The Magnificent Kick
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Wong Mei Ling (script supervisor)
Jason Pai Piao
Cecilla Wong
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| Directed by | Daniel Lau Tan Ching |
| Screenplay by | Szeto On Wong Mei Ling (script supervisor) |
| Produced by | Ng Why |
| Starring | Kwan Tak-Hing Jason Pai Piao Cecilla Wong |
| Cinematography | Ho Hak Wai |
| Edited by | Robert Choi Hung |
| Music by | Yui Wing Siu So Yung |
Production company | Friendship Films (H.K) |
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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 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 played 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 as Fei-hung in 25 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]