Tai-Chi Master (1993) on Netflix

Plot summary

Raised together in a Shaolin temple, Tienbo and Junbao practice kung fu and compete over who is stronger, which often lands them in trouble. In a competition for promotion, a student cheats against Tienbo, who nearly kills him; both are expelled, with help from a sympathetic teacher. In the outside world they meet Miss Li, who takes back money a gang of henchmen seized from a shop owner and returns it. Junbao fights the gang off, and army reinforcements drive the three to flee. Liu Jin, the eunuch governor, passes through town, and Tienbo wants the wealth and power he sees. Siu-lin searches for her lost husband and supports herself playing a sanxian in a pub. The governor's second-in-command offers Tienbo a place in the army, which Tienbo accepts while Junbao declines.