The Grandmaster

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Movie: The Grandmaster
Chinese: 一代宗师 (Yut Doi Jung Si)
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Writer: Wong Kar-Wai, Zou Jingzhi, Xu Haofeng
Producer: Wong Kar-Wai
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Release Date: January 8, 2013 (China) / January 10, 2013 (Hong Kong)
Runtime: 123 min.
Language: Cantonese
Country: Hong Kong

Notes

"The Grand Master" will center around Wing Chun grand master Ip Man (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), who had several students who would later became martial arts teachers in their own right, including Bruce Lee.
"The Grand Master" is set to become Wong Kar-Wai's first martial arts film.
On November 21, 2009, Hye-kyo Song's management agency (이든나인엔테인먼트) confirmed that Hye-kyo Song has been cast in "The Grand Master". Hye-kyo Song is currently learning Cantonese and also the martial arts for her as of yet unnamed role in "The Grand Master". Wong Kar-Wai previously mentioned during the 2004 Pusan International Film Festival that he would like to work with Hye-kyo Song.
Filming began November, 2009.
Related titles (based on the life of Yip Man).
1. Ip Man (2008)
2. The Legend is Born - Ip Man (2010)
3. Ip Man 2 (2010)
4. The Grandmaster | Yut Doi Jung Si (2011)

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Film Festivals

2013 (63rd) Berlin International Film Festival - February 7-17, 2013 - Opening Film *International Premiere
2013 (37th) Hong Kong International Film Festival - March 17 - April 4, 2013 - Hong Kong Panorama 2012-2013
2013 (15th) Deauville Asian Film Festival - March 6-10, 2013 - Non-Competing
2013 (48th) Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - June 28-July 6, 2013 - Horizons

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Code537 Sep 13 2013 3:07 am @kenobi The original dialogues are quite split between Cantonese and Mandarin. The characters from the South (Ip Man, Gold Pavilion patrons) speak Cantonese throughout the film while the characters from the North speak Mandarin (Gong Er, Ma San, Gong Yitian, etc). That's where Guang Zhou (aka Canton and thus Cantonese) province is, the southern part of China. And they speak their own dialect to each other, which is kinda weird cuz we don't do this. It's not easy to understand each other. For example, Ip Man and Gong Er converse in Cantonese and Mandarin to each other. I'm fluent in both so I'm not complaining but if you are only fluent in one, needing to catch every other subtitle is like "flashing lights" in your brain lol...

Kenobi Jun 28 2013 3:33 pm I am wondering: I have read that the Movie feautures 3 Language: Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese and Japanese. But what do they speak in the orignal mainly. Is it Mandarin the Most of the Time they are speaking or Cantonese? When we are speaking of the orignal Version? Not the dubbed Versions. Thanks for any Help!

maonana Feb 22 2013 7:47 pm grandmaster cannot be compared against ip man (donnie yen). This movie talks much and boring.....

insomnia Feb 16 2013 1:04 pm Great movie to watch,it cure my insomia... But if you don't have insomnia,don't watch this movie.

This is the worst movie of 2013

Congratulation.....

jack Feb 13 2013 2:56 am Note 2 is wrong.

Wong Kar Wai shot 'Ashes of Time' way back in 1994.

yvan Feb 01 2013 7:39 am still looking for an australian release date esp. sydney

2046 Jan 26 2013 2:31 pm i have seen it in chinese cinema,ziyi acted perfect in her role.she deserves a lot of best actress award.what a wonderful movie!!!an incredibly image and action.i'm so moving for Gonger(ziyi's role) and Ip 's love story....it's a gorgeous and great movie!!!!!

wordylilchacha Sep 12 2012 12:09 am song hye kyo doing martial arts, that already interesting fact about this film.

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