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Ip Man

R
Movie
2008
1h 46m
Cantonese
Drama, Action, History
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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8.1
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Ip Man (2008) on IMDb
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73

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Donnie Yen
Yip Man
Simon Yam
Zhou Qing Quan
Lynn Hung
Zhang Yong Cheng
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
General Miura
Lam Katung
Captain Li Zhao
Louis Fan SiuWong
Jin Shan Zhao
Xing Yu
Master Zealot Lin / Crazy Lin
YouNam Wong
Shao Dan Yuan
Calvin KaSing Cheng
Zhou Guang Yao
Chen Zhihui
Master Liao
Shibuya Tenma
Colonel Sato
Li Chak
Yip Zhun
Li Qilong
Green Dragon / Master Li
Zhong Zhou
Master He / Master Hong
Zhang Bo
Jin Shan Zhao's Bodyguard
Jin Gang
Jin Shan Zhao's Bodyguard
Lu Kai
Jin Shan Zhao's Bodyguard
Tony Leung SiuHung
Green Dragon Club Master
Liu Mingzhe
Righteous Club Master
Zhong Hanhao
Cotton Mill Owner
Yang Xufeng
Cotton Mill Worker
Chen KaDa
Uncle Wang
Wang Xiaofang
Yip's Maid
Gu Yin
Cotton Mill Worker
Directed By: Wilson Yip
Written By: Edmond Wong (Screenplay), Tai-lee Chan

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Ilium says...
11 years ago
A beautiful movie. It doesn't only feature amazing martial arts, but also focuses on the Qui of Wing Chun.
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Gusanito1886 says...
8 years ago
This movie has been on my watchlist for many years and last night I finally got to see it. I never knew the Ip Man series were based on a true story. The fact that it is makes the movie even more impressive. This movie puts the Art in Martial Arts. The movie is well written, funny and at time somewhat dark and raw. Can't wait to watch part II.
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Chinalover33 says...
6 months ago
Good action and a good story
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Acoucalancha says...
11 months ago
A martial arts biopic. I really enjoyed this but it has it's problems. At times laughable, cringe and melodramatic but at other times rightfully emotional and bleak—thankfully it was more of the latter! The story is ultimately predictable but it at least kept me captivated with how Ip Man would react to everything happening around him. I like his character and character arc. The martial arts action sequences are THE reason why this is elevated to 'great' though. Watching Donnie Yen kick the shit out of overly confident bad guys is so satisfying. Amazing creative choreography and impressive stunts and I think those scenes were well shot and edited. At other times it has some weird editing and overall it's a very ugly looking movie, I don't know why they went with that color grading. The acting is hit and miss also but it rarely misses in the physical scenes. I enjoyed all the villains. Great ending.
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Featured User Reviews

saundrew
8/10  8 years ago
I am not Mr. Kung Fu connoisseur, but I do enjoy a good one from time to time. This was certainly a good time, despite a few flaws. Overall, the fights were very entertaining. These were kind of realistic by kung fu standards (not by, you know, realism standards) and they were shot in a great way by More
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KevinSocial9697
9/10  5 years ago
I am going to try and keep this short, Ip Man is some really amazing cinema and though I don't know the accuracy of the story, I have to say that this is the type of film where every frame is a painting and something that I loved in this film was how when the scenes tone was less colourful the d More
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ltcomdata
CONTAINS SPOILERS9 years ago
Semi-biographical movie about Ip Man. The movie mostly covers the period of the Japanese invasion of China. The plot is conveniently contrived to pit the Ip Man against a Japanese General gifted in the Japanese martial arts. And the Japanese general is --- as the bad guy of the movie --- brutal, More
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$hubes
10/10  2 years ago
Probably my secondmost favorite movie of all times. I've watched this countless times, know how the story goes, know how the fights go, know how the movie ends...yet it never gets old. It's the age-old story of perservering when everything is against you, the odds seem stacked gigantically against y More
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