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Ip Man is a series of Hong Kong martial arts films loosely based on the life events of the Wing Chun master of the same name. The progenitor of the series was Ip Man (2008), which was followed by three sequels: Ip Man 2 (2010), Ip Man 3 (2015), and Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019), as well as the spin-off Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018).
Oct 26, 2023 · The core ‘Ip Man’ franchise, initiated by Director Wilson Yip and actor Donnie Yen, includes ‘Ip Man’, ‘Ip Man 2’, ‘Ip Man 3’, and ‘Ip Man 4: The Finale’. There’s also a spin-off, ‘Master Z: Ip Man Legacy’ (2018), directed by Yuen Wo Ping.
- Ip Man: Kung Fu Master (2019) Dennis To, who had previously portrayed Ip Man, returns to the role in this film. Ip Man: Kung Fu Master finds the titular character during a stint as a police officer in Guangzhou before the Communist Revolution.
- Ip Man and Four Kings (2019) Ip Man and Four Kings has a similar plot to other films in this list but has a distinct twist as it features Ip Man being framed for a crime, fusing a detective story with the traditional martial arts film.
- Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019) The final entry in the Wilson-Yip-directed franchise is its most humanistic and tender approach to the master’s life. This is largely in part because it deals with Ip Man’s diagnosis of throat cancer, the search for better opportunities for his son in San Francisco, and a conflict between Bruce Lee and the local martial arts community in the city.
- Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018) At the end of Ip Man 3, Cheung Tin-chi is defeated in combat by Ip Man and starts to dedicate more time to his son. Their quiet life is interrupted when he defends a girl from a street gang, which leads him into conflict with the local crime syndicate, authorities, and ex-pats.
Ip Man is a series of Hong Kong biographical martial arts films starting with Ip Man in 2008 and followed by two sequels – Ip Man 2 (2010) and Ip Man 3 (2015).
In postwar Hong Kong, legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is reluctantly called into action once more, when what begin as simple challenges from rival kung fu styles soon draw him into the dark and dangerous underworld of the Triads.
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.
Ip Man (Chinese: 叶问 / 葉問) 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 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.
