The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 68 wins & 72 nominations total
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
- Ip Man
- (as Tony Leung)
Elvis Tsui
- Mr. Hung
- (as Jinjiang Xu)
Song Hye-kyo
- Zhang Yongcheng
- (as Hye-kyo Song)
Kar-Yung Lau
- Master Yong
- (as Chia Yung Liu)
Chi Wah Ling
- Foshan Martial Artist
- (as Tony Ling)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe project was announced almost 10 years before its final release, due to director Kar-Wai Wong's endless perfectionism. Several other motion pictures about the Ip Man that were conceived after this announcement (most famously Ip Man (2008) and Ip Man 2 (2010)) were all released in the meantime.
- Alternate versionsThe original version released in Asia removes a portion of Yi Xintian's subplot. The rain fight sequence between Xintian and Ip Man shown in the trailer, for example, was removed. However, Wong Karwai then recut the movie for a special Berlin Film Festival screening by incorporating the missing scenes back, but editing out several scenes from the original version including a fight sequence between Ip Man and a Hong Kong challenger. Both versions are missing crucial segments that made all three main characters' journey feel incomplete. The actual finished movie was rumored to be 4 hours long. Wong Karwai mentioned he had no intention of releasing the 4 hour version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Oscars (2014)
Featured review
Visually Stunning
Extremely beautiful in places, gorgeous to look at, but it can't conceal the haphazard story that results in a hard to follow and uninvolving movie.
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- robert-edquist
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Nhất Đại Tông Sư
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $38,600,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,594,959
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $132,617
- Aug 25, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $73,933,255
- Runtime2 hours 10 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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