Wong’s seventh film with Tony Leung Chiu-Wai appeared in the midst of a spate of movies about its subject, the legendary martial artist Ip Man, but being a Wong movie The Grandmaster was something else entirely, a travelogue through the tumultuous history of China and Hong Kong from the years of the Sino-Japanese War on, pulsing with a feeling of loss and passionately displaying the beauty of tradition. The set pieces, including a train platform showdown showpiece for Zhang Ziyi, rank with Wong’s very highest accomplishments.