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Cast

Mark Salzman

Mark Salzman

Teacher Mark

Qingfu Pan

Qingfu Pan

Pan Qingfu

Vivian Wu

Vivian Wu

Ming

Hangcheng Dong

Hangcheng Dong

Teacher Cai

Xihong Jiang

Xihong Jiang

Teacher Zhang

Crew

Mark Salzman

Mark Salzman

Writer

Shirley Sun

Shirley Sun

Director

Shirley Sun

Shirley Sun

Writer

Geraldine Peroni

Geraldine Peroni

Editor

Shirley Sun

Shirley Sun

Producer

James Hayman

James Hayman

Director of Photography

Michael Gibbs

Michael Gibbs

Original Music Composer

Calvin Tsao

Calvin Tsao

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James Y. Kwei

James Y. Kwei

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Iron and Silk

19915.9 / 1092 min
Drama, Comedy

Overview

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

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)