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The Grandmaster (Chinese : 一代宗师) is a 2013 martial arts drama film based on the life story of the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man. [ 1 ][ 4 ] The film was directed and written by Wong Kar-wai. It was released on 8 January 2013, in China.
Kar-Wai Wong. Director: The Grandmaster. Wong Kar-wai (born 17 July 1956) is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylised, emotionally resonant work, including Ah fei zing zyun (1990), Dung che sai duk (1994), Chung Hing sam lam (1994), Do lok tin si (1995), Chun gwong cha sit ...
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Wyman Wong Wai-Man was born on May 21, 1969. In the early nineties he somehow ended up as a DJ after going to HK Commercial Radio headquarters to pick up a prize he won through a radio contest. That became his full-time job until he officially left the radio station in 1998.
Vivian Kong Man Wai MH (Chinese: 江旻憓; Jyutping: gong1 man4 wai6; born 8 February 1994) is a Hong Kong left-handed épée fencer. A three-time individual Asian champion and three-time Olympian , she won gold in women's individual épée at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games .
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In 1935, Foshan is a hub of Southern Chinese martial arts, where various schools actively recruit disciples and compete against each other. Although the Wing Chunmaster Ip Man is the most skilled martial artist in Foshan, he is unassuming and maintains a low profile. He is respected by other masters for the humbleness he displays in friendly, close...
Donnie Yen as Ip Man, a sole practitioner of the martial art Wing Chun.Lynn Hung as Cheung Wing-sing, Ip Man's wife.Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as General Miura (Japanese: 陸軍大将 三浦, Rikugun-Taishō Miura/三浦将军; Sānpǔ jiāngjūn), a Japanese general and Karateexpert.Tenma Shibuya as Colonel Sato (Japanese: 陸軍大佐 佐藤, Rikugun-Taisa Satō/佐藤上校; Zuǒténg shàngxiào), a Japanese colonel and Miura's second in-command.The idea of an Ip Man biopic originated in 1998 when Jeffrey Lau and Corey Yuen discussed the idea of making a film based on Bruce Lee's martial arts master. However, Paragon Films Ltd, the studio producing the proposed film, closed and the project was abandoned. Producer Raymond Wong decided to develop his own Ip Man film with full consent from Ip...
Ip Man's original title was controversial. It was disputed when film director Wong Kar-wai announced plans to make his own Ip Man film with Tony Leung Chiu-wai while filming 2046. Wong had planned his own Ip Man biopic titled The Great Master (一代宗师), with Leung playing the role of Ip. Wong's film, however, had been in development hell, having been ...
Ip Man premiered in Beijing, China on 10 December 2008, only two days prior to its release in China. The film was later released in Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand on 18 December 2008, one day prior to its release date in Hong Kong. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 2 October 2009.In 2010, Mandarin Films sold North American distrib...
Ip Man is the first film in a tetralogy. Donnie Yen reprised the lead role in the sequel Ip Man 2, the second feature film based on the life of Ip Man. The film focuses on Ip's movements in Hong Kong as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts; at the end it also briefly introduces a young Bruce Lee prior to becoming one of...
Ip Man at IMDbIp Man at the Hong Kong Movie DataBaseFilmography (1994-2024): Actor (30 films) : The True Hero (1994) Out of the Blue (1995) Mack the Knife (1995)...Brother Fook : Tricky Business (1995)...Shi Chung ...
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Kar-Wai Wong. Director: The Grandmaster. Wong Kar-wai (born 17 July 1956) is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylised, emotionally resonant work, including Ah fei zing zyun (1990), Dung che sai duk (1994), Chung Hing sam lam (1994), Do lok tin si (1995), Chun gwong cha sit ...
