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The Legend Is Born: Ip Man

2010 · 100 min · Director: Herman Yau ★ IMDb 7 · 33,366 ratings

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Yip Man's resistance against invading foreigners, along with his romantic relations while under the tutelage of three Wing Chun masters.

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The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 35%, Inspiration 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Inspiration, Tension. Genres: Drama, Action, Biography. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Inspiration and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 7.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Love

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Tension
Sadness
Love
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Love38 %23 %20 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness45 %20 %35 %31 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Sadness54 %28 %38 %27 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Tension54 %35 %21 %24 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Love46 %28 %11 %28 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Tension45 %33 %8 %24 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Tension46 %40 %5 %15 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Joy45 %38 %8 %14 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Tension46 %38 %15 %16 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Humor46 %29 %20 %24 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Love46 %20 %20 %35 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Love48 %21 %18 %38 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Humor51 %24 %18 %35 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Joy60 %36 %24 %33 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension64 %52 %26 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Love68 %63 %31 %33 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension77 %73 %38 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Tension83 %66 %46 %21 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Sadness75 %45 %50 %34 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Joy62 %35 %33 %38 %
Icarus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

YT
Yu-Hang To

HY
Huang Yi

Yuen Biao

Ng Chung-so

LF
Louis Fan Siu-Wong

Ip Tin-chi

RC
Rose Chan Ka-Wun

Li Mei-wai

IC
Ip Chun

Leung Bik

Sammo Hung

Chan Wah-Shun

BL
Bernice Liu Bik-Yee

Kitano Yumi

Lam Suet

Deputy Mayor Cheung Ho-Tin

XJ
Xu Jiao

Young Li Mei-wai

HL
Heman Leung

Chairman Li Man Ho

SA
Shen Al Jie

Young Ip Tin-chi

SM
Sire Ma

Cheung Wing-Wah

KS
Kenya Sawada

Kitano Yukio

CZ
Chen Zhihui

Ip's Father

J
Jun

Young Ip Man

ZC
Zhang Chi

Sui San

ZX
Zhu Xueliang

Yao Choi

DX
Ding Xiaolong

Rogue

Details

Directed by
Herman Yau
Written by
Erica Li, Eric Lee, Sean Whitley, Checkley Sin
Type
Movies
Released
2010
Runtime
100 min
Country
Hong Kong
Ratings
★ IMDb 7 · 33,366 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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