By: Martial Arts Movie Digest
It’s not the abomination that old-school Shaw Brothers dubs were. It’s competent, clear, and respectful. But Ip Man is a film about identity. Hearing him speak English while fighting the Japanese occupation of Foshan is... well, a little ironic.
Stick with the original Cantonese/Mandarin audio and subtitles. The English dub sands off the subtle edges of a film that is as much about cultural resilience as it is about punching.
But for many viewers in the US and UK, the first encounter with Ip Man wasn’t through subtitles. It was through the .
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