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Directed by | Daniel Lau Tan-Ching |
Screenplay by | Sze-To On Wong Mei-Ling (script supervisor) |
Produced by | Ng Why |
Starring |
Kwan Tak-Hing Jason PaiPiao Cecilla Wong Hang-sau |
Cinematography | Ho Hak-Wai |
Edited by | Robert Choi Hung |
Music by | Yui Wing-Siu So Yung |
Production company | Friendship Films (H.K) |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Languages | Cantonese version English Version |
The Magnificent Kick ( Chinese: 黃飛鴻與鬼腳七) (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. [1] 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. [2] The martial art used in the film by Kwan Tak-hing is Hung Ga / Hung Gar. [3] [4]
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. [1] 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. [5] 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. [1] [6] 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. [1]