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  1. 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.

  2. Mar 1, 2018 · The movie is loosely based (sometimes VERY loosely) on the life of Huo Yuanjia 霍元甲 (1860-1910), one of China’s most famous martial artists. Much has been made of the liberties taken with the life of the real Huo Yuanjia in making this film and one of Huo’s descendants, Huo Shoujin, even filed a lawsuit against Jet Li himself trying to ...

  3. Aug 7, 2020 · Yes, really! Many believe it to be a work of fiction, but Jet Li’s character in Fearless is that of Chinese Martial Arts Master and Wushu legend Huo Yuanjia. Huo Yuanjia founded the Jin Wu Sports Federation and is called one of China's historical sports heroes, and lived from 1868 to 1910. He also co-founded the Shanghai martial arts school ...

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  4. Huo turns to her and smiles, indicating a lovers’ reconciliation. Controversy. The descendants of Huo Yuanjia were so upset by how their ancestor was portrayed in Fearless, as well as by the historical inaccuracies in the film, that they launched a lawsuit against Jet Li and the film’s producers and distributors in March 2006.

  5. Mar 9, 2006 · The grandson of a late Chinese kung fu master has sued the producers and distributors of the Jet Li film, Huo Yuanjia , called Fearless in English. Huo Shoujin, the grandson of deceased kung fu ...

  6. According to China’s Xinhua News Agency (via the A.P.), family members of the turn-of-the-century figure are suing the producers and distributors of "Huo Yuan Jia" (to be released stateside as "Fearless") and have added star Jet Li into the suit for added measure, just for being a part of the film.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Huo_YuanjiaHuo Yuanjia - Wikipedia

    Hong Kong action cinema. Kung fu film. Vietnamese martial arts. Wushu (sport) Wuxia. v. t. e. Huo Yuanjia[ b ] (18 January 1868 – 9 August 1910), [ 1 ] courtesy name Junqing, [ c ] was a Chinese martial artist and co-founder of the Chin Woo Athletic Association, a martial arts school in Shanghai.

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