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Ip Man (Master Ip)

The titular character. Ip is a Wing Chung master whose house was seized by the Japanese. Played by Donnie Yen.

Cheung Wing-sing

Ip Man's wife, played by Lynn Hung. She disapproves of her husband always fighting and wants him to spend more time with his family. She has two sons: Ip Chun, played by Li Chak, and Ip Ching, born at the end of the second film.

Master Liu

A martial artist teacher who had a friendly fight with Ip. Played by Chen Zhihui.

"Crazy/Zealot" Lin

Ip's friend who runs a teashop. Played by Xing Yu.

  • Hot-Blooded: Deconstructed; his passionate hate against the Japanese ended up getting him killed by Miura (who didn't want to kill him in the first place).
  • Too Dumb to Live: Despite the fact that he was severely injured against Miura, he continued to go on against him and ended up beaten to death.

Sha Dan Yuan

Lin's brother. Played by Wong You-nam.

Chow Ching-Chuen

A businessman who owns a cotton mill being plagued by Jin's bandits. His family flees to Hong Kong with Ip Man's family but he is shot in the head by a Japanese soldier. This causes him to forget his family and friends, thinking that everyone he sees is Japanese.

Jin Shanzhao

A martial artist master from the north who came to Fo-shan. Played by Louis Fan.

Li Zhao

A police inspector in Fo-Shan. When the Japanese occupied China, he became a translator for them. Played by Lam Ka-tung.

General Miura

The Japanese general in Fo-Shan who was also a martial arts enthusiast. He often took Chinese martial artists to his building to fight against their Japanese counterparts. Played by Hiroyuki Ikeuchi.

  • Anti-Villain: He respects Chinese martial artists as brother warriors, and would rather have them be integrated into the Japanese Empire as such rather than killed as enemies.
  • Authority Equals Asskicking: He turned out to be much more of a skilled martial artist then the other Japanese ones.
  • Badass
  • Blood Knight: He was driven by his desire to pit the Chinese martial artists with the Japanese ones.
  • Big Bad
  • Doesn't Like Guns: He forbids Sato from bringing a gun into his dojo, which he considers a place reserved for "martial spirit."
  • Honor Before Reason
  • Noble Demon: Despite being the antagonist, he threatened to kill Sato for shooting Liu in the arena. He was also baffled when Lin would rather die against him than surrender.
  • Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: Spends his time practicing karate and fighting local martial artists rather than anything you'd expect a general to actually do during a war.
  • Proud Warrior Race Guy: And an honorable one at that.
  • Reasonable Authority Figure: Of an invading tyranny, yes, but he nevertheless treats the Chinese with as much dignity and respect as the Empire permits him to.
  • Samurai: While nobody calls him this in the film, his dignified and noble behavior marks him as a likely descendent of a Warrior Clan.

Colonel Sato

Miura's right hand man. He was the more sadistic of the two. Played by Shibuya Tenma.

Wong Leung

Ip Man's first student in Hong Kong. Played by Huang Xiaoming.

  • Defeat Means Friendship: Doubly subverted. At first he rejects Ip's offer to be the man's student and came back with friends for another round. When he's conclusively shown the error of his ways, though, he gladly accepts the tutelage.
  • Hot-Blooded

Hung Lei-Nan (Master Hung)

A Hung Ga master who started out as his enemy but later became his friend. Played by Sammo Hung.

Wallace

A chief police superintendent in Hong Kong who called in protection fees from martial arts schools. Played by Charles Mayer.

Taylor "The Twister" Milos

A British boxer who came to fight in Hong Kong. Played by Darren Shahlavi.

"Fatso"

A Chinese police officer in Hong Kong who ensures that the martial arts clubs comply with the British police. Played by Kent Cheng.

Bruce Lee

A young kid who wants to be (and will be) Ip Man's student. Played by Jiang Daiyan.

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