China Ip Man 4: The Finale is a China–Hong Kong co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
葉問4
Following the death of his wife, Ip Man travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local kung fu masters and his star student, Bruce Lee, while searching for a better future for his son.
Audience Engagement
1,766 audience reviews — more than 95% of China films in our index.
Review volume (95th percentile) outruns trending popularity (70th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
China × Hong Kong Co-Production
Other China×Hong Kong titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Ip Man 4: The Finale. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Action + Drama in China
129 China titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Ip Man 4: The Finale itself).
Other Titles From Mandarin Motion Pictures Limited
The 2018–2020 China Window
Ip Man 4: The Finale holds position #78 of 219 China films in the 2018–2020 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s China Landscape
2019 was the decade’s peak output year for China — 86 titles released, including Ip Man 4: The Finale. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (515 total).
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 47m runtime, production spent $486K per minute on screen and earned $1.6M per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 85 other China films in 2019.
The 728th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Ip Man 4: The Finale, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- immigrant · 5
- wing chun · 4
- chinatown · 3
- karate · 22
- california · 20
- california · 20
- 1960s · 20
- chinese · 17
- cancer · 12
- san francisco · 8
- san francisco · 8
- racism · 7
- martial arts · 369
- sequel · 143
- kung fu · 121
- based on true story · 98
- fight · 60
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #235 of 946 China films indexed here (75th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Action productions specifically: #56 of 319 (top 18%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Hong Kong |
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | Mandarin Motion Pictures Limited, Golden Harvest Company, Bullet Films, Shanghai Bona Cultural Media |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Release Date | December 19, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt2076298 |