Ip Man

葉問 (2008)

Timing: 1:46 (106 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Release date

2008-12-12

Country

China, Hong Kong

Production

Shanghai Film Group, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Prosperity Pictures, Golden Harvest Company, Mandarin Films, Beijing ShengShi HuaRei Film Investment & Management Co., New Film Studio of Beijing Starlight International Media Co. Ltd., Time Antaeus Media Group, Golden Harvest Productions

Genre

Drama, Action, History

Budget

$11 700 000

Revenue

$22 100 000

Website

http://www.ipman-movie.com/

Director

Wilson Yip

Actors

Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Lynn Hung, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Lam Ka-tung, Louis Fan Siu-Wong, Xing Yu, You-Nam Wong, Yu-Hang To, Calvin Ka-Sing Cheng
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Tai-lee Chan

Producer

Raymond Wong, An Xiaofen, Checkley Sin Kwok-Lam, Checkley Sin Kwok-Lam, Raymond Wong, Zhang Baoquan

Operator

O Sing-Pui

Composer

Kenji Kawai

Artist

Audition

Editing

Cheung Ka-Fai
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• The film was shot in Shanghai, where the architecture of Foshan in the 1930s was recreated.
• Modern Foshan architecture differs from its architecture in the 1930s, so the decision was made to film in Shanghai, in one of the industrial areas. A cotton mill was recreated by designers from an abandoned warehouse in just a few weeks. It was at this cotton mill, founded in 1930 by a friend of Ip Man, that the famous master first began openly teaching the Wing Chun martial art.
• Ip Chun, son of Ip Man, provided consultation on biography and fight choreography.
• Modern architecture in Foshan differs from its architecture in the 1930s, so the decision was made to film in Shanghai, in one of the industrial areas. A cotton mill was recreated by the designers from an abandoned warehouse in a matter of weeks. It was at this cotton mill, founded in 1930 by a friend of Ip Man, that the famous master first began openly teaching the Wing Chun martial art.
• During a fight scene, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi (who played the Japanese warlord) received four consecutive blows and suffered a mild concussion.
• It is said that during the rehearsal of one of the fight scenes, Donnie Yen received a glancing blow with an axe on set. In addition, a masseur was constantly on standby on set, as Yen had problems with his right shoulder due to an old injury.
• Donnie Yen is a master of various martial arts styles, including Wing Chun, which he studied under Ip Chun, the eldest son of Ip Man.
• The first film about Ip Man was made, although the idea of filming a biographical film about him had been around for three decades. It was originally intended that Donnie Yen would play the role of Ip Man in the first biopic, and work on the film was supposed to begin in 1997. Stephen Chow was to play the role of the adult Bruce Lee. Work on this film was halted after the first day of shooting.
• On the 86th minute of the film, Ip Man gives Yuan an iron box and leaves while he opens it. The next shot shows Yuan opening the box again.