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Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997)
facts
AKA: Once Upon a Time in China 6
Cantonese: Wong Fei Hung Ji Sai Wik Hung Si
Mandarin: Huang2 Fei1 Hong2 Zhi1 Xi1 Yu4 Xiong2 Shi1
Literally: Wong Fei Hung: West Territory Mighty Lion
Producer: Tsui Hark
Director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Co-Starring: Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam, Xiong Xin-Xin
synopsis
Wong Fei-Hung (Jet Li) travels to America with Aunt Yee to help a former student open his medical practice. When their stagecoach is attacked, Wong is thrown into a river, develops amnesia and is taken in by a local Native American tribe. Eventually he regains his memory and finds his friends in time to help his student, who is being threatened by a mob of angry white townsfolk.
