The story of Beijing Opera School, its teacher Master Yu and his students.The story of Beijing Opera School, its teacher Master Yu and his students.The story of Beijing Opera School, its teacher Master Yu and his students.
- Awards
- 11 wins & 8 nominations total
Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
- Master Yu
- (as Sammo Hung)
Ching-Ying Lam
- Wah
- (as Lam Ching Ying)
Pei-Pei Cheng
- Ching
- (as Cheng Pei-Pei)
Wu Ma
- Film Director (Guest star)
- (as Ng Ma)
Tien-Hsing Li
- Cheng Lung's mother (Guest star)
- (as Mary Li)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaIn the film Sammo Kam-Bo Hung left the school after clashing with Master Yu at the end of a performance and came back later. In reality Sammo left after breaking his ankle whilst training at the school, which led to him comfort-eating, which in turn led to him putting on the kind of weight that would later become one of his most notable features. Once his ankle had healed enough, unfortunately Master Yu deemed him to be too fat to perform on stage with the other children and this, coupled with his view that Peking Opera was not as popular as it had been previously (which later turned out to be correct), led him to believe that there was no benefit to him staying at the school and that the movie industry was the way to go with his skills. Unlike in the film, he would never return to the school after leaving.
- Alternate versionsSome prints include an epilogue members of the original Peking Opera School in Hong Kong troupe, including Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen and Corey Yuen, attending a party for the real Master Yu.
- ConnectionsEdited into Long de shen chu: Shi luo de pin tu (2003)
Featured review
This is NOT a Sammo Hung action movie. See it anyways. This is the story of a Chinese opera troop and their harsh master (played by Sammo). The troop in question is the one that produced such greats as Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao. There is very little action in this movie, it is a drama. Sammo plays a VERY hard teacher, but he conveys a level of love for his pupils that makes his harsh treatment of them seem very difficult on him. This is Sammo's best drama. It is a coming of age tale, a biography, and a very moving film.
- the_cheese_23
- Jun 20, 2003
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