Heroes Among Heroes

Heroes Among Heroes

A DVD cover with the film's US title: Fist of the Red Dragon
Directed by Yuen Woo-ping
Chan Chin-chung
Produced by Yuen Woo-ping
Chan Chin-chung
Lam Shue-kin
Screenplay by Lau Tai-muk
Jobic Chui
Chan Chin-chung
Anthony Wong
Starring Donnie Yen
Wong Yuk
Ng Man-tat
Fennie Yuen
Music by William Wu
Cinematography Stephen Poon
Ma Koon-wa
Edited by Kwok Ting-hung
Production
company
Art Sea Films
Distributed by Regal Films Distribution
Release dates
 11 November 1993 (1993-11-11)
Running time
 92 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK$7,020,771
Heroes Among Heroes
Traditional Chinese 蘇乞兒
Simplified Chinese 苏乞儿
Literal meaning "Beggar So"

Heroes Among Heroes (Chinese: 蘇乞兒) is a 1993 Hong Kong martial arts film produced and directed by Yuen Woo-ping and starring Donnie Yen as the titular protagonist, So Chan, whom was one of the Ten Tigers of Canton. The film shows opium smugglers in the Qing Dynasty, China, with Officer Lin Zexu and Master Wong Fei-hung fighting against them. It was released in the US as Fist of the Red Dragon.

Plot

Close to the end of the Qing Dynasty, opium is being smuggled to China. Officer Lin Zexu (Pau Fong) and Master Wong Fei-hung (Wong Yuk) join forces against opium smugglers.

Meanwhile, So Chan, also known as Beggar So (Donnie Yen), a man from a rich family, is famous for stealing food for his poor foster father (Kwan Hoi-san) and friends. He lives with his father (Ng Man-tat) and aunt, Jean (Sheila Chan). So befriends a British teacher named Yi-teh (Fennie Yuen), a niece of Prince Twelve (Hung Yan-yan).

So fights and defeats the Fire Lotus Gang, causing an explosion in which many citizens are hurt and Master Wong demands an apology. Later, Prince Twelve offers So opium; So becomes addicted to it. He goes to his foster father and learns drunken boxing; his foster father is then killed by the Fire Lotus Gang, for whom Prince Twelve has betrayed So.

So eventually returns home, joins forces with Wong Fei-hung, and seeks revenge. In the end, So and Wong win against Prince Twelve and Yi-teh becomes So's girlfriend. Lin Zexu and Wong Fei-hung watch as the opium is burned.

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