Magnificent Butcher

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Magnificent Butcher
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Directed by	Sammo Hung Yuen Woo-ping
Produced by	Raymond Chow
Written by	Dang Geng-san Wong Jing
Starring	Sammo Hung Yuen Biao Kwan Tak Hing Lee Hoi-Sang Wei Pai
Music by	Chen Hsun Chi
Cinematography	Ma Koon-wah
Distributed by	Golden Harvest
Release date(s)	1979
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
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Magnificent Butcher (Chinese title: 林世榮; Lin shi rong) is a 1979 kung fu-comedy film directed by Sammo Hung and Yuen Woo Ping. 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 dsiciples, Leung Foon, a role he would reprise years later in the film Once Upon a Time in China.

[edit] Plot

"Butcher" Lam Sai-Wing (Sammo Hung) is a student of Wong Fei-Hung (Kwan Tak Hing). Master Wong goes out of town on a business, leaving Lam and the other disciples (played by Yuen Biao and Wei Pai) to fend for themselves. In his master's absence, Lam gets up to mischief. When trying to stop a robbery, he ends up getting into trouble with the evil Kao (Lee Hoi-Sang) and his son Tai-Hoi (Fung Hak-on). Lam's long lost brother, Lam Sai-kwong (Chiang Kam) comes to town with his beautiful bride Yuet Mei (Tong Jing). Tai-hoi fools Lam Sai-kwong into thinking his brother owes him a lot of money, and takes his wife as payment. A despondant Lam Sai-kwong decides to commit suicide but is saved by the wily Beggar So (Fan Mei-Sheng), an old friend of Wong Fei Hung, with equally good kung fu skills.

Lam Sai-Wing asks the old man to teach him how to improve his kung fu, but he is first made to undergo rigorous training. The pair unite to free Yuet Mei from Master Ko's clutches, only to run into more problems.

[edit] Cast

• Sammo Hung - Lam Sai Wing / Butcher Wing
• Kwan Tak Hing - Wong Fei Hung
• Lee Hoi-Sang - Master Ko
• Yuen Biao - Leung Foon
• Wei Pai - Chik
• Billy Chan - Tai Hoi's man
• Chen Qiqi - Lan Hsing
• Chiang Kam - Lam Sai-kwong
• Chung Fat - Wildcat
• Fan Mei-Sheng - Beggar
• Fung Ging Man - Chess player
• Fung Hak-on - Ko Tai-Hoi
• Ho Pak-Kwong - Blind man
• JoJo Chan - Lan Hsing
• Lam Ching Ying - Killer with Fan
• Lee Fung - Restaurant worker
• Sai Gwa-pau - Ah So
• Tong Jing - Yuet Mei
• Tsang Choh Lam - Night watchman

[edit] External links

• Magnificent Butcher at Hong Kong Cinemagic