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The Grandmaster

Original title: Yi dai zong shi · Turkish title: Büyük Usta

“In Martial Arts there is no right or wrong, only the last man standing.”

2013 · 2 h 10 min
Directed by Wong Kar-wai
ActionBiographyDrama

Cast

Tony Leung Zhang Ziyi

Credits

Written by: Wong Kar-Wai

Plot

A life of Ip Man, the teacher of Bruce Lee.

Sinekatalog’s take

Wong Kar-wai's martial-arts biography of Ip Man is exquisitely shot, with rain-soaked fights and fragments of lost love. It is more mood piece than story, but its beauty is dazzling.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (39,101 votes)
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