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The Magnificent Kick
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Wikipedia article
'The Magnificent Kick' (also known as 'Secret Kick of Death' in the U.K) is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts biography film. The film is a flashback story of the life of Wong Fei Hung, the Chinese martial arts master and folk hero of Cantonese ethnicity, and is named after his trademark move- a kick too fast to be countered, known as 'the shadowless kick'. The director is Daniel Lau Tan-Ching, and the producer is Ng Why. The film stars Kwan Tak-hing, Jason Pai-piao, Cecilla Wong Hang-sau and Han Ying-chieh. The production company is Friendship Films (H.K.) Co, Hsu Tang is the production manager, the screenplay is by Sze-To On, and the script supervisor is Wong Mei Ling. The martial art used in the film by Kwan Tak-hing is Hung Ga / Hung Gar.
Kwan Tak-hing as Wong Fei Hung
Kwan Tak-hing acted the role of the famous chinese martial artist and physician, Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924), in 77 films, between 1949 and 1981. That is a world record for the portrayal of one character by the same actor in feature films. The first of his portrayals was in the 1949 film 'The Story of Huang Fei-hung Part 1', and in 1956 he starred in 25 Fei- hung films.Yang, Jeff. (2003). 'Once Upon a Time in China' Atria Books The production of the Fei-hung films ended in 1970, but was revived in 1974 with 'The Skyhawk', followed by a television series, and then the films 'Magnificent Butcher' in 1979, 'Magnificent Kick' in 1980 and 'Dreadnaught' in 1981.
(slow loading) By the time he starred in 'The Magnificent Kick', Kwan Tak-hing was 75 years of age and a stunt man had to take his place for the most physical scenes.
Cast
* Kwan Tak-hing as Wong Fei Hung / Wong Feihong
* Jason Pai-piao as Ah Su
* Cecilla Wong Hang-sau
* Han Ying-chieh
* Nick Cheung Lik
* Chiang Tao
* Lau Hok-Nin
* Alan Chan Kwok
* Ma Chan-San
* Lee Fat-Yuen
* Fung Ging-Man
* Cham Siu-Hung
* Wong Mei
* Sai Gwa-Pau
* Chong Wai
* Ma Kim-Ying
* Tai San
* Chan Ling-Wai
* Ma Hon-Yuen
* Chan Leung
* Lai Kim-Hung
* Ho Bo-Sing
References
See also
Cinema of Hong Kong
Category:1980 films
Category:Hong Kong martial arts films
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