Trailer: ‘The Grand Grandmaster’
By Isaac Chambers | Jan 22, 2020
‘The Grand Grandmaster’ (乜代宗師) is a 2020 Hong Kong romantic comedy written and directed by Dayo Wong.
The film, which is a parody of Wong Kar Wai‘s ‘The Grandmaster‘, centres around a kung fu master who finds himself falling for the woman who defeated him in a fight. The cast includes Dayo Wong, Annie Liu, Hui Siu-Hung, Harriet Yeung, Catherine Chau, Ivan Yuen, C Kwan, Eddie Law, Luk Wing-Kuen, and Ivana Wong.
Synopsis: After he is knocked out by a woman on the street, Grandmaster Fei Lung (Wong) finds his reputation ruined. When he discovers that the woman is in fact a champion boxer named Chun (Liu), Fei Lung challenges her to a fight in the hope of regaining his popularity. However, he gradually finds himself falling in love with Chun and now he is torn between his heart and his career.
‘The Grand Grandmaster’ opens across China on January 23, 2020.
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