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Released
2012 · FILM

Tai Chi Hero

The Throwdown Continues

Directed by
Runtime
100 min
Language
CN
ActionAdventureFantasy

Synopsis

The Chinese steampunk martial‑arts blockbuster depicts the early years of Yang Luchan, the 19th‑century founder of the Tai Chi style that has become the most popular worldwide. As the second installment of the “Tai Chi” trilogy, it continues the story of Yang Luchan, a gifted child marked by a fleshy growth on his forehead, who helps save a village from an army of steampunk soldiers equipped with strange machines and imparts to them the knowledge of Tai Chi that he has received.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 15

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Shot by Peter Ngor Chi Kwan

Box Office

2012 · Box office

Produced on a $40.0M budget

Production budget

$40.0M

Also known as

  • Tai Chi 2: The Hero Riseses

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