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Briefly.
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Budget: $11,715,578
Box Office: $22,108,789
Duration: 1 h 46 min
Production: China, Hong Kongb
Premiere: December 12, 2008
Directed by: Wilson Yip
Producer: Raymond Vaughn
Screenplay: Edmond Vaughn
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Facts.
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Although not mentioned in the movie, Grandmaster Yip Man actually worked as a police officer during the Japanese invasion.![13 Interesting Facts About The Movie Ip Man (2008)](https://martialartsviralnews.com/wp-content/uploads/Donnie-Yen-Ip-Man-1-2-1024x576-1.jpg)
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As mentioned in the movie, Ip Man’s fighting style is Wing Chun. It is said to have been created by two women, Ng Mui and Yim Wing Chun. According to legend, the warlord wanted to marry Yim Wing Chun, but she refused and instead challenged him to a duel. She came across Ng Mui, a Buddhist nun, whom she turned to for help. Together they created the art of Wing Chun, which the nun wore in honor of Yiming Wing Chun. Wing Chun won the fight.![13 Interesting Facts About The Movie Ip Man (2008)](https://martialartsviralnews.com/wp-content/uploads/7dbe44404cf90c026a23528e6391eb36.jpg)
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Yip Man’s eldest son, Yip Chun, his student Leo Auung, and Changquan gold medalist To Yu-Hang served as the film’s technical consultant, giving advice on the film’s plot and martial arts choreography.![](https://martialartsviralnews.com/wp-content/uploads/Ip-Man-Fights-Jin.jpg)
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Although this was the first Yip Man film, the idea of making a Yip Man biopic had been in the making for thirty years. Donnie Yen was actually supposed to play Ip Man in what was supposed to be the first biopic to go into production in 1997. The film will also feature Stephen Chow as an adult Bruce Lee. However, only one day of filming took place before the project was cancelled.![](https://martialartsviralnews.com/wp-content/uploads/d19a2872014b601f378a61ca2abfdd-1024x576-1.jpg)
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Filming for the first time took place in a pantry in an industrial area of Shanghai. Having difficulty finding a suitable cotton factory for filming, the designers decided to recreate it in the style of the 1930s. They spent weeks converting an abandoned pantry into a Zhen Hua cotton mill, a 1930s cotton mill founded by Yip Chow’s friend Ching-chuen (in Simon Yam’s film) during the Sino-Japanese War. It was here that Ip Man first taught Wing Chun openly.![](https://martialartsviralnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1304ba749c7fb2ab150edd18b51945e5.jpg)
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Andy On w as offered the lead role in the film but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts.![](https://martialartsviralnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ip-man_3-medium.jpg)
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The Japanese soldiers in the film are wearing modern American military ribbons.![](https://martialartsviralnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Yip-Man-07.jpg)
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