Ip Man (葉問)

Guns, spears, arrows and shields What purpose do they serve? ...- Lao She

Escort agency standards, sabers, horses Street wisdom and gangland jargons

Loyalty and honour

They became things of the past overnight

What we face today are trains, guns Trades... and terror

It was the year 1921, in Canton

That year, southern warlords couldn't contain themselves anymore

Round One, Bloodshed in Canton

The convention's in Canton this time

Next time it will be held in Beiping

Whatever

Let's put it on the table

Once we get there

Who will be president?

Lt'll be decided by combat

The fate of a nation to be hinged on a combat?

1921, Canton

Down with warlords

Down with the Beiyang Government...

North-South Reconciliation...

Canton Martial Arts Arena

1921, the Southern Martial Arts Convention

It's a show of might

Where all stops were pulled and every weapon came to the fore

The 82 martial arts schools of the Southern Styles fought to be number one in Canton

Five Northern Tigers Took Canton Southern Traitors on Their Knees

They are undermining the revolution

Foshan Hero

Mentor

Bravo

Mentor

lp Man, you can't fight him

Wing-shing

Just a country bumpkin let him get his beating

Can't you see he's vomiting blood?

Lp Man...

Ip Man...

He'll get killed

He asked for it

10 Years Ago

Foshan, the town of Sangyuan

Fu Hung-mo is here, Fu Hung-mo is coming

The head or the queue...

The head or the queue save your life

What is going on?

The revolutionaries are coming Fu Hung-mo is coming

Fu Hung-mo? Hung-mo, as in red hair?

The head or the queue

Fu Hung-mo has wiped out villages nearby

Run...

Fu Hung-mo?

Oh no! Let's run for our lives, run!

Lp Man, run...

Fu Hung-mo?

The head or the queue...

Brother Ching-shan

Lam Ching-shan, what are you doing?

Folks, as Mr Sun Yat-sen says

Global advancement is unstoppable Go against it to our demise

I may be just a commoner of Foshan

I too have to stand up and urge you to join the revolution

Don't be left behind

Don't be left behind

Cut your queue if you want to cross the bridge

Cut your queue...

What nonsense!

Lam Ching-shan, you were my student

How can you do such a treacherous thing?

Sir, the emperor inside Forbidden City is your sire

But he is not my sire

What nonsense! Let me kill you the traitor

We are in a new era

Not just my queue

Your queue should be cut as well

I dare you!

Fu Hung-mo is here...

Get him

No! Don't cut my queue...

Cut it off...

Brother Ching-shan, why the queue should be cut off?

It means revolution

No, don't cut it...

Cut it off...

With the queue cut revolution is accomplished?

Don't cut my queue

You don't understand

Give way

Teacher...

No... don't cut it...

The head or the queue...

The head or the queue...

Teacher...

My queue...

Freeze! Hand over your money

Fu Hung-mo is coming...

Hand it over

Bravo

Good, go change

With you as coach

Even ten Fu Hung-mos wouldn't be a big deal

Master

Your Hard Gate Fist routine is awesome indeed

Your moves just now were quintessential Hard Gate Fist

But you seemed to have pulled the punch in the Drunken Conqueror move...

Master, it's too vicious

If I didn't pull the punch my opponent would be crippled

I am saving it for Fu Hung-mo

I see, that's wonderful

Master, Lady, men with guns patrol outside the manor

Here inside the manor

My martial arts guarantee the safety not just of Master and Lady

But every young and old of the lp family

Rest assured of that

Dad

Come on

From today on

You two take turn guarding Master and Lady's room 24 hours a day

You guard Young Master's room, get it?

Yes

It is said that the heads Fu Hung-mo chopped off could make a hill

If you confront him directly

we'll be at a disadvantage

Maybe we should negotiate with him

With Master Yim here, we will be fine

Dad, Mom, why do people refuse to cut their queues off?

Because our body and our hair were from our parents

Taking care of it demonstrates our filial piety

Cutting the queue off goes against filial piety

Hence it can't be cut

Dad, our fingernails were from our parents too, but why do we cut them?

Dad, Mom, I think observing filial piety is about the heart

It's not about keeping the queue

Where did you get such weird ideas?

Man, come on

In this chaotic times

The brighter our kid the greater our worries

Mom, why?

Dad, you tell me why

Here they are at last?

They're here?

What's wrong with you?

Use your head!

I...

Master, Lady, this guy was on patrol

he saw a shadow and thought it was one of Fu Hung-mo's men

He just fired off

So... was it or not?

No, he made a mistake

You two can go back to your sleep

Milady, come on

What's that?

What fell down?

A dead ox

Go check every corner out, just go

Yes

They want money only

You have the 1,000 taels ready?

Yes

Just to be play safe

If Master Yim fails to stop them

The money can save our lives

Come on

Master... Young Master is missing

What?

Young Master is missing...

You are Fu Hung-mo?

Hung-mo means red hair But your hair and your beard are black

Why do you cut others' queues off?

Kiddie

Asking me questions before I asked you?

Let me ask you, what's your name?

Lp Man

Come again?

Lp Man

Delivering yourself to me?

Come with me

I won't cut your queue off

I just want to chop your finger off

Come on over

Why?

I just delivered an ox to your dad and got a big present in return

His only son

Why you want my finger instead of my queue?

You are scared?

What's the use of getting scared?

There are so many of you

I am just a child

You can do whatever you like with me

You are some kid

Your saber

I told you to keep a watch on Young Master

But you failed to heed my word

I wasn't sleeping in his room I couldn't have caught him slipping out

How dare you talk back?

Master Yim... don't blame him for it

Spare me your crocodile tears

If something happens to Young Master

You have to pay it with your life

Master, oh no... Master...

Kneel!