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True Legend is a 2010 Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo-ping in his first film as director since 1996. The film stars Vincent Zhao in the lead role, and co-stars Zhou Xun, Jay Chou, and Andy On. Gordon Liu, Leung Kar-yan, Michelle Yeoh, and David Carradine make cameo appearances. Set in China in the 1860s, the plot follows retired Qing general Su Can (Zhao), whose peaceful life is interrupted when his vengeful brother, Yuan (On), returns from war armed with the deadly Five Venom Fists. Weakened but not destroyed, Su Can learns the Drunken Fist style from the God of Wushu (Chou). Armed with this new power, he returns home to honor his family through retribution by taking on his brother.