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Hung Chun-nam was a major character in the 2010 action film Ip Man 2, the second installment in the Ip Man film series.
He initially opposed the film's titular protagonist Ip Man for attempting to teach students Wing Cung without his consent or that of the association, but the follow-up of their showdown leads to the two befriending each other. Thereupon Hung ends up challenging a racially antagonistic boxer called Twister to a fight for disrespecting the Chinese culture, only to end up losing and getting beaten to death - though Ip Man would later avenge Hung's death by defeating Twister in their subsequent boxing match.
He was portrayed by Sammo Hung.
Biography[]
Hung first appears with a large room of men breaking up the fight of Ip Man, Wong and his students. Hung informs him that before setting up a school, he needs to attend a special fighting ceremony to test his worth.
Ip, Wong and Jin are subsequently arrested by Officer Fatso for disturbing the peace but are later released on bail.
Hung and Fatso are then shown to be acting as reluctant collectors for the martial arts schools (including Hung's) as part of a protection racket headed by Superintendent Wallace, a corrupt officer in the Hong Kong Police Department.
Ip attends the ceremony and defeats his first challengers, before striking a draw with the last challenger, being Hung himself. Ip is allowed to keep running his school on the condition that he pay his monthly protection fees, but he declines. After the fight, he demands medicine in which one of his students gives it to him.
Hung thus has his students loiter in front of the Wing Chun School and harass anyone interested, causing a street brawl between them and Ip's disciples.
Ip is thus forced to close up and move the school nearer to home. Ip soon confronts Hung, who blames him since he wouldn't pay his protection fees, whereas Ip criticizes Hung's management of his students. Hung insists that he is doing what he must and also insists they finish their fight, but during this encounter, Ip stops Hung from accidentally kicking his son as he suddenly appears, and also suggesting that Hung spend more time with his family by having dinner with them as it is more important than settling the duel. Ip earned some respect from Hung as a result. Ip leaves, and the next day, Hung invites him to a British boxing match he has helped to set up, quietly coming to terms with him.
The boxing competition allows for a demonstration by the various martial arts schools to help promote themselves and their Chinese culture. However, the event's star boxer, Taylor Milos, an arrogant, racist and brutal man, openly insults and attacks the students, causing chaos as the masters try to restore order. Hung accepts Twister's challenge to a fight so that he can defend his culture. At first, Hung's wider range of skills allow him to overcome Twister's natural size and muscular physique, and the two are evenly matched, with Hung having the slight advantage. However, in the second round Twister counters Hung's attack with a left hook, and a right uppercut sends Hung to the canvas. Hung rises to his feet, but begins to succumb to Twister's sheer power. As the fight progresses, Hung is hindered by his asthma, as Twister relentlessly continues to attack, and is eventually beaten to death, as he refuses to concede and allow the man to insult his culture and people.
News of Hung's death rapidly spreads throughout the enraged Chinese populace, causing a scandal that spurs Wallace to hold a press conference where he lies that Hung was the one who started the fight, that Hung's death was an accident and that he was a weakling who died after a few punches.
Twister announces that in order to clear his name he will accept any challenge from the Chinese to participate in a fair, public boxing match, but boasts on that he could kill every Chinese boxer in Hong Kong and that he doubts any of the Chinese are brave enough to face him. Ip Man arrives and challenges Twister to a fight. Ip Man was able to win the fight and avenged Hung's death as well as defend their culture.
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