Ip Man (2008) Movie | Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Wing Chun, Gordon Lam, Fan Siu-wong | Review & Fact
Ip Man (2008) Movie | Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Wing Chun, Gordon Lam, Fan Siu-wong | Review & Fact #ipman2008movie #ipmanmovie #ipman2008moviereviewandfact #ipmanmoviereviewinenglish #ipmanmoviereviewinenglish #donnieyenipman2008movie #donnieyen2008moviereviewandfact #donnieyenmoviereview #donnieyenmovieipman #wingchunmovieipman2008 #ipmanmoviewingchun #ipmanmoviewingchungmoviereviewandfact #ipmanmoviewingchunreviews #ipmanmoviefact #simonyamipmanmovie #wingchunmovieipman -------------- Intro: Ip Man (Chinese:) 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 martial artist legend 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 the titual character, with martial arts choreography by Sammo Hung. The film co-stars 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. ----------------- Plot: In 1935, Foshan is a hub of Southern Chinese martial arts, where the various schools' students compete against each other. Ip Man, the most skilled martial artist in town, maintains a low profile while building a reputation for skill through friendly, closed-door competitions with other masters. One day, a local troublemaker named Yuan loses his kite, which lands in a tree in the Ip family's back yard. While retrieving it, Yuan witnesses Ip defeating fellow kung fu master Liu in a sparring match, and spreads the news around town, inadvertently embarrassing Liu. Yuan's brother Lin, a restaurant owner and disciple of Liu, publicly embarrasses Yuan as he tries to arrange a rematch between Liu and Ip. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip and his family are forced to move into a decrepit apartment after the Imperial Japanese Army confiscates the house for use as their military headquarters. Desperate to support his family, Ip finds work at a coal mine alongside Lin, who hopes to reconcile with his brother for humiliating him but has so far failed to track him down. General Miura, a Japanese Karate master, sets up an arena where Chinese martial artists can fight with his military trainees for a bag of rice. Former police officer Li Zhao, now an interpreter for the Japanese, offers the martial artists the opportunity to fight in the arena. Ip at first declines to participate, but agrees to go following Lin's disappearance after taking part. ---------------------------- More Details: Directed by: Wilson Yip Written by: Edmond Wong Chan Tai-lee Produced by: Raymond Wong Starring: Donnie Yen Simon Yam Lynn Hung Gordon Lam Fan Siu-wong Xing Yu Chen Zhihui Hiroyuki Ikeuchi Tenma Shibuya Cinematography O Sing-Pui Edited by Cheung Ka-fai Music by Kenji Kawai Distributed by Mandarin Films
