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The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010)
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The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010)
Original name: 葉問前傳
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Featuring some of the most spectacular, innovative and explosive martial arts ever staged, The Legend Is Born is the remarkable true story of the early life of Ip Man, the formidable kung fu genius who would become Bruce Lee's mentor.Beginning at the start of his journey from his initial training through to the ultimate battle to become supreme master of the art of Wing Chun, The Legend Is Born has already been hailed as one of the greatest martial arts films of all time and features an all-star cast, including Sammo Hung (Enter The Dragon), Yuen Biao and Ip Man's real life son, 76-year-old Ip Chun, as Ip Man's kung fu master.
Style: exciting, sentimental, serious, suspenseful, heroic, captivating, realistic, epic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wing chun, master warrior, kung fu, fight, teacher, training, ambition, love and romance, fall in love, rivalry, social differences, society, talented, medieval, inspiration, folklore, fight club, chinese history, swordplay, wuxia, kickass, heroes, instructor, martial arts school ...
Time: 1940s, 2010s, 1920s, 20th century, 1910s, 1900s, 20s
Place: china, asia
Keyword: chinese, fighting movie, challenge

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and stylized films with plots about martial arts, kung fu, heroes, master warrior, fight, rivalry and hand to hand combat mostly in Action, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like The Legend Is Born: Ip Man: Ip Man 2 (2010), Ip Man: The Final Fight (2013), Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019), Ip Man (2008), Ip Man 3 (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ip Man 2 (2010)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong.Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the ...
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Time: year 2010, 2010s, 1950s, 50s, 20th century ...
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Ip Man: The Final Fight (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In postwar Hong Kong, legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is reluctantly called into action once more, when what begin as simple challenges from rival kung fu styles soon draw him into the dark and dangerous underworld of the Triads. Now, to ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, scenic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 2010s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Ip Man 4 is an upcoming Hong Kong biographical martial arts film directed by Wilson Yip and produced by Raymond Wong. It is the fourth in the Ip Man film series based on the life of the Wing Chun grandmaster of the same name and features Donnie Yen ...
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Time: 60s, 2010s
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Ip Man (2008)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second ...
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Time: year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1937 ...
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Ip Man 3 (2015)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
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Style: breathtaking, entertaining, stylized, scenic, cult classic ...
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The Grandmaster (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip ...
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
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Duration: 45 min.
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Country: Hong Kong
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Ip Man: Kung Fu Master (2019)
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Duration: 84 min.
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Style: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful, realistic, entertaining ...
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Duration: 90 min.
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Way of the Dragon 2 (1979)
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