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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.
Dec 19, 1979 · The Magnificent Butcher: Directed by Woo-Ping Yuen. With Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Tak-Hing Kwan, Biao Yuen, Pai Wei. A hot headed young butcher, who is also a kung fu disciple, gets embroiled in a feud with a rival shaolin temple.
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- Action, Comedy, Drama
- Woo-Ping Yuen
- 1979-12-19
On January 8, 1979, Yuen died of a heart attack. He was 66 years old. Yuen was considered for the role of Beggar So in the 1979 film Magnificent Butcher alongside Sammo Hung, but died as production of the film began. Yuen was replaced by Fan Mei-sheng (father of the Story of Ricky star Fan Siu-wong). Filming was continued with Fan's Drunken ...
Magnificent Butcher 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.
Apr 7, 2011 · Magnificent Butcher (1979) Review. By Numskull. Wong Jing penned this early Sammo Hung vehicle, but thankfully, someone else directed it. The fact that that someone else was Yuen Woo-Ping makes it all the better, but pretty much anybody would have been preferable.
A Kung Fu comedy from 1979 starring Sammo Hung, Magnificent Butcher tells the story of Butcher Wing, a Student of Wong Fei Hung who gets into some trouble with a rival Kung Fu school. The movie begins introducing Butcher Wing, played by Sammo, as he goes about his usual business.
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Hong Kong cinema heavyweights Sammo Hung and Yuen Woo-Ping team up in 1979's Magnificent Butcher, a fight-filled kung fu comedy that's considered by many to be a classic of the genre.
