True Legend (2010) Su Qi-Er (original title)

Director:

Woo-ping Yuen

Writer:

Chi-long To (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 February 2010 (China)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History

Plot:

Su Qi-Er retired from his life as a renowned Qing dynasty general in order to pursue his dream of a family and his own martial arts school...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Doctor | Bald Hero | Betrayal | Hallucination

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Wenzhuo Zhao	...	Su Can / Su Qi-Er (as Vincent Zhao)
Xun Zhou	...	Yuan Ying
Andy On	...	Yuan Lie
Xiaodong Guo	...	Colonel Ma
Jay Chou	...	God of Wushu / Drunken God
Michelle Yeoh	...	Dr. Yu
Xiaogang Feng	...	Pickpocket
David Carradine	...	Anthony
Cung Le	...	Militia Leader
Chia Hui Liu	...	Old Sage (as Gordon Liu)
Ka-Yan Leung	...	Su Wan-Kun
Jacky Heung	...	Imperial Prince
Ni Yan	...	Bar Owner
Will Liu	...	Iron Lad (as Genghong Liu)
Luxia Jiang	...	Iron Maiden
Ze Li	...	Little Feng - age 5
Hanwen Suen	...	Little Feng - age 8
Conan Stevens	...	Malotoff
Sylvester 'Bear' Terkay	...	Elder Scot Brother (as Sylvester Terkay)
Matt 'Horshu' Wiese	...	Younger Scot Brother (as Matt Weise)
Dominiquie Vandenberg	...	Bald One-eye (as Dominiquie Vandenberg)
Jon Heidenreich	...	Blonde Scarface (as Jon Heidenrecih)
Jiulong Guo	...	Old Servant
He Hung	...	Anchorperson
Jianchang Tan	...	Interpreter
Xiaofei Sun	...	Yuan Lie Soldier
Jiawei Na	...	Prisoner
Xiaohua Wu	...	Potato Hawker
Fanjie Meng	...	Performer
Jie Gao	...	Performer
Lin Zhu	...	Performer (as Lin Zhuo)
Rui Huang	...	Performer
Yiguo Zhang	...	Performer
Xinyl Liu	...	Performer
Xiaolong LI	...	Performer
Guofeng Li	...	Performer
Bo Peng	...	Performer
You Zhang	...	Performer
Yachao Wang	...	Performer
Hao Xia	...	Performer
Guoqing Deng	...	Performer
Yeng Xing	...	Performer

Directed by
Woo-ping Yuen

Writing credits
Chi-long To		(screenplay) (as Christine To)

Produced by
Cary Cheng	....	producer
William Kong	....	executive producer (as Bill Kong)
William Kong	....	producer (as Bill Kong)
Rosanna Ng	....	associate producer
Ellen Poon	....	co-producer
Zhong-lun Ren	....	executive producer
Tianyun Wang	....	producer
Jianshai Xu	....	producer (as Xu Jianhai)
Alice Yeung	....	associate producer
Qiang Zhang	....	executive producer
Zhenyan Zhang	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Shigeru Umebayashi

Cinematography by
Xiaoding Zhao		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Wenders Li

Casting by
Mo Lan
Mike Leeder		(uncredited)
Rosanna Ng		(uncredited)

