A Man Called Hero (中華英雄) 25 years old

A Man Called Hero

Episodic saga from the first half of the 20th century follows Hero Hua from an ill-omened June day in his youth to a showdown 17 years later with a disaffected member of his martial-arts school, a Japanese named Invincible. Tensions between Chinese and Japanese, plus U.S. racism, mark the tale. Hero marries Jade, leaves her in China when he goes to America as an indentured servant, rebels against cruel labor conditions, and is joined by her in New York City where she has twins. Jump ahead 16 years: their son Sword comes to New York looking for his father. There, Sword hears many stories of his father, which we see in flashbacks, and the stage is set for the battle with Invincible.

Credits

A Man Called Hero Cast

Name Character
Anthony Wong He was 37, now 63 years old as Pride / Katanaka Fuji
Francis Ng He was 37, now 62 years old as Invincible
Elvis Tsui He was 37, now 63 years old as Bigot
Shu Qi She was 23, now 48 years old as Mu
Yuen Biao He was 41, now 67 years old as Boss of China House
Cheng Pei-pei She was 52, now 77 years old as Hero's mother
Grace Yip as Kate
Mark Cheng He was 34, now 60 years old as Jin
Ekin Cheng He was 31, now 57 years old as Hero Hua
Kristy Yang She was 25, now 50 years old as Jade
Ken Lo He was 40, now 65 years old as Luohan
Nicholas Tse He was 18, now 44 years old as Sword Hua
Jordan Chan He was 32, now 57 years old as Shadow [voice]
Dion Lam He was 0, now 24 years old as Shadow
Sam Lee He was 23, now 49 years old as Fire (Red Hair ninja)
Jerry Lamb He was 28, now 54 years old as Sheng
Jude Poyer as Bull
Frankie Ng He was 45, now 70 years old as Moon
Thomas Hudak as Black Dragon Commander

A Man Called Hero Crew

Name Department
Kwong Wing Chan as Original Music Composer. He was 32 (now 57) years old Sound
Pik Kwan Lee as Costume Design. Costume & Make-Up
Andrew Lau as Director of Photography. He was 39 (now 64) years old Camera
Andrew Lau as Director. He was 39 (now 64) years old Directing
Raymond Chow as Producer. He was 70 (89) years old when He died Production
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A Man Called Hero (25 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, July 17, 1999
  • Runtime: 116 minutes