The Magnificent Kick
# The Magnificent Kick

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. 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. 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. 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
