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''[[Ip Man]]'' is a 2009 film [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story|Very Loosely Based On]] the life of [[Bruce Lee]]'s eponymous master.
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A sequel has been released end-April 2010 (very close to the UK release for [[Iron Man (film)|another "IM2"]]), focusing on Ip Man's attempt to propagate Wing Chun in Hong Kong after the war. In doing so, he finds opposition from other martial arts masters as well as the British.
A "prequel," ''The Legend is Born'', also released 2010, that doesn't even really qualify for [[In Name Only]] status [[Your Mileage May Vary|sometimes]] gets lumped into this franchise, due to the reuse of a number of actors from the first two films.
Another sequel, ''Ip Man 3'', was released 2015. It focuses on Master Ip resisting Triad thugs working for a crooked property developer played by Mike Tyson. This film got its own 2018 spinoff, ''Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy''.
A fourth and final film, ''Ip Man 4'' (subtitled ''The Finale'' in some markets), was released in 2019. After one of his sons is expelled for fighting, Ip accepts an invitation from Bruce Lee to go to San Francisco. While trying to find new education for said son, he runs into opposition both from the Chinatown leadership cum local martial arts community - the Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA) - and racist military personnel like Marine Gunnery Sergeant Barton Geddes (Scott Adkins).
'''Note for Western readers''': The character name is rendered in traditional Chinese style, so "Ip" is the surname. Additionally, it is not a [[Something Person|superhero name]]. Please do not be confused.
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