Iron and Silk

Year: 1990

Runtime: 92 mins

Language: English

Director: Shirley Sun

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He goes from a U.S. college student searching for ancient wisdom to an English teacher in China discovering it within himself. Iron and Silk (1990), from Mark Salzman’s memoir, follows his graduation trip to Changsha to study wushu (kung fu) and teach English. Salzman plays himself with Pan Qingfu, who claimed he could portray him. In Hangzhou.

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