--- title: 'The Grandmaster (2013)' type: 'film' director: 'Wong Kar-wai' released: '2013-01-08' runtime_minutes: 130 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Action' - 'History' countries: - 'Hong Kong' - 'People''s Republic of China' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-grandmaster-2013' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462900/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Grandmaster (2013) 2013 · 130 min · Drama, Action, History · Hong Kong, People's Republic of China ## Synopsis The Grandmaster is a 2013 martial arts drama film based on the life story of the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man. The film was directed and written by Wong Kar-wai. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, it was released on 8 January 2013 in China, and screened as the opening film at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2013. It was selected as part of the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival. The Weinstein Company acquired the international distribution rights for the film. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, making the January shortlist, but ultimately did not receive the nomination. Despite this, the film was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design. ## Credits - **Director:** [Wong Kar-wai](https://cinepixo.com/people/wong-kar-wai) - **Screenplay:** [Wong Kar-wai](https://cinepixo.com/people/wong-kar-wai), [Zou Jingzhi](https://cinepixo.com/people/zou-jingzhi), [Xu Haofeng](https://cinepixo.com/people/xu-haofeng) - **Producer:** [Wong Kar-wai](https://cinepixo.com/people/wong-kar-wai), [Jacky Yee Wah Pang](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacky-yee-wah-pang) - **Original Music Composer:** [Shigeru Umebayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shigeru-umebayashi), [Nathaniel Méchaly](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathaniel-mechaly), [Stefano Lentini](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefano-lentini) - **Director of Photography:** [Philippe Le Sourd](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-le-sourd) - **Editor:** [William Chang](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-chang), [Poon Hung](https://cinepixo.com/people/poon-hung) ## Cast - [Yuen Woo-ping](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuen-woo-ping) - [George Wang](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-wang) - [Chin Shih-Chieh](https://cinepixo.com/people/chin-shih-chieh) - [Zhang Jin](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhang-jin) - [Shang Tielong](https://cinepixo.com/people/shang-tielong) - [Zhao Benshan](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhao-benshan) - [Zhang Ziyi](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhang-ziyi) - [Xiaoshenyang](https://cinepixo.com/people/xiaoshenyang) - [Julian Cheung](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-cheung) - [Lo Hoi-pang](https://cinepixo.com/people/lo-hoi-pang) - [Lau Shun](https://cinepixo.com/people/lau-shun) - [Chang Chen](https://cinepixo.com/people/chang-chen) - [Wang Qingxiang](https://cinepixo.com/people/wang-qingxiang) - [Song Hye-kyo](https://cinepixo.com/people/song-hye-kyo) - [Lo Mang](https://cinepixo.com/people/lo-mang) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://thegrandmasterfilm.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-grandmaster-2013 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1155695); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.