
The film chronicles the life of the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man from the 1930s in Foshan; his flight to Hong Kong after the Second Sino-Japanese War; and the events leading to his death. The movie begins with Ip Man reflecting on martial arts; and then cuts to a scene of a fight under the rain between Ip and a dozen combatants. Ip Man wins; and experiences flashbacks of his life; from his early training at the age of seven to his induction into martial arts by his master Chan Wah-shun; and his marriage to his wife Cheung Wing-sing. Starring: Tony Leung as Yip Man (Ye Wen) Zhang Ziyi as Gong Er Song Hye-kyo as Cheung Wing-sing (Zhang Yongcheng) Chang Chen as "The Razor" Yixiantian Zhao Benshan as Ding Lianshan Wang Qingxiang as Gong Yutian Zhang Jin as Ma San. Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese language. English subtitled.