In China, a censored version of Ip Man’s biopic (Bruce Lee’s Master) was released with deleted scenes & redubbing done: (contains spoilers)
In the original movie, the northern martial artist Jin Shanzhao had a very loud and thick Shandong accent that is consistent with the image of the tough northerners. But Jin Shanzhao ultimately ratted on master Ip Man to the Japanese military. As such, it may hurt the feelings of the compatriots in Shandong. After some serious deliberations, the released movie “Ip Man” was re-dubbed so that Jin Shanzhao was not clearly from Shandong.
Also in the original movie, Jin Shanzhao failed to extort the cotton yarn factory due to the intercession by Ip Man and he went to inform the Japanese military that Ip Man was connected to the factory. The Japanese general was looking for a duel with Ip Man and this gave him the leverage to force Ip Man to fight with him. At the demand of the State Administration of Film, Radio and Television, the released movie Ip Man did not physically show the scene of the denunciation but communicate the event through a simple sentence from the translator Li Chao.
In the original movie, Ip Man won the duel with the Japanese general, whose aide pulled out a pistol and shot Ip from behind. The angry Chinese crowd broke through the cordon and chaos ensued. The translator Li Chao seized the pistol and shot and killed the Japanese general’s aide. But the angry crowd mobbed the translator Li Chao, whom they regard as a collaborationist. For the sake of the unity of the Chinese people, the movie producers obeyed the demand from the State Administration of Film, Radio and Television and cut the scene out. The released film did not explain what happened to Li Chao after he shot the general’s aide.
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Houlla c’est spoilant!!!!!!!!