Hero
6.3
Ma Wing Jing and his older brother Ma Tai Chueng arrive in Shanghai to make their fortune at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Be-friending a powerful mobster Wing Jing is given his nightclub in return for saving Tam Sei's life. Unfortunately, another Gangster wants the territory a well. Corruption and violence rule the streets as Wing Jing and Tam Sei must battle not only the rival gangs but the corrupt police officials as well.
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Cast
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Takeshi Kaneshiro
Ma Wing Jing
Known for
House of Flying Daggers
Chungking Express
Jessica Hsuan
Kim Ling-Tze
Yuen Biao
Tam See
Known for
Once Upon a Time in China
The Legend Is Born: Ip Man
Jessica Hsuan Huen
Kim Ling Tze
Known for
Flirting Scholar
Valerie Chow
Yam Yeung Tien
Known for
Chungking Express
Bridge of Dragons
Yuen Wah
Ma Tai Cheung
Known for
Kung Fu Hustle
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Corey Yuen
Uncle Po
Known for
Righting Wrongs
Dance of the Drunk Mantis
Richard Yuen Tak
Yang Shuang
Known for
The Myth
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Guo Jianyong
Tam See's Gang Member
Also in
Timeless Romance
Mahjong Dragon
Corey Yuen Director · Jeffrey Lau Screenplay Raymond Wong Ying-Wah Composer
Worldwide gross $3M · United States release June 17, 1997 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,015,240
Production
Shaw Brothers
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
Produced in
Languages
Original title
馬永貞
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese
Release dates
United States · June 17, 1997
Theatrical
Germany
February 20, 1998 · Limited theatrical · Berlinale
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