Magnificent Butcher (1979)
- Original title
- 林世榮
- Directed by
- Yuen Woo-ping, Sammo Hung
- Genre
- action film, martial arts film
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 81 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A butcher named Lam Sai-wing, who is a student of the folk hero Wong Fei-hung, gets into comedic martial arts adventures in 19th century Hong Kong.
comedicenergeticlightheartedfast-pacedplayfulwhimsicalaction-packedfun
What happens
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 Yuen's 1978 martial arts action comedy film Drunken Master, which also featured the characters of Wong and Beggar So. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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