(In the movie, Yuen Kay Shan was portrayed as Ip Man's younger kung fu brother, not as skillful as Ip Man). Sin Kwok-lam ( Ip Man's son's student and producer) apologized and served tea to Yuen Jo Tong for misrepresenting his grandfather Yuen Kay Shan's reputation and status in Wing Chun history. Andy Taylor as foreign challenger at the field hockey match.Sire Ma as Cheung Wing-wah, Cheung Wing-sing's younger sister.Lam Suet as Cheung Ho-tin, the vice-mayor of Foshan and father of Cheung Wing-sing.Yuen Biao as Ng Chung-sok, Ip Man's senior master.Hins Cheung as Cho, Ip Man's love rival.Sammo Hung as Chan Wah-shun, Ip Man's sifu / Austin Yuan.Rose Chan Ka-Wun as Lee Mei-wai, Ip Man's junior.Huang Yi as Cheung Wing-sing, Ip Man's love interest.Louis Fan as Ip Tin-chi / Tanaka Eiketsu, Ip Man's oath brother.
Nominated at the China Movie Channel Media Awards for Best New Actor to Ip Chun at Shanghai International Film Festival 2010.Winner of the China Movie Channel Media Awards for Best Male Supporting Role to Ip Chun at Shanghai International Film Festival 2010.Ip Man arrives back at the association and is shown married to Cheung. Ip's son, Ip Chun, is seen among the new apprentices. Ng Chung-sok is seen narrating the story of the night to new apprentices at the martial arts association. At the pier, they discover that the Japanese have been smuggling Japanese children to China, possibly as future undercover agents, similar to Tin-chi. He defeats the Japanese and rescues Mei-wai, who tearfully reveals that she has miscarried Tin-chi's child meanwhile, Tin-chi performs seppuku to end his life. Ip then rushes off to the pier to rescue Lee. Tin-chi then reveals that he is actually a Japanese sergeant named Tanaka Eiketsu, and that was sent to China to infiltrate and work as an undercover agent. Ip arrives in time to save Ng Chung-sok from being killed and then subsequently defeats the Japanese and Tin-chi. Mei-wai is captured and Tin-chi is ordered to kill Ng Chung-sok due to his knowledge of the letter they also threaten to kill Mei-wai to ensure Tin-chi's co-operation.Īt the martial arts association, Ng Chung-sok is defeated by Ip Tin-chi and the Japanese. Attempting suicide, she is saved by Tin-chi, and they try to leave Foshan but are stopped by the Japanese. Mei-wai later discovers a letter to Tin-chi, revealing his involvement in the murder of her godfather, and informs Chung-sok. On their wedding night, her godfather is murdered and Ip is arrested as a prime suspect after being witnessed struggling with him Cheung lies that Ip was with her the entire evening in order to have him released from jail. When Mei-wai realises that Ip Man loves Cheung, she accepts Ip Tin-chi's love for her. Ip also later falls in love with Cheung Wing-sing, the daughter of the vice-mayor of Foshan. Believing that Ip has disrespected the memory of Chan Wah-shun by deviating from traditional Wing Chun techniques, an angry Chung-sok attacks him not wishing to hurt his senior, Ip deliberately loses their fight, and their relationship becomes greatly strained as a result. Ip returns to Foshan after five years away and reunites with his peers. Meanwhile, in Foshan, Ip Tin-chi rises to become a prominent businessman under another Wing Chun martial arts association, and Japanese businessmen arrive in Hong Kong. Over the course of his time in Hong Kong, Ip Man learns a more varied and improved style of Wing Chun from Bik that differs greatly from Chan Wah-shun's orthodox style, and his martial arts prowess improves tremendously. While getting medicine to treat the Westerner, who he now refers to as a friend, he meets master Leung Bik, who is actually the son of Leung Jan, Chan Wah-shun's teacher. Following the incident, Ip's notoriety and popularity skyrocket. When the Westerner slurs them in Chinese, a further incensed Ip challenges him to a fight and proceeds to defeat him soundly. In Hong Kong, after a field hockey match, Ip and his schoolmates are racially insulted by a Westerner, which Ip takes offence to. After Chan's death from an illness, Ip Man continues to learn Wing Chun from his senior, Ng Chung-sok, before eventually leaving Foshan to study in Hong Kong. As a child, Ip Man learns Wing Chun from Chan Wah-shun together with his adopted brother Ip Tin-chi and their mutual friend Lee Mei-wai, who later develops unrequited feelings for Ip while Tin-chi develops unrequited feelings for Mei-wai.