HBO Asia’s, the Asian arm of the American premium TV channel, first venture into the world of wuxia, focuses on one of the most iconic Chinese folk heroes, Beggar So, whose most famous appearance on cinema was on “Drunken Fist”, one of Jackie Chan’s best movies.
So Chan is the somewhat spoiled and arrogant son of a wealthy merchant, but also happens to be one of China’s top military scholars, during the Qing Dynasty Tongzhi era. When the new emperor is appointed, he summons all military scholars in order to choose the one that will lead the empire’s army, and So Chan is among the candidates. However, and due to a chance encounter and subsequent fight with a beggar he stumbles upon in the palace, and the scheming of the Chief Eunuch Song Fok- Hoi, So Chan ends up injured in the streets,...
So Chan is the somewhat spoiled and arrogant son of a wealthy merchant, but also happens to be one of China’s top military scholars, during the Qing Dynasty Tongzhi era. When the new emperor is appointed, he summons all military scholars in order to choose the one that will lead the empire’s army, and So Chan is among the candidates. However, and due to a chance encounter and subsequent fight with a beggar he stumbles upon in the palace, and the scheming of the Chief Eunuch Song Fok- Hoi, So Chan ends up injured in the streets,...
- 11/30/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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