Ip Man Movie Controversy
Mr. Xi Kwok Lam (Yip Man’s son’s student and movie producer of The Legend is Born - Ip Man) apologized and served tea to Yuen Jo Tong for misreprensenting his grandfather Yuen Kay San’s reputation and status in Wing Chun history. (In the movie, Yuen Kay San was portrayed as Yip Man’s younger Kung Fu brother, not as skillfull as Yip Man). This had the Yuen and Yiu families voice their displeasure in interviews about the movie.
After the Yuen and Yiu families voiced their displeasure in interviews about Yuen Kay-San's portrayal in the movie on Yip Man, movie producer Si Kwok Lam and co-producer Yip Chun apologized six times and "served tea" to Yuen Kay San's grandson, Yuen Jo Tong, for misrepresenting, and being disrespectful to, the legendary death duel champion during the 1920-1950s, Yuen Kay San. During a news conference in China, Si Kwok Lam and Yip Chun admitted in front of witnesses and acknowledged documents that showed that Yuen Kay San, not Yip Man, had represented the Wing Chun family and answered all the public death duel challenges in Futsan in those years, and admitted that he is senior to Yip Man in the Wing Chun family tree. (In the movie, Yuen Kay San was portrayed as Yip Man’s younger Kung Fu brother, not as skillfull as Yip Man).
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