Magnificent Butcher (1979)
"Lin Shi Rong" (original title)

A plump butcher student of Wong Fei Hung, Lam Sai-Wing (Sammo) gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as Five Dragons and is accused of raping the head of that school's ... See full summary »

Directors:

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Woo-ping Yuen

Writers:

Dang Geng-san, Jing Wong

Stars:

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Hoi Sang Lee, Pai Wei

Cast

Credited cast:
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo	...	Lam Sai-wing / 'Butcher Wing'
Hoi Sang Lee	...	Master Ko
Pai Wei	...	Chik
Yuen Biao	...	Foon
Tak-Hing Kwan	...	Wong Fei-Hong
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Billy Chan	...	Tai Hoi's man
Qiqi Chen	...	Lan Hsing
Kam Chiang	...	Lam Sai-kwong
Fat Chung	...	Wildcat
Mei Sheng Fan	...	Beggar
Ging Man Fung	...	Chess player
Hark-On Fung	...	Ko Tai-Hoi
Pak-Kwong Ho	...	Blind man
Ching-Ying Lam	...	Killer with Fan
Fung Lee	...	Restaurant worker

Storyline

A plump butcher student of Wong Fei Hung, Lam Sai-Wing (Sammo) gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as Five Dragons and is accused of raping the head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now Ko, the head of five dragons, wants revenge.

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Plot Keywords:

kung fu | revenge | attempted rape | comic hero | martial arts training | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violent content

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

19 December 1979 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Magnificent Butcher

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

After Siu-Tien Yuen's death, the script was rewritten. Lee Hoi -San originally played a comic relief character and a different actor played Sammo Hung's brother before the rewrite.

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Connections

References Popeye the Sailor (1960)

User Reviews

More Kung-Fu than movie...this is a good thing.

Magnificent Butcher is one of those classic Kung Fu movies - the ones with all the camera zooms and overly emphasized hitting sounds like sound like twigs breaking. Sammo Hung is Butcher Wing, a somewhat clumsy and confused butcher...who also happens to know Kung Fu. Through plot machinations worthy of a daytime soap opera, it is Butcher Wing who must defend his dojo and the baseless accusations against him.

There's far more Kung Fu in this movie than actual movie. This is a good thing. The fights are amazingly choreographed and never "cheat" like so many movies of its kind do today. In other words, instead of seeing flashes of action which are cut together to make a fight scene, the entire scene is played out in a master shot where you can watch these athletes in action.