The trailer for the Herman Yau film, “The Legend Is Born: Ip Man”, a fictionalized story about the younger days of Yip Man was recently released. The latest film about the mentor of the iconic martial artist Bruce Lee, comes at the heels of several other films that tells the story of the legendary master of Wing Chun. The movie will revolve around the struggle of Yip Man against foreign invaders as well as his romantic relationships during the time he was under the guidance of three masters of Wing Chun, Chan Wah-shun, Ng Chung-sok and Leung Bik. What makes this film stand out more is the fact that the eldest son of Yip Man appears in the film playing the role of one of Yip Man’s Wing Chung masters. Yip Chun takes on the role of Leung Bik, the second teacher of Yip Man, in his one and only movie. After the production of the film, Yip Chun said that he will become a part of any film as an actor. He said, “Really tedious, very happy to have finished it. I won’t involve myself as an actor in any films anymore.” According to Yip Chun, he was curious about how the movie will turn out since he was not very knowledgeable about some parts of his father’s life, “I only know that my part in the film is real, for it’s the same as the version I heard when young. I’m not clear about other parts. My father didn’t tell me, neither did I ask about his relationships.” He added, “I’m curious myself how things would turn out it the movie.”
The movie also stars Yuen Biao as Ng Chung-sok, Sammo Hung as Chan Wah-shun and To Yu-Hang as Yip Man. The movie is scheduled to be released in May 2010.
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Sources: fareastfilms.com and wu-jing.org
