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Ip Man (2008)
Where Ip Man says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The film is set in Foshan, but it was shot in Shanghai, in a storeroom turned into a 1930s cotton mill.
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Scenes and places
Foshan, home of martial arts (1935)
Ip Man keeps a low profile while masters challenge each other, and a rival presses him to spar behind closed doors.
Set in Foshan — The southern martial-arts centre where Ip Man lives quietly in 1935. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Foshan is the historic home of Southern Chinese martial arts.
Fighters at Ip Man's mansion (1935)
Fighters force their way in to challenge Ip Man, and his wife and household are drawn in.
Set in Ip Man's mansion, Foshan — The family home where challengers force their way in. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Ip Chun said the film mansion was grander than the original.
The Zhen Hua cotton mill (1935)
A friend persuades Ip Man to invest in a cotton factory; he gets drawn in and agrees to train the workers in Wing Chun for self-defence.
Set in Zhen Hua Cotton Mill, Foshan — A fictional cotton factory where Ip Man ends up teaching the workers Wing Chun. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Converted storeroom, industrial district, Shanghai — The cotton mill set was built inside an abandoned storeroom in Shanghai's industrial district. The point is the city centre, not the storeroom. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The house taken as headquarters (1937)
The Imperial Japanese Army confiscates Ip Man's house for use as their military headquarters, leaving the family with nowhere to go.
Set in Ip Man's mansion, Foshan — Japanese forces take over the house. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A decrepit apartment (1937)
Ip Man moves his family into a decrepit apartment after losing the house.
Set in Apartment, Foshan — The run-down flat the family moves into. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Digging coal (1937)
Ip Man takes a labour job at a coal mine alongside his friend Lin.
Set in Coal mine near Foshan — Where Ip Man works to support his family.
The general's arena (1937)
Chinese fighters fight Japanese soldiers for a bag of rice; Ip Man steps in and takes on several opponents.
Set in General Miura's arena, Foshan — A Japanese general's arena where Chinese fighters fight for bags of rice. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The script summary names the general Sanpo; Wikipedia says Miura.
Characters
- Ip Man — A Foshan Wing Chun master who lives quietly until the Japanese occupation takes his house.
Questions answered on the map
- Ip Man is set in Foshan. Where was it really filmed?