Production Design by
Tingxiao Huo

Art Direction by
Yi Wang
Bin Zhao
Shouyi Zhao

Set Decoration by
Baotai Li
Xiaolong Xu

Costume Design by
Chung Man Yee

Makeup Department
Ratt Boonsongprasert	....	special makeup effects artist (as Rat Boonsongpresert)
Lin Chen	....	assistant hair stylist
Ruijin Chen	....	assistant makeup artist
Hao Congying	....	assistant makeup artist
Yubao Cui	....	makeup artist
Vittaya Deerattrakul	....	special makeup effects artist (as Vitaya Deerattakul)
Ceqi Feng	....	assistant hair stylist
Ying Gao	....	assistant makeup artist
Hongfeng Jiang	....	assistant makeup artist
Changliang Li	....	assistant hair stylist
Miaomiao Li	....	key assistant hair stylist
Xuemei Li	....	assistant hair stylist
Ying Li	....	assistant makeup artist
Cheng Liping	....	assistant hair stylist
Jingjing Ma	....	assistant hair stylist
Sarawuth Pansingh	....	special makeup effects artist
Qian Qiao	....	assistant makeup artist
Zhijuan Qiu	....	makeup artist
Kongkrit Thongdee	....	special makeup effects artist (as Kokgkrit Thongdee)
Peng Wang	....	assistant makeup artist
Xiao Wang	....	assistant hair stylist
Xin Wang	....	assistant hair stylist
Xue Wang	....	assistant hair stylist
Ying Wang	....	assistant makeup artist
Xiaohui Wu	....	assistant hair stylist
Yan Xiachai	....	key makeup artist
Taiping Xie	....	assistant hair stylist
Ge Xiufang	....	makeup artist
Huiwen Ye	....	key hair stylist
Maijuan Zeng	....	assistant hair stylist
Shuping Zhang	....	assistant makeup artist
Yuanjuan Zhang	....	assistant makeup artist
Jie Zhu	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Po Man Chan	....	assistant production manager
Cary Cheng	....	post-production supervisor
Yugui Dai	....	unit manager
Tianhui Ge	....	unit production manager
Dai Kate	....	production supervisor
Wenhua Ma	....	unit production manager
Eddie Wong	....	production manager
Shuo Xin	....	unit manager
Dapeng Zhou	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joe Chan	....	second assistant director
Thomas Chow	....	first assistant director
Janet Chun	....	first assistant director
Man Ki Kwok	....	second assistant director
Dickson Leung	....	first assistant director
Yu Liang	....	second assistant director
Zhu Mao	....	second assistant director
Lee Chi Wai	....	second assistant director
Ran Wei	....	second assistant director
Yang Zhang	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Juanxian Bao	....	drapery man
Jianguo Cai	....	assistant art director
Chengguang Dong	....	assistant art director
Cunwang Fang	....	stand-by prop assistant
Shengbin Fang	....	painter
Zengfei Fang	....	stand-by prop assistant
Xiangming Fu	....	sculptor
Dezhong Gao	....	set dresser
Dejian Gong	....	set dresser
Zhongquan Hu	....	set dresser
Hin Fat Hung	....	property master
Daowen Jian	....	dressing props
Jiawei Jian	....	dressing props
Daoyou Jiang	....	special props
Feng Jin	....	stand-by prop assistant
Meng Jin	....	dressing props
Xueli Jin	....	dressing props
Xianzhen Kong	....	dressing props
Kwok On Lau	....	assistant property master
Wai Ming Law	....	assistant property master
Jiangguo Li	....	assistant art director
Shangyu Li	....	set dresser
Shuwen Li	....	set dresser
Wenzhong Li	....	carpenter
Xingqi Li	....	set dresser
Huanhai Liu	....	dressing props
Jun Liu	....	painter
Shuhai Liu	....	carpenter
Xingsheng Liu	....	painter
Zhaohe Lu	....	carpenter
Zhikui Lu	....	assistant set design illustrator
Wai Cheong Luk	....	storyboard artist
Tangbin Luo	....	special props
Faqi Nie	....	construction laborer
Benwu Sheng	....	carpenter
Minghua Tang	....	special props
Bo Tian	....	assistant art director
Fu Kei Tse	....	assistant property master
Cheng Wang	....	dressing props
Chenggui Wang	....	carpenter
Chengke Wang	....	carpenter
Chengsheng Wang	....	carpenter
Jihong Wang	....	set dresser
Xiaojin Wang	....	dressing props
Yunqiang Wang	....	dressing props
Zhenyu Wang	....	painter
Xiaohui Wu	....	assistant art director
Zhuang Yan	....	dressing props
Hongwei Yang	....	dressing props
Zhanjia Yang	....	set design illustrator
Zhiyu Yang	....	stand-by prop assistant
Yin Keung Yau	....	assistant property master
Qingfu Zeng	....	carpenter
Tie Zeng	....	sculptor
Zhaobao Zeng	....	construction laborer
Dayong Zhang	....	stand-by prop assistant
Shuxing Zhang	....	dressing props
Wengui Zhang	....	stand-by prop assistant
Wenyi Zhang	....	prop assistant
Wujie Zhang	....	special props
Chongjiang Zhou	....	sculptor
Wanhai Zhou	....	set dresser
Kai Zhuang	....	dressing props

