Movie: Iron and Silk

Top 5 Billed Cast

Mark Salzman
Mark Salzman

Teacher Mark

Qingfu Pan
Qingfu Pan

Pan Qingfu

Vivian Wu
邬君梅

Ming

Hangcheng Dong
Hangcheng Dong

Teacher Cai

Xihong Jiang
Xihong Jiang

Teacher Zhang

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    Iron and Silk is a 1990 movie based on the eponymous book by American writer Mark Salzman. It details his journey to China after college to study Chinese wu shu, better known in the west as kung fu, and to teach English. Though not trained as an actor, Salzman starred as himself, as did Pan Qingfu, who claimed no one else could portray him on film. Salzman's experiences occurred in Changsha, Hunan, though the film was shot in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. (Wikipedia)

  • Release Date

    1991-02-15

  • Average

    5.9

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    As a student in America, he searched for ancient wisdom. As a teacher in China, he learned to find it within himself.

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    English
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