Bodyguards and Assassins (2009) on Netflix

Plot summary

In British-ruled Hong Kong, the revolutionary leader Sun Wen is to arrive in secret in 1905 for a meeting with comrades who want to overthrow the Qing Empire and found a republic. The Qing government learns of the gathering and sends assassins into the colony to kill him. Newspaper editor Chen Shaobai brings word of the visit to businessman Li Yutang, who has quietly funded the cause, until the British authorities close the newspaper and Li declares his support openly. To keep Sun alive, Li assembles a group of ordinary people: rickshaw pullers, hawkers, a former monk who sells stinky tofu, and a beggar.