Sound Department
Martin Bayley	....	audio systems engineer
Steve Burgess	....	sound effects editor
Steve Burgess	....	sound mixer
Xin Cai	....	audio systems engineer
Huijun Cao	....	boom operator
Yue Chao	....	audio systems engineer
Xiang Chen	....	sound effects editor
Cici Cui	....	sound effects editor
Helen Field	....	sound coordinator
Wei He	....	sound effects editor
Wei He	....	sound post-production manager
Zheng 'Joe' Huang	....	sound post-production coordinator (as Joe Huang)
Hongrui Ji	....	sound effects editor
Xiaoliang Jiang	....	dubbing supervisor
Sarah Kong	....	sound coordinator
Echo Lee	....	sound coordinator
Xin Li	....	foley artist
Johny Liu	....	adr recordist
Johny Liu	....	dialogue editor
Xianfeng Liu	....	boom operator
Emma Long	....	sound effects editor
Niu Ma	....	sound supervisor assistant
Xu Miao	....	foley artist
Jiajia Mok	....	sound effects editor
Zeliang Niu	....	sound assistant
Blair Slater	....	foley artist
Qiuqiu Sun	....	dialogue editor
Jing Tao	....	sound designer
Wei Tao	....	audio systems engineer
Yinan Tu	....	audio systems engineer
Mario Vaccaro	....	foley artist
Jingjing Wang	....	sound coordinator
Baohua Xiao	....	boom operator
Jing Xiao	....	sound recordist
Jing Xiao	....	sound supervisor assistant
Michael Xie	....	audio systems engineer
Yanchao Yang	....	foley artist
Tian Yong	....	adr recordist
Tian Yong	....	dialogue editor
Ben Zhang	....	sound coordinator
Selina Zhang	....	sound coordinator
Shuo Zhang	....	dialogue editor
Van Zhang	....	audio systems engineer
Yijing Zhang	....	dialogue editor
Zhi Gang Zhang	....	assistant sound recordist
Jing Tao	....	supervising sound editor (uncredited)
Sam Wang	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Eva Au	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Bruce Chen	....	compositor: Menfond
Guoxan Chen	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Jingqi Chen	....	digital effects artist: Menfond
MingXing Chen	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Nicole Chen	....	compositor: Menfond
Qifeng Chen	....	digital effects artist: Menfond
Ruxing Chen	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Shifang Chen	....	digital effects artist: Menfond
Yvhan Chen	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Zhuoxian Chen	....	motion graphic artist: Menfond
Hanbin Cheng	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Chi-Chung Cheung	....	visual effects supervisor: Menfond
Sze Shuen Cho	....	design & visual artist: Menfond
Seattle Deng	....	senior compositor: Menfond
Shunxiang Deng	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Janming Fan	....	compositor: Menfond
Huang Fei	....	senior digital effects artist: Menfond
Lijia Feng	....	compositor: Menfond
LiRong Feng	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Mingjiao Fu	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
QianJun Fu	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Tianhan Guan	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Caichan Guo	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Key Guo	....	compositor: Menfond
BaoLin He	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Jianhui He	....	compositor: Menfond
Weije He	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Weisong He	....	digital effects artist: Menfond
Zero He	....	senior compositor: Menfond
Brian Ho	....	visual effects supervisor: motion, Menfond
Mingjun Ho	....	senior digital effects artist: Menfond
Reiko Hon	....	visual effects assistant editor: Menfond
Ivy Hu	....	compositor: Menfond
HaoWen Huang	....	motion graphic artist: Menfond
Janqiang Huang	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Ten Huang	....	senior lighting artist: Menfond
Wenxiang Huang	....	compositor: Menfond
YunZhong Huang	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Shengkang Jang	....	compositor: Menfond
Lan Kaplan	....	motion graphic artist: Menfond
Slander Kwong	....	senior modeler: Menfond
Wing Yan Lai	....	digital effects editor: Menfond
Garrett Lam	....	head of computer animators: Menfond
Zhiming Lao	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Alesandra Law	....	digital producer: Menfond
Raymen Lee	....	senior lighting artist: Menfond
Tim Lee	....	compositor: Menfond
Yanke Lei	....	motion graphic artist: Menfond
Chunhuai Li	....	compositor: Menfond
Cons Li	....	senior digital producer: Menfond
Icy Li	....	compositor: Menfond
Jingsheng Li	....	compositor: Menfond
LinJuan Li	....	motion graphic artist: Menfond
Yongru Li	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Zhaoyong Li	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Weiwei Liang	....	compositor: Menfond
Jianxing Lin	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Eric Liu	....	compositor: Menfond
Lizheng Liu	....	compositor: Menfond
Minping Liu	....	digital effects artist: Menfond
Jun Ma	....	compositor: Menfond
Siu Fu Ma	....	compositor: Menfond
Kament Mai	....	digital effects artist: Menfond
Yon Mo	....	motion graphic artist: Menfond
Ka Sin Ng	....	computer animator: Menfond
Jiamei Ou	....	digital effects artist: Menfond
Edward Pak	....	compositor: Menfond
Guoyu Pan	....	visual effects supervisor
JanWen Pan	....	senior modeler: Menfond
Stephan Pan	....	motion graphic artist: Menfond
Eric Pang	....	compositor: Menfond
Ivan Peng	....	compositor: Menfond
Yuanbiao Peng	....	compositor: Menfond
Ellen Poon	....	visual effects supervisor
Dick Pu	....	compositor: Menfond
Awen Qian	....	senior lighting artist: Menfond
Xiuzhen Rong	....	digital effects artist: Menfond
Mingcon Shen	....	compositor: Menfond
Zhibin Shen	....	compositor: Menfond
Sengs Sheng	....	senior digital effects artist: Menfond
Cahua Su	....	compositor: Menfond
Nora Tai	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Jerry Tian	....	compositor: Menfond
Louis Tse	....	system administrator: Menfond
Angel Tsui	....	creative supervisor: Menfond
Ka-Hei Tsui	....	design & visual artist: Menfond
Jill Wang	....	compositor: Menfond
Victor Wang	....	compositor: Menfond
Windy Wang	....	compositor: Menfond
Victor Wong	....	visual effects director: Menfond
Jaceney Wu	....	compositor: Menfond
MinLi Wu	....	digital effects artist: Menfond
Minnie Wu	....	compositor: Menfond
Sun Wu	....	compositor: Menfond
Xueyun Wu	....	compositor: Menfond
ZhiMin Wu	....	motion graphic artist: Menfond
Coco Xu	....	senior compositor: Menfond
Jessica Yang	....	compositor: Menfond
Weiguo Yang	....	digital effects artist: Menfond
Olivia Yapp	....	compositor: Menfond
Siu Fai Yeung	....	visual effects supervisor: compositing, Menfond
Carol Yin	....	compositor: Menfond
Cathy Yu	....	compositor: Menfond
Darkus Yu	....	digital effects supervisor: Menfond
Yak Hong Yung	....	computer animator: Menfond (as Solution Yung)
Yak Hong Yung	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond (as Solution Yung)
Alice Zhai	....	compositor: Menfond
Helong Zhan	....	compositor: Menfond
Yuan Zhang	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Lesli Zhao	....	compositor: Menfond
WenJia Zhen	....	motion graphic artist: Menfond
Huawei Zhou	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond
Junhui Zhu	....	lighting and texture artist: Menfond

