Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019) on Netflix
NR20191h 47mActionBiographyDramaHistory
Following his wife's death, Ip Man goes to San Francisco to find a school for his expelled son Ip Ching. His student Bruce Lee has angered the city's martial arts masters.
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Plot summary
In 1964, Ip Man learns he has throat cancer from years of smoking, and his son Ip Ching is expelled from school after fighting a bully. Ip Man leaves Ching with his friend Fat Bo and travels to San Francisco to look for study opportunities. There his student Bruce Lee has angered local masters by teaching Wing Chun to non-Chinese students and by writing a book about martial arts in English. Ip Man learns from his reporter friend Liang Gen that enrolling Ching in an American school requires a letter of referral from the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. Its chairman, Wan Zonghua, refuses to write one.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- During the 2019 Hong Kong protests, protesters urged a boycott of Ip Man 4: The Finale, citing the pro-Beijing stances of actors Donnie Yen and Danny Chan and producer Raymond Wong, and actively spoiled the film on social media in English and Chinese.
- Producer Raymond Wong said he paid Donnie Yen "a hefty amount of money" to return as Ip Man for the fourth film, after Yen and director Wilson Yip agreed to come back and writer Edmond Wong also returned.
- Ip Man 4: The Finale became the highest grossing Chinese film in Malaysia and Singapore, and the fifth highest grossing Hong Kong film in mainland China.
