# Fong Sai-yuk II (方世玉续集)
**Fong Sai-yuk II** (方世玉續集), also released as **The Legend II**, is a 1993 Hong Kong action-comedy film directed by Corey Yuen (Yuen Kwai) and starring [Jet Li](https://www.edgepedia.org/jet-li) as the Chinese folk hero [Fong Sai-yuk](https://www.edgepedia.org/fong-sai-yuk) (Fang Shiyu). It is a sequel to *Fong Sai-yuk*, which was released earlier the same year, and it continues the comic adventures of the young kung fu fighter in 18th-century China.[1](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/1994/films/fong-sai-yuk-ii)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | 30 July 1993, Hong Kong[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106937/) |
| Director / writers | Corey Yuen; screenplay by John Chan (Chan Kin-chung) and Jeff Lau[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106937/fullcredits/) |
| Producer | Jet Li[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106937/fullcredits/) |
| Lead cast | Jet Li, Josephine Siao, Adam Cheng, Michelle Reis, Amy Kwok, Corey Yuen[4](https://www.hkfact.com/movie/7650) |
| Hong Kong box office | HK$23,013,797[4](https://www.hkfact.com/movie/7650) |
| Language / format | Cantonese; shot on 35mm[1](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/1994/films/fong-sai-yuk-ii) |
## Spoilers
### Cast and characters
Jet Li plays Fong Sai-yuk, the young martial artist at the center of both films. Josephine Siao returns as his mother Miu Chui-fa (苗翠花), a role that is again pivotal; the [Rotterdam](https://www.edgepedia.org/rotterdam) catalog notes that she "steals the show" as Fong's dominant mother.[1](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/1994/films/fong-sai-yuk-ii) • [4](https://www.hkfact.com/movie/7650) Adam Cheng plays Chan Ka-lok, leader of the Red Flower Society, and [Michelle Reis](https://www.edgepedia.org/michelle-reis) plays Ting Ting, Fong's wife.[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106937/fullcredits/) Amy Kwok plays Sun On-yi (安兒), the daughter of the Viceroy of Liangguang, and Corey Yuen himself appears as Li Kuo-pang, his mother's senior.[4](https://www.hkfact.com/movie/7650) • [8](https://moevillage.com/%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%96%E7%8E%89%E7%BA%8C%E9%9B%86) Ji Chunhua, who had played the villain in Jet Li's *Shaolin Temple* films, plays the antagonist Yu Zhen-hai.[9](https://www.flkcinema.com/movie/293) • [4](https://www.hkfact.com/movie/7650)
According to IMDb trivia, Corey Yuen had wanted the [Korean martial arts](https://www.edgepedia.org/korean-martial-arts) director and actor Won Jin to star alongside Jet Li, but other commitments prevented his participation.[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106937/)
### Plot
The story picks up where the first film ended. Fong Sai-yuk and his new bride join the Red Flower Society, a community that has cut itself off from the harsh Manchu rulers of the [Qing dynasty](https://www.edgepedia.org/qing-dynasty).[6](https://fareastfilms.com/review/fong-sai-yuk-ii/) The Society is trying to overthrow the Manchu emperor and re-establish the [Ming dynasty](https://www.edgepedia.org/ming-dynasty).[10](https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-legend-of-fong-sai-yuk-2/cast/2000120848/)
Fong is entrusted with seizing a secret document, a box carried by a band of Japanese warriors. He fails on the first attempt after a furious fight, and is persuaded to use his charms on the daughter of the man who owns the list, much to the annoyance of his loyal wife.[6](https://fareastfilms.com/review/fong-sai-yuk-ii/) In the Chinese-language synopsis, the ambitious second-in-command Yu Zhen-hai, resentful that leadership passed to Chan Ka-lok, repeatedly tries to have him assassinated; Fong publicly rebukes him and the two become enemies.[8](https://moevillage.com/%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%96%E7%8E%89%E7%BA%8C%E9%9B%86) When Fong finally manages the theft, after botching it once, he discovers that the Society's leader is really the emperor's brother, and the situation collapses from there.[1](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/1994/films/fong-sai-yuk-ii) A monk's early warning to Chan Ka-lok, that someone close to him means him harm while another close to him will save him, proves true as the traitor within the Society is revealed.[11](https://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/fong-sai-yuk-2-1993/)
The secret of the box is uncovered by Yu Zhen-hai, who has Li Kuo-pang killed and Chan Ka-lok imprisoned and seizes the leadership himself. Fong, whose martial arts Chan had feigned crippling to protect him, returns once healed and defeats Yu in a final battle, after which Chan resumes command and Fong withdraws from the martial world with his mother and his bride.[8](https://moevillage.com/%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%96%E7%8E%89%E7%BA%8C%E9%9B%86) • [7](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/49172.shtml)
## Production and release
The first *Fong Sai-yuk* opened in Hong Kong on 4 March 1993 and earned about HK$30.7 million, one of Jet Li's most financially successful films.[5](https://post.smzdm.com/p/awwon3kk/) Director Corey Yuen gathered most of the main cast together again and started work on a sequel immediately; by the end of July 1993 *Fong Sai-yuk II* was in Hong Kong cinemas, premiering on 30 July.[6](https://fareastfilms.com/review/fong-sai-yuk-ii/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106937/)
