Editing Ip Man (section)

== Media portrayals ==
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In the 1976 film, ''[[Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth]]'', Ip Man's eldest son, [[Ip Chun]], portrayed his father in a minor role as [[Bruce Lee]]'s ''Wing Chun Sifu''.

Ip Man was portrayed by [[Wang Luoyong]] in ''[[Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story]]''{{Hair space}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/character/ch0143340/ |title=Ip Man (Character)|website=IMDb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225202908/https://www.imdb.com/character/ch0143340/|archive-date=25 December 2016|url-status=dead |access-date=4 February 2011|quote=TV episode, Played by Cheng-Hui Yu (as Ye Wen)}}</ref> in a 1993 American biographical drama film based on the life of Bruce Lee, who was one of Ip's students.

In the 1999 film, ''What You Gonna Do, Sai Fung?'' (<abbr>a.k.a.</abbr> ''1959 某日某''), he was portrayed by his son, Ip Chun, again as a special appearance.

[[Yu Chenghui]] portrayed Ip Man in the 2008 Chinese television series, ''[[The Legend of Bruce Lee]]'', which was also based on the life of Bruce Lee.

''[[Ip Man (film)|Ip Man]]'', a Hong Kong film starring [[Donnie Yen]] as the martial artist, was released in 2008. The film takes a number of liberties with Ip's life, often for dramatic effect. Ip's eldest son, [[Ip Chun]], appears in the film and served as a consultant on the production, which focuses on Ip's life during the 1930s to the 1940s, during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]].

The sequel, ''[[Ip Man 2]],'' focused on Ip's beginnings in Hong Kong and his students, including [[Bruce Lee]]. Ip Man has taught many other people. Amid a surge of Ip Man–related film projects in production, Donnie Yen told the Chinese media in March 2010 that after ''Ip Man 2'', he would no longer play the Wing Chun master, stating, "I would never ever touch any films related to Ip Man. This will be my final film on the subject. Whenever something becomes a success, everyone would jump on the bandwagon, this is very frightening. Did you know how many Ip Man films are in production? Under such condition, we would not progress, it'd only lead to over-saturation of the subject matter."<ref name="donnie is done">{{cite web| title = Donnie Yen Has Had Enough of Ip Man - Wu-Jing.org| work = [[Guangzhou Daily]]| date = 8 March 2010| url = http://www.wu-jing.org/happenings/archives/795-Donnie-Yen-Has-Had-Enough-of-Ip-Man.html| access-date = 4 February 2011| url-status = usurped| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100311034958/http://www.wu-jing.org/happenings/archives/795-Donnie-Yen-Has-Had-Enough-of-Ip-Man.html| archive-date = 11 March 2010| df = dmy-all}}</ref>

Another Hong Kong film based on Ip Man's life, called ''[[The Legend Is Born – Ip Man]]'', was released in June 2010. [[Herman Yau]] directed the film and it starred [[Dennis To]] as Ip Man and [[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]] band's Wen Junhui as his younger counterpart. Ip Chun makes a special appearance in the film as Leung Bik.

In the 2010 film, ''[[Bruce Lee, My Brother]]'', Ip Man was portrayed by Wong Chi-wai.

[[Wong Kar-wai]]'s ''[[The Grandmaster (film)|The Grandmaster]]'' stars [[Tony Leung Chiu-Wai|Tony Leung]] as Ip Man. The film focuses more on the end of an era in Chinese martial arts history as the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] broke out. It was created in an almost biographical style, highlighting parts of history. In contrast with other Ip Man–related projects, ''The Grandmaster'' is a more reflective film, focusing more on the musings and philosophies between martial arts and life, as well as Ip Man's journey through the early 1930s to the early 1950s.

The 2013 [[Television in China|Chinese television]] series ''[[Ip Man (TV series)|Ip Man]]'', based on Ip Man's life, was first aired on the television network [[Shandong Television|Shandong TV]] from late February to mid March 2013. It was directed by Fan Xiaotian and starred [[Kevin Cheng]] as the eponymous character and Zhou Jianan as the younger counterpart.

The 2013 Hong Kong film, ''[[Ip Man: The Final Fight]]'', directed by Herman Yau and starring [[Anthony Wong Chau-sang|Anthony Wong]] as Ip Man, focuses on Ip's later life in Hong Kong. Kevin Cheng from the 2013 television series ''Ip Man'' made a guest appearance as young Ip Man. Ip Chun made a cameo appearance in the film. This film also focuses on the loyalty of Ip Man's students towards their master.

Despite Yen's statement in March 2010 that he no longer wanted to be involved in future films related to Ip Man, a new film to the same series, ''[[Ip Man 3]]'', was released on 24 December 2015, with Yen once again reprising his role as Ip Man.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vcinemashow.com/ip-man-3-hong-kong-2015/ |title=Ip Man 3 (Hong Kong, 2015) |date=9 January 2016 |website=VCinema |access-date=2018-03-14}}</ref>

In the 2018 action-comedy film ''[[Kung Fu League]]'', Dennis To returned in the role of Ip Man, with three other martial artists, [[Wong Fei-hung]], [[Huo Yuanjia]], and [[Chen Zhen (character)|Chen Zhen]], whisked through time to teach martial arts to a modern-day comic book artist caught in a love triangle. Later in the movie, he reveals he's actually an imposter, Ip Bit Man.

In the 2019 film, ''[[Ip Man and Four Kings]]'', he was portrayed by [[Michael Tong]]. In this film, he must fight the Four Kings before he can confront a human trafficking ring and avenge the death of one of his students.

In the 2019 film, ''[[Ip Man: Kung Fu Master]]'', Dennis To reprised the role again as Ip Man, set during his time as a police officer in [[Guangzhou]], before the start of the [[Chinese Communist Revolution]] in 1949.

Donnie Yen reprised his role as Ip Man for the last time in ''[[Ip Man 4]]'', which focused on Ip Man coming to San Francisco to find a school for his son as he himself struggled with cancer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/ip-man-4-scott-adkins-cast/|title=Ip Man 4 Casts Scott Adkins|last=Raymond|first=Nicholas|date=2018-05-07|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/movies/2019/03/18/ip-man-4-trailer-teaser/|title=IP Man 4 Teaser Trailer Pits Donnie Yen Against Scott Adkins|website=Movies|language=en|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref> The film was released on 20 December 2019.

The 2022 film, ''Ip Man: The Awakening'', sees a young Ip Man (portrayed by [[Miu Tse]]) visiting Hong Kong and becoming involved in stopping a human trafficking ring.