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True Legend
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Specs
Distribution: Edko Films
Director: Yuen Woo Ping
Cast: Vincent Zhao, Zhou Xun, Jay Chou, Michelle Yeoh, Andy On, Guo Xiaodong
Duration: 115 mins.
Category: IIB
Theatre Line-up: TBA
Release Date: February 11 2010
Official Website: yuenwooping-truelegend.com
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Synopsis
True Legend is the extraordinary journey of a man - a martial arts hero -
whose greatest dream is to create a unique school of martial arts for the
world to follow.
All his life, Su Can has been pursuing the summit in martial arts. There are
two things he holds dearest to his heart – the dream of creating a unique
kind of martial arts that will pass on to generations; and his beloved wife.
Su has a happy family and his wife is the joy of his life. But owing to a
turn of fate and his own stubbornness, Su falls helplessly into a quagmire
and his family is destroyed.
After losing his wife, Su cannot live with himself and collapses totally. He
is drunk all the time and becomes a crazy beggar in everyone’s eyes.
Everyday, his young son ties him with a piece of rope and leads him through
the streets, greeted by people’s curious and disdainful gazes. On the
surface, Su now appears as a beggar gone crazy, getting drunk every day. He
wanders from town to town, becoming a man without any purpose in the eyes of
others.
But all this time during his spiritual exile, his dream for the highest peak
in martial arts is still alive. The harsh conditions of life have not damped
down his determination in perfecting his skills. He conjures up scenes where
he combats the legendary Lord of Wushu, with whom he refines his skills and
achieves a peace of mind.
Meanwhile, the Heilongjiang Province where Su resides falls under
foreigners’ rule. One day a crisis happens that threatens the life of his
young son – the only person Su still cares about and his last bit of human
hope. At the critical moment, the flame of life is re-ignited in Su. He lets
out the utmost strength that has lay dormant in him during all his
devastated time, and it becomes the strongest school of fists that the
martial arts world has ever known.
Thus is the story of Su Can and the famous “Drunken Fist”, which is based
on the story of a real-life hero. True Legend is directed by Yuen Woo Ping,
who choreographed the brilliant action sequences of Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2,
The Matrix series and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. True Legend is poised
to amaze the world’s kung fu fans once again as the highest manifestation
of Chinese martial arts in movies.
Special thanks: Edko Films
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