True Legend

True Legend
HK promotional poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese蘇乞兒
Simplified Chinese苏乞儿
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSū Qǐ Ér
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSo1 hat1 ji1
Directed byYuen Woo-ping
Written byChristine To
Produced byBill Kong
Zhang Zhenyang
StarringVincent Zhao
Zhou Xun
Jay Chou
Michelle Yeoh
Andy On
David Carradine
Guo Xiaodong
Feng Xiaogang
Cung Le
Gordon Liu
Bryan Leung
Jacky Heung
CinematographyZhao Xiaoding
Edited byWenders Li
Music byShigeru Umebayashi
Distributed byEDKO Films Ltd
Release dates
  • 9 February 2010 (2010-02-09) (China)
  • 11 February 2010 (2010-02-11) (Hong Kong)
Running time
115 minutes
CountriesChina
Hong Kong
LanguagesMandarin
Cantonese
BudgetUS$20,000,000
Box officeRMB 46.5 million (US$6.82 million)

True Legend is a 2010 martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo-ping in his first film as directed since 1996. The film stars Vincent Zhao, Zhou Xun, Jay Chou, Michelle Yeoh, Andy On, David Carradine (in his final film role before his death), Guo Xiaodong, Feng Xiaogang, Cung Le, Gordon Liu, Bryan Leung, and Jacky Heung.

The film has been shown in both 2D and 3D, and was promoted as the first Chinese 3D film. It was a rather large financial loss for producer Bill Kong, making only RMB 46.5 million (US$6.82 million) against an estimated budget of US$20 million. It was released in the U.S. on May 13, 2011 by the distribution company Indomina, where it grossed US$62,200 during its run.

This was one of Carradine's final performances and it was released posthumously.


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