Ip Man(Movie, 2008)

Name: Ip Man
Genre: Drama, Action, History
Released: 2008
Duration: T01:46:00
Rating: 3.9

Original title: "葉問" (Chinese (Cantonese)/CN)

| 1h 46min | Genres: Drama, Action, History

Rating: 3.9/5 (with 1,687 votes)

Ip Man (Chinese: 叶问 / 葉問) is a 2008 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and teacher of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in Ip's life that supposedly took place in the city of Foshan during the Sino-Japanese War. The film was directed by Wilson Yip, and stars Donnie Yen as Ip Man, with martial arts choreography by Sammo Hung. The supporting cast includes Simon Yam, Lynn Hung, Lam Ka-tung, Xing Yu, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, and Tenma Shibuya. The film was a co-production between China and Hong Kong, and was the last film to be distributed by Mandarin Films. Ip Man is the first film in the Ip Man film series. It premiered in Beijing on 10 December 2008, and was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 19 December 2008, rec... ()

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Available languages: Chinese (Cantonese) (Original)
Available subtitles: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Mandarin) (Simplified Chinese), Chinese (Mandarin) (Traditional Chinese)
Duration: 1h 47min
Genres: Chinese Movies / Martial Arts Movies / Movies Based on Real Life / Period Pieces / Action \x26 Adventure / Dramas
Keywords: Directed By Wilson Yip / Starring Donnie Yen / Starring Simon Yam / Games Of Death / Kung Fu / Cantonese Movies \x26 Tv / Rousing Movies \x26 Tv / Hong Kong Movies \x26 Tv / Asian Action / Based On Real Life / Chinese Movies \x26 Tv / 20th Century Period Pieces / Martial Arts Movies / History / Hidden Gems / East Asian Movies \x26 Tv / Biographical / Critically Acclaimed / Action \x26 Adventure / International / Dramas
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Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English
Duration: 1h 46min

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Duration: 1h 47min

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Amazon Instant Video

Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English
Duration: 1h 46min

Apple / iTunes Store

Duration: 1h 47min

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Also available at Amazon.com on: DVD Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for Ip Man

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film

About Ip Man

A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the lead role, and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung.

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Trailer for Ip Man + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Ip Man (2008) Original Trailer [FHD](Trailer, 2:21)

Ip Man (2008) Original Trailer [FHD] (Trailer) | Theatrical Trailer (Trailer) | À?葉問》正式預告片 [官方高品質版本] (Trailer) | Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Trailer Deutsch (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.ipman-movie.com

Production countries: People's Republic of China, Hong Kong

Plays in: Hong Kong

Made by: Shanghai Film Group, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Mandarin Films Distribution Co., Prosperity Pictures, Beijing ShengShi HuaRei Film Investment & Management Co., golden harvest, New Film Studio of Beijing Starlight International Media Co. Ltd., Time Antaeus Media Group

Original language: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN)

Spoken languages: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN), Japanese (JA), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Translated into 33 languages: Arabic (AR), Belarusian (BE), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Chinese (Cantonese) (CN), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Uzbek (UZ), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/01/2010 (World premiere: 12/12/2008)

Cast: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Lynn Hung, Gordon Lam, Louis Fan, Xing Yu, Chen Zhihui, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Tenma Shibuya

Director: Wilson Yip

Producer: Raymond Wong

Screenwriter: Edmond Wong, Chan Tai Lee

Film Editor: Cheung Ka-fai

Director of Photography: O Sing-Pui

Composer: Kenji Kawai

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"O Grande Mestre"

"Yi dai zong shi Ye Wen"

"Yè wèn"

"叶问"

"Ip Man 1"

"Ip Man : La Légende du Grand Maître"

"ยิปมัน 1 จ้าวกังฟู สู้ยิบตา"

Keywords: bravery, kung fu, bayonet, wing chun, rice, sports, sadist, tragic hero, foreigner, martial arts, second sino-japanese war (1937-45), master, market, racism, katana

Budget: 11,715,578 USD

Revenue: 22,108,789 USD (= 189%)