Ip Man 3

Ip Man 3
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese葉問3
Simplified Chinese叶问3
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYè Wèn Sān
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJip6 Man6 Saam1
Directed byWilson Yip
Written byEdmond Wong
Chan Tai-lee
Jil Leung
Produced byRaymond Wong
Starring
CinematographyKenny Tse
Edited byCheung Ka-fai
Music byKenji Kawai
Production
companies
  • Dreams Salon Entertainment Culture
  • Pegasus Motion Pictures[1]
  • Starbright Communications
  • Super Hero Films
Distributed byPegasus Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • 16 December 2015 (2015-12-16) (Hong Kong premiere)
  • 24 December 2015 (2015-12-24) (Hong Kong)
Running time
105 minutes[2]
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesChinese (dialect: Cantonese
Mandarin)
English
BudgetUS$36 million[3]
Box officeUS$157.3 million[4]

Ip Man 3 is a 2015 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film directed by Wilson Yip, produced by Raymond Wong and written by Edmond Wong with action choreography by Yuen Woo-ping. It is the third film in the Ip Man film series based on the life of the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man and features Donnie Yen reprising the title role. Ip Man's pupil Bruce Lee is portrayed by Danny Chan and Ip Man's fellow Wing Chun expert[5] and rival Cheung Tin-chi (張天志), also known as Sum Nung, is portrayed by Zhang Jin.[6][7] The film also features Mike Tyson. Principal photography commenced in March 2015 and ended in June of that year.

The premiere of the film was released in Hong Kong on 16 December 2015, and officially released in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia on 24 December 2015. It opened in Taiwan on 31 December 2015, New Zealand and United Kingdom on 15 January 2016 and one week later in Australia. It was released in the United States on 22 January 2016, and was released in mainland China on 4 March 2016. The film received positive reviews and eight Hong Kong Film Award nominations, including Best Film and Best Director, and won in the Best Editing category. It also won Best Action Choreography, Best Director and Best Picture at the 2016 Shanghai International Film Festival.

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