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Ip Man (2008)
Directed by Wilson Yip
“The celebrated Kung Fu master of Bruce Lee.”
Drama, Action, History · 1h 46m
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.
Cast
Donnie Yen
Yip Man
Simon Yam
Zhou Qing Quan
Lynn Hung Doi-lam
Zhang Yong Cheng
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
General Miura
Gordon Lam Ka-tung
Captain Li Zhao
Louis Fan Siu-wong
Jin Shan Zhao
Xing Yu
Master Zealot Lin / Crazy Lin
Wong Yau-nam
Shao Dan Yuan
Dennis To Yu-hang
Hu Wei
Calvin Cheng Ka-sing
Zhou Guang Yao
Chen Zhihui
Master Liao
Shibuya Tenma
Colonel Sato
Crew
- Director
- Wilson Yip
- Screenplay
- Edmond Wong Chi-Mun
- Writer
- Chan Tai-lee
- Director of Photography
- O Sing-Pui
- Original Music Composer
- Kenji Kawai
- Editor
- Cheung Ka-Fai
- Producer
- Raymond Wong Pak-Ming, An Xiaofen, Checkley Sin Kwok-lam
Details
- Original title
- 葉問
- Release date
- 2008-12-12
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama, Action, History
- Original language
- CN
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin, Japanese, Cantonese
- Countries
- China, Hong Kong
- Production
- Mandarin Films, Beijing ShengShi HuaRei Film Investment & Management Co., China Film Co-Production, New Film Studio of Beijing Starlight International Media Co. Ltd., Prosperity Pictures, Shanghai Film Group, Time Antaeus Media Group, Golden Harvest Productions
- Budget
- $11,700,000
- Box office
- $22,100,000