Ip Man (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray]
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Actor: Donnie Yen, Fan Siu-Wong, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Lynn Hung, Simon YamDirector: Wilson Yip
Brand: WELL GO USA
Blu-ray: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Chinese (Original Language); English (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Collector's Edition, Dolby, Dubbed, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 330 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2010-07-27
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Well Go USA
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- In the last great war, one man defied an empire.Ip Man is an award winning adaptation based on the life of Ip Man (Donnie Yen), the grandmaster of Wing Chun and later teacher and mentor to widely influential and legendary martial artist, Bruce Lee. Ip Man is set in the 1930s in Foshan, a hub of southern Chinese martial arts just as the Second Sino-Japan war breaks out. During the war, China
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Blu-ray Review: "I want to fight ten" - Ip Man
Summary: 5 Stars
In "Ip Man", director Yip Wai Shun has constructed a 1930's biopic that combines epic martial arts footage with a moving storyline encompassing family, friendship and betrayal. A master of Wing Chun, a Chinese martial arts discipline passed down orally since the Qing dynasty, Ip Man (played by Donny Yen, who until this film had never practised Wing Chun) is a respected teacher who is seen as the ultimate sparring opponent in the Guandong town of Fo Shan. Known for it's multitude of martial arts "schools", Fo Shan streets are lined up with storefronts of teachers hoping to acquire potential students. Early scenes show how competitors knocked on the door of Ip Man's home to test their skills against his in an effort to supercede his legendary prowess in an attempt bring in more business. Sammo Hung, the action director for the film, interpolates the various fighting styles used against Ip Man with amazing success. When a northern fighter Jin Shanzhao (played by Fan Sui Wong) in the hope of setting up his own school in Fo Shan knocks on Ip Man's door for a fight, he spars with a variation of Shao Bei Fist, a loose, almost dance-like style. This juxtaposes awesomely with Man's Wing Chun - which is tight and disciplined, using a centerline defensive stance traditionally fought in close combat style. Ultimately, Ip Man defeats the northerner with a feather duster pulled from a vase in his ornately decorated home.
With the Japanese invasion of China in 1937, Fo Shan is turned into a ghetto. Ip Man, married with a young son, is relegated to shovelling coal amongst his former students in order to make ends meet. The Japanese General Miura (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi) in charge of the local occupying force, tasks Li Zhao (Ka Tung Lam), a former cop-turned-translator, to find willing martial-artists to face-off against an assembled troop of Japanese karate fighters in return for a bag of rice if the Chinese fighter wins their bout. After the disappearance of one of his friends after one of these matches, Ip Man steps into the ring and challenges 10 of the generals' Japanese fighters at once. The fight is stunning - and Ip Man emerges victorious. This leaves General Miura with a longing to fight the elusive and highly skilled Chinese opponent. He nudges his uninhibited and violent lieutenant to find Ip Man amongst the streets of Fo Shan in the guise that the general wants to enlist the astounding Chinese martial artist to teach the Japanese fighters the Wing Chun technique. Ip Man, having already been given this option after his victory over the 10 Japanese opponents, refuses and goes into hiding, feeling that the Japanese do not have the proper philisophical underpinning in order to absorb the teachings of his martial artistry.
Meanwhile, Ip Man's industrious friend, Zhou Qing Quan (Simon Lam), having maintained his cotton mill after the occupation, has been threatened by the northern fighter, Jin Shanzhao, who has ammassed a crew of renegades to try to extract protection money or product from business owners in Fo Shan. Man comes to Quan's aid, and trains his friend's employees to defend themselves for the next visit. When the northerners return, Quan's people are ready - and are backed by Ip Man, who uses a long pole with exceptional skill to ensure that their invaders will never return. This showdown, however, leads to the Japanese learning of Ip Man's wherabouts. With Quan being threatened if he doesn't give up the location of his friend, Ip Man comes forward, surrenduring to the Japanese.
The finale is epic - a fight between Ip Man, using Wing Chun, and General Miura, using karate. Fought upon a square stage in the town center, with an audience of Chinese held back at gunpoint by the Japanese occupying army, the anticipation pays off. The chance for Ip Man to give a glimmer of hope to his fellow countrymen has arrived, but it is also a deadly reckoning, as Miura's lieutenant expresses a threat of death to Ip Man should he defeat the general. An amazing instance of fight choreography is displayed. Hiroyuki Ikeuchi had never been trained in any martial artistry before this film, you would never know it...This, combined with Yen's utter mastery of Wing Chun lines this up as one of the most memorable fight scenes ever filmed.
Of particular note is the amazing cast and direction. Fluid camerawork, dramatic musical score and an inspired lighting perspective are evident throughout. If you are a fan of Johnny To's Election, Mission, and Triad Election you will see that a number of actors from these excellent films are featured here in Ip Man.
This film delivers on many levels:
- a biopic historical interpretation of the rise of Wing Chun, one of the world's most popular martial arts disciplines (Bruce Lee's mentor was Ip Man)
- a fantastic action film with action sequences directed by the legenday Sammo Hung
- an alternative, micro-perspective of the historical drama of the 1930's Japanese occupation of China
If you enoyed Hero, Fearless, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon then you'll like this.
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