The Magnificent Butcher (1979)
The Magnificent Butcher (1979)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Sammo Hung
Lam Sai-wing / Butcher Wing / Martial Arts Choreographer
Yuen Biao
Foon
Fan Mei-Sheng
Beggar King
Wai Pak
Chat (Seven)
JoJo Chan Kei-Kei
Ko Lan Hsing
Kwan Tak-Hing
Wong Fei-Hung
Fung Hak-On
Ko Tai Hoi
Lee Hoi-Sang
Master Ko Ba Tin
Paul Chung Fat
Weird Cat
Lam Ching-Ying
Fan Man
Chiang Kam
Lam Sai Kwong
Jing Tang
Yuet Mei
Yuen Miu
Pole Man
Tsang Choh-Lam
Night watchman
Fung Ging-Man
Chess player
Sai Gwa-Pau
Ah So
Ho Pak-Kwong
Blind Man
Tong Ching
Cheung Yuet Mei
Ka Lee
Waiter
Billy Chan
Tai Hoi's man
Max Lee Chiu-Chun
Tai Hoi's man
Lau Kwok-Shing
Butcher Chang
Chow Gam-Kong
Master Ko's disciple
Wellson Chin Sing-Wai
Master Ko's disciple
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Details.
Release DateDecember 19, 1979
Original Name林世榮
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
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Wiki.
The Magnificent Butcher (Chinese: 林世榮) is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping, and starring Sammo Hung, Kwan Tak-hing, Yuen Biao, and Wei Pai.
The film is based on the story of Lam Sai-wing, one of the students of the legendary Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung. Hung plays "Butcher" Lam Sai-wing and Kwan Tak-hing plays Wong Fei-hung, a role he had played before in over 70 films. The film also features Hung's opera "brother" Yuen Biao as another of Wong's students, Leung Foon, a role he would reprise years later in the film Once Upon a Time in China along with Jet Li.
The Magnificent Butcher was produced as Hung's attempt to duplicate the success of Jackie Chan's 1978 martial arts action comedy film Drunken Master, in which Chan plays Wong Fei-hung. Drunken Master heavily features the Beggar So character, who is also in The Magnificent Butcher.