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Traditional Chinese | 霍元甲 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 霍元甲 | ||||||||||
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Directed by | Ronny Yu | ||||||||||
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Music by | Shigeru Umebayashi | ||||||||||
Distributed by | Edko Films (Hong Kong) China Film Group (China) | ||||||||||
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Running time | 105 minutes | ||||||||||
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Languages | Mandarin[2] Cantonese Japanese English | ||||||||||
Budget | CNY 90 million (18 million USD)+[3] | ||||||||||
Box office | USD$68.1 million |
Fearless, also known as Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲) in Chinese, as Spirit in Japan and as Jet Li's Fearless in the United Kingdom and in the United States, is a 2006 martial arts film directed by Ronny Yu and starring Jet Li. It is loosely based on the life of Huo Yuanjia, a Chinese martial artist who challenged foreign fighters in highly publicized events, restoring pride and nationalism to China at a time when Western imperialism and Japanese manipulation were eroding the country in the final years of the Qing Dynasty before the birth of the Republic of China. Li stated in an interview that the film was his last wushu martial arts epic, a point also made in the film's television promotions and other publicity.[citation needed]
Fearless was released on 26 January 2006 in Hong Kong, on 23 June 2006 in the United Kingdom, and on 22 September 2006 in the United States.[4]