Iron & Silk (1990)
As a student in America, he searched for ancient wisdom. As a teacher in China, he learned to find it within himself.
92 min
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
- January 20, 1990
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Mark Salzman as Teacher Mark
- Qingfu Pan as Self
- Hangcheng Dong as Teacher Cai
- Xihong Jiang as Teacher Zhang
- Jeanette Lin Tsui as Teacher Hei
- Espérance Pham Thai Lan as Zhang & April
- Xudong Sun as Sinbad
- Funglin To as Old Sheep
- Vivian Wu as Ming
- Yang Xiru as Dr. Wang
Crew
- Shirley Sun · Director
- Mark Salzman · Writer
- Shirley Sun · Writer
- Shirley Sun · Producer
- Michael Gibbs · Composer
- James Hayman · Cinematographer
- James Y. Kwei · Editor
- Geraldine Peroni · Editor
- Calvin Tsao · Production designer