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 Wong Fei-hung (born Wong Sek-cheung with the courtesy name Tat-wun; 19 August 1847 – 17 April 1925) was a Chinese martial artist, physician, and folk hero. Though he was considered an expert in the Hung Ga style of Chinese martial arts, his r ...

, the

Chinese Chinese may refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China. **'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...

martial arts master and

folk hero A folk hero or national hero is a type of hero – real, fictional or mythology, mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in Folk music, folk songs, folk tales ...

Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...

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 Kwan Tak-hing (27 June 1905 – 28 June 1996) was a Hong Kong martial artist and actor best known for his portrayal of martial artist folk hero Wong Fei-hung in at least 77 films, between the 1940s and the 1980s. No one else in cinema history h ...

, Jason Pai Piao, Cecilla Wong and

Han Ying-chieh Han Ying-chieh (January 1, 1927 – October 15, 1991) was a Hong Kong Chinese actor. He started acting from 1966 and acted in movies such as ''Come Drink with Me'' and others. He acted in some films with Bruce Lee such as ''The Big Boss'' and ''F ...

. 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 Ga Kuen (Cantonese) or Hongjiaquan (Mandarin) ( zh, 洪家拳, link=no, meaning "fist of the Hung family") - alternatively shortened as either Hung Ga () or Hung Kuen () - is an ancient southern Chinese martial art, which roots lie in th ...

/ Hung Gar.

Kwan Tak-hing as Wong Fei Hung

played the role of the famous chinese martial artist and physician

(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 as Fei-hung in 25 films. 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 ''The Magnificent Butcher'' () is a 1979 Hong Kong Martial arts film, martial arts comedy film directed by Yuen Woo-ping, and starring Sammo Hung, Kwan Tak-hing, Yuen Biao, and Wei Pai. The film is based on the story of Lam Sai-wing, one of t ...

'' 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

as Wong Fei Hung / Wong Feihong * Jason Pai Piao as Ah Su * Cecilla Wong *

* 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

Kwan Tak-hing as Wong Fei Hung

Cast

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