Stunts
Siu Wah Chan	....	wirework team (as Chan Siu Wah)
Chen Chau	....	stunts & doubles (as Chen Chao)
Wang Deming	....	stunts & doubles
Deng Guiqing	....	stunts & doubles (as Deng Guoqing)
Ni Haifeng	....	stunts & doubles
Ling Chi Hung	....	assistant action choreographer
Ju Kun	....	stunt coordinator
Wang Kun	....	stunts & doubles
Chi Wah Ling	....	action choreographer (as Ling Chi Wah)
Gao Qiang	....	stunts & doubles
Liu Ruoxian	....	stunts & doubles
Lam Chi Tai	....	wirework team
Qiao Tan	....	stunt coordinator
Hu Tengijao	....	stunts & doubles (as Hu Tengjiao)
Li Xiaolong	....	stunts & doubles
Han Xiaonan	....	stunts & doubles
Gao Xing	....	stunts & doubles
Li Xingping	....	stunts & doubles
Cheung-Yan Yuen	....	action choreographer (as Yuen Cheung Yan)
Shun-Yee Yuen	....	action choreographer (as Yuen Shun Yi)
Zhao Yuhang	....	stunts & doubles
Yuanzhang Zhuang	....	stunts & doubles (as Zhuang Yuanzhang)

