Once Upon a Time in China III is a 1993 Hong Kong martial arts film written, produced and directed by Tsui Hark.

Jet Li stars as Chinese martial arts master and folk hero of Cantonese ethnicity, Wong Fei-hung.

Empress Dowager Cixi and Li Hongzhang decide to stage a lion dance competition to showcase Chinese martial arts and restore national pride.

In the final round of the competition, Wong, Leung and Clubfoot fight with dozens of rival lion dancers as they battle their way to the top of a scaffold.

In the meantime, Tomanovsky fails to assassinate Li Hongzhang and is shot dead by his fellow Russians, who claim to the Chinese that he was a spy working for the Japanese.

On Rotten Tomatoes, Once Upon a Time in China III got 67%, based on 9 reviews[2] while Marc Salvov of The Austin Chronicle gave it 2.5 out of 5.

It was distributed by Long Shong Pictures and features a 4:3 cropped image with embedded Chinese and English subtitles, and the distributor's logo on the upper left corner of the screen.