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Once Upon a Time in China III AKA Wong Fei-hung tsi sam: Siwong tsangba AKA Once Upon a Time in China 3 (1993)
Wong Fei-Hung and sidekick Chung arrive in Peking just as the Empress announces a Lion Dance martial arts contest. Also accompanying him is cousin Yee, his young, Westernized aunt-by-adoption, to whom Wong is secretly betrothed.Director: Hark Tsui
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
For audio, the Hong Kong Fortune Star Trilogy/Korean Spectrum sets for the Cantonese DTS 5.1 and original mono tracks.
For extras, the Hong Kong Legends UK and Australia, UK Cine Asia releases have identical extensive bonus features though note the film is slightly cut on those discs. -
CUTS:
- R0 Estonia- DVD Liider OÜ - Unknown, but could be cut as per UK (106:47 - PAL)
- R0 Hong Kong- Mega Star - No Cuts (105:46 NTSC)
- R0 Once Upon a Time in China Trilogy Hong Kong- Fortune Star/IVL - No Cuts (111:04 - NTSC)
- R0 Japan- Pioneer - No Cuts (105:46 NTSC)
- R0 Korea- Saerom Entertainment - No Cuts
- R1 America- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - Yes - Includes the original version (111:41 NTSC) and the English dubbed version with English credits (108:30 NTSC), both with 0m 4s of cuts (same as the UK cuts; thanks to Rewind user stevoj for pointing this out)
- R1 Once Upon a Time in China Collection America- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No Cuts.
- R2 France- HK Video - No cuts (105:39 PAL).
- R2 Germany- Splendid Film - No cuts (106:27 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Cine Asia - Yes - 0m 4s. The wrong master was used which resulted in an unnecessary cut to an illegal horse fall (which is actually an effect not a horse falling at all) (106:16 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Hong Kong Legends - Yes - 0m 4s. The wrong master was used which resulted in an unnecessary cut to an illegal horse fall (which is actually an effect not a horse falling at all)
- R3 Hong Kong- Deltamac - No cuts (106:26 NTSC).
- R3 Once Upon a Time in China Trilogy South Korea- Spectrum - No Cuts (111:04 - NTSC)
- R4 Australia- Hong Kong Legends - Yes - 0m 4s. The wrong master was used which resulted in an unnecessary cut to an illegal horse fall (which is actually an effect not a horse falling at all).
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Comparison added by David on 15/01/02
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 05/01/19UPDATE LOG:
23/03/12: Added R4 Australia.
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Added Japan, US trilogy, Germany, UK Cine Asia, HK Deltamac.
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