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Ip Man (2008) [R]

Release Date:
December 12, 2008

Original Title:
葉問

Alternate Titles:
Ip Man
Ip Man 1
Ip Man : La Légende du Grand Maître
O Grande Mestre
Yi dai zong shi Ye Wen
Yè wèn
ยิปมัน 1 จ้าวกังฟู สู้ยิบตา
叶问

Genres:
Action | Drama | History

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

Production Countries:
China | Hong Kong

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 14  CA: R  DE: 18  ES: 12  FR: 12  GB: 15  GR: 15  HK: IIB  ID: 16+  IE: 15  JP: G  KR: 12  MY: 18SG  NL: 16  NO: 15  NZ: M  PH: PG-13  SG: PG  US: R 

Runtime: 106

The celebrated Kung Fu master of Bruce Lee.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Action Director:
Sammo Hung

Additional Writing:
Chan Tai-Lee

Assistant Production Manager:
Eddie Wong Chi-Pan

Costume Designer:
Lee Pik-Kwan

Director:
Wilson Yip

Director of Photography:
O Sing-Pui

Editor:
Cheung Ka-Fai

Executive Producer:
Raymond Wong Pak-Ming
Zhang Baoquan
Checkley Sin Kwok-Lam

Line Producer:
Pang Yuk-Lam

Makeup Artist:
Maggie Choy Yin-Ching

Martial Arts Choreographer:
Tony Leung Siu-Hung

Original Music Composer:
Kenji Kawai

Producer:
Raymond Wong Pak-Ming
An Xiaofen
Checkley Sin Kwok-Lam

Production Design:
Kenneth Mak

Screenplay:
Edmond Wong Chi-Mun

Sound:
Kinson Tsang King-Cheung
Xiaozhu Long

Stunts:
Liu Mingzhe
Sammo Hung

Technical Advisor:
Dennis To Yu-Hang
Leo Au-Yeung
Chow Ting Yu
Ip Chun

Visual Effects:
Ralph Chun Ho Poon

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Henri Wong

Writer:
Chan Tai-Lee

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