General Outline
With Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung as the main character, the films deal with the negative effects of Western imperialism in China during the late Qing Dynasty. The second film features as a supporting character Sun Yat-sen, a revolutionary leader and founding father of the Chinese republic. Unlike the majority of Hong Kong action films, the Once Upon a Time in China series is clearly politicised. However, as they were regarded foremost as commercial entertainment films, the political implications seem to have little impact. Moreover, the main thrust is nonpartisan nationalism, and because Sun Yat-sen is highly regarded in both the People's Republic of China (mainland China) and the Republic of China (Taiwan), the films are not as politically divisive as they may seem.
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