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Ip Man (TV series)

Chinese TV series or program

Ip Man

Poster

Traditional&#;Chinese葉問
Simplified&#;Chinese叶问
Hanyu PinyinYè Wèn
JyutpingJip6 Man6
GenreBiographical romance, period, martial arts
Written byCharcoal Tan
Fan Xiaotian
Zhu Yili
Ren Sha
Directed byFan Xiaotian
Zheng Wei
Hu Kai
Presented byFan Xiaotian
StarringKevin Cheng
Han Xue
Liu Xiaofeng
Chrissie Chau
Song Yang
Yu Rongguang
Yuen Wah
Bruce Leung
Opening themeYe Wen Shuang Tian (葉問霜天) performed by Tu Honggang
Ending themeYi Wen Zai Wen (一問再問) performed by Han Xue
ComposerDai Fang
Country of originChina
Original languagesMandarin
Cantonese
No.

of episodes

50
Executive producersBu Yu
Chen Hua
Bai Fangcen
Wang Shaochun
Xu Dongliang
Zhu Lihua
Yang Zhuoxing
Charcoal Tan
Wei Ji
ProducersQin Ping
Wu Tao
Chen Qianyi
Chen Xi
Su Ying
Zhao Lei
Yang Fangfang
Jiang Haochen
Liu Yanfang
Xu Zhen
Production locationChina
Running time45 minutes per episode
Production companiesSuzhou Funa Films and Television
NetworkShandong TV
Release24 February&#;()&#;–
9 March &#;()

Ip Man is a Chinese television series romanticizing the life of Ip Man (Mandarin: Ye Wen), a Chinese martial artist specialising in Wing Chun.

Background

Directed by Fan Xiaotian, the series starred Kevin Cheng, who briefly appeared as a younger Ip Man in Ip Man: The Final Fight () which starred Anthony Wong as a middle-aged Ip Man. Han Xue, Liu Xiaofeng, Chrissie Chau, Song Yang, Yu Rongguang, Yuen Wah and Bruce Leung were cast in supporting roles.

Wilson Yip, the director of the Ip Man film series (starring Donnie Yen), and Taiwanese television series producer Young Pei-pei served as the artistic consultants. The real-life Ip Man's sons, Ip Chun and Ip Ching, were invited to be the martial arts consultants for the series.

Kevin Cheng Ip Man is a Chinese television series romanticizing the life of Ip Man (Mandarin: Ye Wen), a Chinese martial artist specialising in Wing Chun. Background [ edit ].

The series was shot from July to November in Kunshan, Suzhou, and was first aired on Shandong TV from 24 February to 9 March It won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Television Series in

Cast

  • Kevin Cheng as Ip Man
    • Zhou Jianan as Ye Wen (young)
  • Han Xue as Zhang Yongcheng
  • Liu Xiaofeng as Lin Qingshan
    • Zang Zhizhong as Lin Qingshan (young)
  • Chrissie Chau as Jenny
  • Song Yang as Si
  • Han Zhenhua as Ye Wen's father
  • Zhang Ruijia as Ye Wen's mother
  • Chen Hongjin as Ye Zhun
  • Yu Rongguang as Yu Fengjiu
  • Yuen Wah as Chen Huashun
  • Bruce Leung as Liang Bi
  • Bryan Leung as Master Hong
  • Jiang Kai as Fu Zhengyun
  • Yu Hai as Tong Zhanpeng
  • Kou Zhenhai as Zhang Yintang
  • Pu Chaoying as landlady
  • Liu Yajin as postman
  • Liu Xianchen as Zhang Yongsheng
  • Yuan Bingyan as Qiu Jianyun
  • Xu Xiangdong as Jiang Sheng
  • Li Qingxiang as Lu Changyi
  • Liu Hailong as Yan Chunlai
  • Wang Weiguo as Marshal Zhu
  • Mou Fengbin as Guimen Longyi / Guimen Long'er
  • Yu Yankai as Brother Lu
  • Yang Qianli as Yan Dong
  • Zhou Zhong as Mo Renchao

Production

There was fierce competition among many companies over the rights to the production of a television series about Ip Man since Wilson Yip's movies Ip Man and Ip Man 2 (starring Donnie Yen) came into the limelight.

Around June , Suzhou Funa Films and Television acquired the rights to produce the television series. Fan Xiaotian, who previously directed many Chinese television series, was selected as the director, while Hong Kong screenwriter Charcoal Tan was chosen to write the script. Wilson Yip and Taiwanese producer Young Pei-pei served as artistic consultants while the real-life Ip Man's sons, Ip Chun and Ip Ching, were invited to be martial arts consultants for the series.[1]

Shooting for Ip Man began in July [1] and finalized in around November.[2]

After the release of Ip Man, BBC UKChina conducted a telephone interview with Fan Xiaotian about the television series.

Fan mentioned that the earlier Ip Man films were too short, and that his purpose in creating the television series was to present a more developed and lively story about Ip Man which allows audiences to explore the character in greater depth. He also felt it was a very opportune time to produce a television series about Ip Man because Wilson Yip's Ip Man movies were very successful and influential, and also because Wong Kar-wai was making The Grandmaster when Ip Man (TV series) was in production.[3]

Fan Xiaotian and Young Pei-pei were keen on recruiting actor Vincent Zhao, who has a background in martial arts, to play the lead character.

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Taking some netizens' opinions and suggestions into account, the production team also considered casting Han Geng, Wu Chun, Wallace Chung and Wallace Huo in the series.[1] However, the role of Ip Man eventually went to Hong Kong TVB artiste Kevin Cheng. Han Xue was chosen to portray Ip Man's wife Cheung Wing-sing (Mandarin: Zhang Yongcheng).

Other cast members include Liu Xiaofeng, Chrissie Chau, Yu Rongguang, Yuen Wah, Bruce Leung, Song Yang and Kou Zhenhai.[4]

In September , the cast and crew of Ip Man appeared at a publicity event in Suzhou to promote the television series.[4]

Broadcasts

RegionNetworkDate(s)
ChinaShandong TV24 February – 9 March
MalaysiaAstro On Demand11 March – 17 May
AustraliaTVBJ12 March –
Hong KongDrama 210 June –
SingaporeVV Drama20 July –
ChinaSichuan TV1–25 August
ChinaGuizhou TV1–25 August
ChinaHenan TV1–25 August
ChinaXinjiang TV1–25 August
ChinaCCTV-119 August –
South KoreaAsiaN11 September –
TaiwanETTV Movie11 January –
ChinaShaanxi TV12 May –
ThailandTrue4U5 October –
Hong KongHD JadeTVB Sales Presentation
IndonesiaTrans720 July – 11 September

Home Media

The full Ip Man series is available in Mandarin, with Mandarin subtitles, on popular free video streaming sites in the US.

The first ten episodes of this 50 episode series was released by Cinedigm in North American, on DVD and Blu-ray on October 10, The 45 minute episodes feature Mandarin audio with English subtitles.[5]

See also

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