The film was produced by Eastern Productions with Golden Harvest and Nova Media, and filming took place in China.[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106937/) Studios listed among the shooting companies include Inner Mongolia Film Studio and Beijing Film Studio.[4](https://www.hkfact.com/movie/7650) The film had its international premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 1994.[1](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/1994/films/fong-sai-yuk-ii)
Reported running times differ between sources: the Rotterdam festival catalog lists 100 minutes,[1](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/1994/films/fong-sai-yuk-ii) while IMDb, 1905.com, and one Chinese-language reference list 95 minutes[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106937/) • [7](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/49172.shtml) • [8](https://moevillage.com/%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%96%E7%8E%89%E7%BA%8C%E9%9B%86) and two other databases list 96 minutes.[9](https://www.flkcinema.com/movie/293)
## Action and reception
The film combines comedy and action in the manner of the first installment, and its finale is a huge fight staged on a pyramid of stools.[1](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/1994/films/fong-sai-yuk-ii) Reviewers have generally judged the action as strong: Far East Films called it a welcome slice of new-wave martial arts with sizzling action, while noting that the rushed subplots and abrupt switches between comedy and drama make it less smooth than its predecessor.[6](https://fareastfilms.com/review/fong-sai-yuk-ii/) Qwipster's review found it less funny than the original but praised the fight scenes and Josephine Siao's performance, calling the final confrontation awe-inspiring.[12](https://www.qwipster.net/fongsai2.htm) 1905.com records a rating of 8.1 for the film.[7](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/49172.shtml)
## Box office
*Fong Sai-yuk II* earned HK$23,013,797 in Hong Kong.[4](https://www.hkfact.com/movie/7650) It opened against the enormous success of *Jurassic Park* in the same season and still entered the year's top ten; it also outgrossed *Jigong*, released one day later, by more than HK$1 million, marking the first time Jet Li beat [Stephen Chow](https://www.edgepedia.org/stephen-chow) in the same Hong Kong release window.[5](https://post.smzdm.com/p/awwon3kk/) The sequel earned less than the first film, which had taken about HK$30.7 million that March.[5](https://post.smzdm.com/p/awwon3kk/)
## Place in the Fong Sai-yuk film tradition
Fong Sai-yuk has been a recurring screen figure since the late 1940s, when the *Fong Sai-yuk* and *Wong Fei-hung* series established Southern Shaolin legends and Lingnan boxers as a mainstay of [Chinese martial arts](https://www.edgepedia.org/chinese-martial-arts) cinema.[13](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/5.-Exhibition-and-Screening/ProFolio/Profolio-101_E.pdf) The Hong Kong Film Archive included both of Corey Yuen's 1993 films, with Jet Li and Josephine Siao as Fong Sai-yuk and Miu Chui-fa, in its "100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies" selection program.[14](https://www.prdculture.org.cn/prdculture/xgwhzx/201410/832243a3abe34ab082ef947b95d9e9d5.shtml) The pair has since been restored in 4K and released on 4K UHD and Blu-ray by 88 Films in the United Kingdom in 2024 and by Shout! Studios in the United States in 2025.[4](https://www.hkfact.com/movie/7650)
## References
1. [Fong sai yuk II, International Film Festival Rotterdam 1994](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/1994/films/fong-sai-yuk-ii)
2. [The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk 2 (1993), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106937/)
3. [The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk 2 (1993), Full cast & crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106937/fullcredits/)
4. [HKFACT: 方世玉续集](https://www.hkfact.com/movie/7650)
5. [〖影评专栏〗1993香港电影风云（三）, 什么值得买](https://post.smzdm.com/p/awwon3kk/)
6. [Fong Sai Yuk II (1993) Review, Far East Films](https://fareastfilms.com/review/fong-sai-yuk-ii/)
7. [方世玉续集--谁与争锋, 1905电影网](https://m.1905.com/m/film/info/49172.shtml)
8. [方世玉續集, 萌村百科](https://moevillage.com/%E6%96%B9%E4%B8%96%E7%8E%89%E7%BA%8C%E9%9B%86)
9. [Fong Sai Yuk 2, FLK Cinema](https://www.flkcinema.com/movie/293)
10. [The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk 2, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-legend-of-fong-sai-yuk-2/cast/2000120848/)
11. [Review: Fong Sai Yuk 2 (1993), Heroic Cinema](https://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/fong-sai-yuk-2-1993/)
12. [The Legend II review (1993), Qwipster's Movie Reviews](https://www.qwipster.net/fongsai2.htm)
13. [ProFolio 101, Hong Kong Film Archive](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/5.-Exhibition-and-Screening/ProFolio/Profolio-101_E.pdf)
14. [电影资料馆「百部不可不看的香港电影」, 三地文化资讯](https://www.prdculture.org.cn/prdculture/xgwhzx/201410/832243a3abe34ab082ef947b95d9e9d5.shtml)
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