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Wing chun [videorecording (DVD)].

Modern Audio (International) Ltd., [1994].

Mistaken identity -- Drama.

Video Difference legacy collection.

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (100 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1994.

"Preceded by a 1994 television series of the same name"--Wikipedia.com.

Includes Cantonese and Mandarin language tracks with optional Chinese or English subtitles.

Wo Pong Films Company Ltd. ; screenplay by Anthony Wong [and] Elsa Tang ; produced and directed by Yuen Wo Ping.

Michelle Yaoh, Donnie Yen, Cheng Pei Pei and Catherine Hung.

"Wing Chun is a martial-arts film with an unusual feminist bent, inspired by a true historical figure. In 19th-century China, a pack of bandits attacks a remote village, attempting to kidnap a beautiful young widow named Charmy. However, they are foiled by Yim Wing Chun, a local tofu-shop owner who also happens to be a fearsome fighter; she defeats the thieves nearly single-handedly. This infuriates the evil bandit leader, who turns his full forces against the town in an effort to recapture Charmy. As if this weren't trouble enough, things become even tougher for Wing Chun when her childhood sweetheart, now also a martial-arts master, arrives in town after an absence of many years. On his return, he immediately falls in love with Charmy, mistaking her for Wing Chun -- and mistaking the real Wing Chun for a man. These farcical manueverings provide the backdrop for numerous fight sequences, which are filled with astoundingly acrobatic choreography skillfully performed by Hong Kong action star Michelle Yeoh. Especially notable is the final showdown between Wing Chun and the bandits, which proves once and for all it's not the size of the weapon, but the way that you use it. ~ Synopsis by Judd Blaise"--allmovie.com.

Martial arts films.

Feminist films.

Yuen, Wo-ping, 1945-

Yeoh, Michelle, 1963-

Yen, Donnie, 1963-

Zheng, Peipei, 1946-

Hung, Catherine.

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