung Hei-kwun kills the soldiers and leaves Ma Ling-yee for dead. Several years later, Hung Hei-kwun and Man-ting, now a young boy, are in a village with very little money. Nearby, a woman named Red Bean and her mother are running a con : Red Bean weeps over her mother, who is playing dead, and calls for a man's marriage proposal to fund the mother's burial costs. The wealthy but gullible Ma-Kai-sin propositions Red Bean. Hei-kwun tries to leave his son in the care of his brother but is betrayed, forcing him to kill his brother and more soldiers. Ma Kai-sin, witnessing the carnage done by Kwun, hires Hung Hei-Kwun as a bodyguard. Ma Kai-sin leads Hei-kwun and son, and Red Bean and mother, home to his mansion. At Shaolin , monks tattoo

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