Camera and Electrical Department
Genrong Cao	....	electrician
Jianping Cao	....	electrician
Kai Chen	....	camera assistant
Pengpeng Dai	....	camera assistant
Zhen Dong	....	camera assistant
Congming Hao	....	camera assistant
Zifeng Jin	....	camera assistant
Junyue Kang	....	electrician
Raymond Lam	....	steadicam operator
Po Lam Lee	....	best boy: second unit
Chaoleng Li	....	camera assistant
Hui Li	....	electrician
Jian Li	....	camera assistant
Peng Li	....	camera assistant
Yongjun Li	....	electrician
Jie Liang	....	electrician
Ming Liu	....	electrician
Xiang Liu	....	electrician
Xiaosong Liu	....	electrician
Junbo Lu	....	electrician
Zhao Mincai	....	camera assistant
Lu Nannan	....	electrician
Chunjang Nie	....	electrician
Hang-Sang Poon	....	director of photography: second unit
Hui Shi	....	camera assistant
Jinghai Song	....	electrician
Qunhui Sun	....	camera assistant
Shuqun Sun	....	electrician
Wenyong Sun	....	electrician
Xuelei Sun	....	electrician
Rong Tang	....	camera assistant
Lei Tian	....	digital video assist
Weijun Tian	....	electrician
Lin Yau Tsou	....	camera operator: second unit (as Ling Yau Tsou)
Chao Wang	....	electrician
Guoyou Wang	....	electrician
Hongguo Wang	....	electrician
Jingxiu Wang	....	electrician
Lindong Wang	....	camera assistant
Liufeng Wang	....	electrician
Zilong Wang	....	camera assistant (as Zhilong Wang)
Jingrui Wen	....	gaffer
Ruichao Wen	....	electrician
Wai Lun Wong	....	still photographer
Tianxiang Xie	....	camera operator
Ze Xie	....	camera operator
Fusen Xu	....	camera assistant
Yinglong Xu	....	electrician
Haipeng Yang	....	camera assistant
Siu Ping Yee	....	gaffer: second unit
Fei Yu	....	camera assistant
Xianqiang Zeng	....	electrician
Lanming Zhang	....	electrician
Xinli Zhang	....	electrician
Yinsheng Zhang	....	best boy electrician
Chuncheng Zhao	....	camera assistant
Janqiao Zhao	....	camera assistant
Jianjun Zhao	....	electrician
Xianwen Zhao	....	camera assistant
Xianzhang Zhao	....	electrician
Yapeng Zhao	....	electrician
Hongbo Zheng	....	electrician
Po Zhu	....	camera assistant

Casting Department
Ning Du	....	assistant casting director
Wei Guo	....	assistant casting director
Zoe Thompson	....	assistant casting director

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ivy Chan	....	assistant costume designer
Aihua Chen	....	costume assistant
Jessie Dai	....	co-costume designer
Yusheng Gao	....	costume assistant
Jin-Hua Gu	....	costume supervisor
Yongbiao Hu	....	tailor
Lin Jin	....	costume assistant
Li Li	....	costume assistant
Xiangyang Li	....	costume assistant
Jinshui Liu	....	costume assistant
Lianyu Shi	....	costume assistant
Yanbing Sun	....	costume assistant
Yi Tang	....	costume assistant
Chunxia Wang	....	costume assistant
Linzeng Wang	....	costume assistant
Wencheng Wang	....	assistant costume supervisor
Xue Wang	....	costume assistant
Yajun Zhang	....	costume assistant
Ming Zhu	....	assistant costume supervisor
Xiaolin Zhu	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Joe Chan	....	post-production coordinator
Sun Daoyuan	....	telecine
Richard Learoyd	....	additional editor
Peicong Meng	....	assistant editor
Chu Szuyi	....	colorist
Trevor Joyce	....	digital cinema producer (uncredited)

Music Department
Xiang Chen	....	music editor
Yoshinori Kashiwagura	....	assistant engineer
Dogen Kinowaki	....	musician: flute
Yu Manabe	....	musician: violin
Sachiko Miyano	....	orchestrator
Toru Okitsu	....	score recording engineer
Jia Pengfang	....	musician: erhu
Manabe Strings	....	musician: strings
Akihiro Tabuchi	....	assistant engineer
Minoru Tanaka	....	music editor
Minoru Tanaka	....	music mixer
Kouichiro Tashiro	....	musician: ethnic guitar (as Koichiro Tashiro)
Yoshiko Uchida	....	music preparation
Shigeru Umebayashi	....	music producer
Mingjun Wang	....	musician: dizi
Tadashi Yatabe	....	music programmer
Satoshi Yoneda	....	assistant engineer

