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Traditional | 葉問3 |
Simplified | 叶问3 |
Mandarin | Yè Wèn Sān |
Cantonese | Jip6 Man6 Saam1 |
Directed by | Wilson Yip |
Produced by | Raymond Wong |
Written by | Edmond Wong Chan Tai-lee Jil Leung |
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Music by | Kenji Kawai |
Cinematography | Kenny Tse |
Edited by | Cheung Ka-fai |
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Distributed by | Pegasus Motion Pictures |
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Running time
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105 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Budget | US$36 million |
Box office | US$156,844,753 |
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 in the Ip Man film series based on the life of the Wing Chun grandmaster Yip Man and features Donnie Yen reprising the title role. The film also stars Mike Tyson, and Yip Man's pupil Bruce Lee is portrayed by Danny Chan. Principal photography commenced in March 2015 and ended in June 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.
In 1959, Ip Man is settling into his low-profile life in Hong Kong. His elder son, Ip Chun, has returned to Foshan to study, leaving him with his younger son Ip Ching and his wife Cheung Wing-Sing in Hong Kong.