The Magnificent Butcher, also Known as 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.
(Synopsis): A Classic martial arts comedy with the charming and disarming master of bumbling, the corpulent Sammo Hung. A lovable, klutzy butcher studies diligently under legendary kung fu master Wong Fei Hung, but he can't quite seem to get his moves together. But when dastardly crooks nab his sister-in-law, the young protege throws his weight behind saving her.
Overview: 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.
Starring: Sammo Hung Kam Bo, Fan Mei Sheng, Lee Hoi San, Fung Hak On
Yuen Biao, Wai Pak, Kwan Tak Hing, Chung Fat, Lam Ching Ying
Director: Yuen Woo Ping, Producer: Raymond Chow Man Wai, Action Director:
Sammo Hung Kam Bo, Yuen Woo Ping, Running Time: 108 Minutes, Language, Cantonese, English subtitles, All NTSC, Features: 2.35.1 Widescreen.
