Wing Chun (1994)

Wing Chun is a 1994 Hong Kong martial arts film directed and produced by Yuen Woo-ping. The film stars Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Waise Lee and Cheng Pei-pei. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 24 March 1994.

Plot:

Wing-chun is a young lady in charge of a family tofu shop in a mountain village with her father, sister and aunt. After local bullies tried to forcefully marry her during her youth, she trained to become a talented kung fu practitioner to fend off bad men lusting after her beauty, but her new prowess ends up scaring away any suitors to the chagrin of her father. She is the only person out of all the villagers who will stand up to the local bandits, led by two nefarious bandit brothers nicknamed the “Flying Chimpanzee” and “Flying Monkey”.

One day, a young and beautiful widow named Charmy comes to town, catching the eyes of the predatory Flying Monkey. Wing-chun rescues the hapless widow and gives her a job in her family shop, earning the enmity of Flying Monkey. Meanwhile, Wing-chun’s childhood sweetheart Pok-to, who previously went away to learn kung fu in order to protect Wing-chun from local bullies, arrives in town returning fresh from years of training to claim her hand in marriage.

Release:

Guang Dong Tung Ah released it on DVD in the United States on 5 February 2002. On 20 September 2004, DVD was released by Hong Kong Legends in the UK in Region 2. One year later, The Epic Action Collection DVD was released on 26 December 2005, a 4-disc set including Iron Monkey (2-disc platinum edition) and Tai Chi Boxer; all three films were by directed by Yuen Woo-ping. One month later, The Michelle Yeoh Collection DVD was released on 9 January 2006.