Other crew
Alice Au	....	production accountant
Mei Ling Chan	....	translator: thai
Jun Chen	....	set production assistant
Yiping Chen	....	set production assistant
Ruhua Cheng	....	set production assistant
Ruzhao Cheng	....	set production assistant
Shaojiang Cheng	....	set production assistant
Shaoli Cheng	....	set production assistant
Shaoxin Cheng	....	set production assistant
Wai Kei Cheng	....	script supervisor
Yuanjian Cheng	....	set production assistant
Olivia Chong	....	making-of
Bingbo Cui	....	set production assistant
Jing Dai	....	assistant: production manager
Shuanhe Deng	....	set production assistant
Haoran Duan	....	set production assistant
Huixiang Duan	....	set production assistant
Yexin Fan	....	caterer
Howard Frumes	....	legal services: Alexander, Nau, Lawrence Frumes & Labowitz
Angela Fung	....	production accountant
Tianhe Guo	....	caterer
Li Haoxue	....	caterer
Jiangfeng He	....	assistant to director
Mariah Breitel Hembree	....	post script services (as Mariah Breitel)
Yu Hou	....	location manager
Wenrui Jia	....	catering supervisor
Qiao Junping	....	caterer
Huiling Li	....	cashier
Yanlong Li	....	caterer
Chi Man Ling	....	creative assistant
Mingna Liu	....	production accountant
Hope T. Mastras	....	legal services: Alexander, Nau, Lawrence Frumes & Labowitz (as Hope Mastras)
Weilong Shi	....	tea person
Xiaoning Wan	....	translator: thai
Zhang Wei	....	caterer
Shouguo Xiang	....	set production assistant
Chuangang Xu	....	set production assistant
Xiaofa Xu	....	set production assistant
Xiaoshun Xu	....	key set production assistant
Hong Yan	....	assistant: production manager
Michael Yeung	....	laboratory consultant
Woo-ping Yuen	....	martial arts choreographer
Mao Yun	....	caterer
Ka Lok Yung	....	making-of
Li Yuwang	....	caterer
Shi Zeyi	....	on-set manager
Jihu Zhang	....	caterer
Sanfeng Zhang	....	translator
Shengxiang Zhang	....	set production assistant
Xiaojiang Zhao	....	set production assistant
Renqiao Zuo	....	set production assistant
Renzhong Zuo	....	set production assistant

Thanks
David Carradine	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• EDKO Film
• Edko Management and Consulting
• Focus Features
• Shanghai Film Group

Distributors

• Indomina Releasing (2011) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Caravella DDC (2010) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Freeman Office (2011) (Japan) (theatrical) (in association with)
• Golden Village Pictures (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Scorpio East (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Twin Co. Ltd. (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• EDKO Film (2010) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Splendid Film (2011) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Menfond Electronic Art & Computer Design Company (visual effects)
• Qfx Workshop (special effects)

Other Companies

• Arigat-Orchestra  music performed by
• Avaco Creative Studio  5.1 surround mix
• Avaco Creative Studio  music mixing studio
• Cinerent  camera and lighting equipment supplied by
• Dremfud  camera equipment supplied by: Phantom HD Camera
• Ex Ltd.  music production
• Kodak Cinelabs  film processing
• Salon Films  camera and lighting equipment supplied by
• Soundfirm Beijing Co.  post-production sound services
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Wonder Station  music recorded at
• yU+Co.  title design

Also Known As:

"Su Qi-Er" - China (original title)
"Beggar Su" - Asia (English title)
"The Legend of Beggar Su" - Asia (English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sequences of battle violence and brutal fighting

Runtime:

115 min | China:116 min

Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Hong Kong:IIB | USA:R (certificate #46646) | UK:15 (cut) | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

China

Company:

EDKO Film

Trivia:

"True Legend" is the first feature film to be directed by Woo-ping Yuen since Iron Monkey 2 (1996) (a.k.a. "Iron Monkey 2") in 1996.

Movie Connections:

Version of Heroes Among Heroes (1993)

ALMOST ! But not quite ! Yet still good !

This movie is a work of art in many ways.

The Martial Arts displayed are really one of the best I have seen in a long time, yes it relies on flying and jumping everywhere, yet the fight scenes feels visceral enough not to feel to much like a dance.

The actors are really awesome, and they managed to make one of the BEST antagonist of all times.

Now let's get to the part that almost ruins it : The Pacing.

The flow of the movie suffers greatly from a bad editing, and it is too bad because it had the potential to be a true masterpiece.

This movie should have started backwards, beginning at the end, and having Su telling his story.

Instead of that, the pacing can be hard to follow, and at the end I was left with a strange feeling of incompletion.

Otherwise, the movie is still one of the best martial art movies of the past years, and if you are a Martial Arts fan do not miss it !