Once Upon a Time in China

The story takes place at the end of the 19th century, when China began to feel the influence of the Western world. The traditional order, its culture, religion and even fashion were threatened, and firearms challenged the omnipotence of martial arts. The abuses of the new regional commander, who, blinded by power and his lucrative relationship with foreign merchants, allows his subjects to be charged exorbitant prices with the false promise of shipping them off to the rich gold fields of America, force Wong Fei Hung and his small group of followers to intervene in defense of their people and, especially, of the woman of his dreams, who has been captured and forcibly put on a ship to be sold as a prostitute…