Hong Kong Synopsis
林世榮
A plump butcher student of Wong Fei Hung, Lam Sai-Wing gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as Five Dragons. He is accused of raping the Head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now Ko, the Head of Five Dragons, wants revenge.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Magnificent Butcher. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Action + Comedy in Hong Kong
150 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Magnificent Butcher itself).
The 1978–1980 Hong Kong Window
The Magnificent Butcher holds position #10 of 58 Hong Kong films in the 1978–1980 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Hong Kong, 122 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Magnificent Butcher premiered alongside 21 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 21 other Hong Kong films in 1979.
The 131st Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
67 audience reviews — more than 74% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 78th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #130 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (84th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #72 of 516 (top 14%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | December 19, 1979 |
| IMDb | tt0079472 |