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Tight 31-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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The Road to "The Grandmaster"
2012 0h 31m ZH
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7.5
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★7.5TMDB · 2
Documentary
Synopsis
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This is not a documentary describing the filming process of "The Grandmaster", but a record of Wong Kar-wai and Chen Xunqi's personal visits to martial artists all over the mainland to collect valuable martial arts information. It is divided into two episodes.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Wong Kar-Wai
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Zhang Ziyi
Chang Chen
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Wong Kar-Wai
- Languages
- Mandarin, Cantonese
- Countries
- China
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The take
Wong Kar-Wai directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in China. Dialogue in Mandarin, Cantonese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 31-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 14 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Mandarin, Cantonese.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Wong Kar-Wai and Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Zhang Ziyi carry the top of the cast.
- 6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 31 min · 0h 31m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- ZH
Also by
Wong Kar-Wai
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Digital2012-11-15
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