Tai Chi Boxer | |||||||||||||||
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Director: | Yuen Woo-ping Zhang Xinyan | ||||||||||||||
Producer: | Stephen Wong | ||||||||||||||
Starring: | Jacky Wu Christy Chung Sibelle Hu Billy Chow Mark Cheng Lau Shun | ||||||||||||||
Music: | Bin Lau-lim Tang Siu-lam | ||||||||||||||
Cinematography: | Chau Pak-ling | ||||||||||||||
Editing: | Zhang Xinyan Koo Chi-wai | ||||||||||||||
Studio: | Film Can Production | ||||||||||||||
Distributor: | Upland Films Corporate | ||||||||||||||
Runtime: | 96 minutes | ||||||||||||||
Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||
Gross: | HK$742,095 |
Tai Chi Boxer, also known as Tai Chi II, is a 1996 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo-ping (who also wrote with Sze Yeung-ping) and Zhang Xinyan (who also editor with Koo Chi-wai). It is a sequel to Yuen's earlier film Tai Chi Master, with Lau Shun and Yu Hai returning, albeit in different roles. The film stars Jacky Wu, Christy Chung, Sibelle Hu, Billy Chow, Mark Cheng and Lau Shun. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 14 March 1996. Tai Chi Boxer was Jacky Wu's first Hong Kong film debut, and Yuen's last directorial effort until 2010. The film is set in the late Qing Dynasty Era.
DVD was released by Hong Kong Legends in the United Kingdom in Region 2 on 17 June 2002.