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I'm not very aware of styles. We never talk about styles before we start shooting, or even during shooting, because I think the film will bring you there.

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Heritage is something martial-arts films don't often talk about.

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I'm a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs.

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1936 is a very important year: a golden time for martial arts, right before the Japanese invasion.

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'Ashes of Time' was my third film, and as a young director at that point, it's not very often that you have the chance to make a big martial arts film, so of course I jumped at this opportunity.

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I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform. But if you dress up in a police officer's uniform, it doesn't mean that you are an officer; it can mean something else.

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During shooting, you have the idea, like, of this certain dress on this actress, but it's not to fit, so you have to make all of these alterations and modifications. So in a way, I build the characters with the cast, and it's sort of custom-made, the whole process, and then you have to make all of these adjustments.

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Somehow, we fall in love with the films and don't want to let go, but financially and physically, we cannot afford it.

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Ip Man was an extraordinary man who lived during extraordinary times. He was born to a rich family when the country was still a monarchy and lived through various civil wars, revolutions, the Japanese invasion, and the establishment of the Republic.

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In most kung fu films, they want to create a hero who's always fighting a bad guy. In the story of Ip Man, he's not fighting physical opponents. He's fighting the ups and downs of his life.

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Director

Born: July 17th, 1956

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