Wing Chun (film)
Encyclopedia
Wing Chun is a 1994
Hong Kong
martial arts
action
comedy film
directed by Yuen Woo-ping
and stars Michelle Yeoh
as the eponymous
character Yim Wing-Chun
, a tofu
maker and martial artist who tries to protect her village's inhabitants from a group of bandits.
The film was preceded by a 1994 television series of the same name (see Wing Chun (TV series)
).
Hong Kong films of 1994
A list of films produced in Hong Kong in 1994:.-1994 :-External links:* * Hong Kong films of 1994 at...
Hong Kong
Cinema of Hong Kong
The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...
martial arts
Martial arts film
Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous fights between characters, usually as the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often as a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently...
action
Hong Kong action cinema
Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame. It combines elements from the action film, as codified by Hollywood, with Chinese storytelling and aesthetic traditions, to create a culturally distinctive form that nevertheless has a wide transcultural...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Yuen Woo-ping
Yuen Woo-ping
Yuen Woo-ping is a Chinese martial arts choreographer and film director, renowned as one of the most successful and influential figures in the world of Hong Kong action cinema. He is one of the inductees on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong...
and stars Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese actress, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s....
as the eponymous
Eponym
An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...
character Yim Wing-Chun
Yim Wing-chun
Yim Wing-chun is a Chinese legendary character, often cited in Wing Chun legends as the first master of the martial art bearing her name. Wing-chun, though a person's name in Chinese language, literally means "spring chant" or "forever spring", or may be substituted with the character for "eternal...
, a tofu
Tofu
is a food made by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into soft white blocks. It is part of East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and others. There are many different varieties of tofu, including fresh tofu and tofu...
maker and martial artist who tries to protect her village's inhabitants from a group of bandits.
The film was preceded by a 1994 television series of the same name (see Wing Chun (TV series)
Wing Chun (TV series)
Wing Chun is the English language title of a two Hong Kong martial arts TV series: one produced in 1994 and one produced from 2004-2007.-1994 series:please expandSee also Wing Chun for the 1994 film starring Michelle Yeoh....
).
Cast
- Michelle YeohMichelle YeohMichelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese actress, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s....
- Yim Wing Chun - Donnie YenDonnie YenDonnie Yen is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film director and producer, action choreographer, and world wushu tournament medalist...
- Leung Pok To - Kingdom YuenKingdom Yuen-Filmography:-References:...
- Abacus Fong - Catherine Hung - Charmy
- Waise LeeWaise LeeWaise Lee Chi-hung is a Hong Kong film and television actor best known for playing the roles of villains and antagonists in various films.-Biography:...
- Scholar Wong - Norman Chu - Flying Monkey
- Cheng Pei-peiCheng Pei-peiCheng Pei-pei is an actress best known for her performance in the seminal 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me. She continued to play expert swordswomen in a number of films throughout the 1960s...
- Wing Chun's martial arts master, Mistress Wu MeiWu MeiWu Mei is the pinyin romanization of:* Wǔ Méi , the legendary kung fu nun.* Wǔ Mèi , the given name of the Empress Wu....