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The Assassin
Why this pick
Like The Grandmaster, it turns martial arts into poised visual choreography, using period detail, ellipsis and stillness to make every encounter feel emotionally charged.
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MOVIE2013 2h 10m HKG
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
A harsher, more fragmented wuxia vision, it similarly treats fighting as physical expression and builds its period world through kinetic imagery rather than straightforward biography.
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Why this pick
Its episodic structure, controlled compositions and sudden eruptions of violence offer a modern Chinese counterpart to The Grandmaster’s meditative concern with history and force.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film narrates the life of the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man, beginning in the 1930s in Foshan and moving on to cover his flight to Hong Kong after the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the events leading up to his death.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Ip Man
Zhang Ziyi
Gong Er
Chang Chen
Razor
Zhao Benshan
Ding Lianshan
Xiao Shenyang
San Jiang Shui
Song Hye-kyo
Zhang Yongcheng
Qingxiang Wang
Master Gong Yutian
Zhang Jin
Ma San