Sammo Hung Kicks Ass
10 Episodes
A one-of-a-kind performer, choreographer, and director, Hong Kong superstar Sammo Hung reinvented action cinema as a space of exuberant physicality and unexpected grace. Trained at the same Beijing-opera academy as Jackie Chan (with whom he costarred in films like MY LUCKY STARS), Hung deployed the skills he learned there in cinema, combining athleticism with impish humor. In full-throttle martial-arts extravaganzas like the off-the-wall horror comedy ENCOUNTERS OF THE SPOOKY KIND; the thrillingly kinetic, tonally audacious action melodrama PEDICAB DRIVER; and the absolutely jaw-dropping jungle adventure EASTERN CONDORS, Hung reaches heights of acrobatic transcendence while keeping the spectacle grounded via his down-to-earth screen presence.
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01:04Episode 1Sammo Hung Kicks Ass Teaser
Episode 1
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09:00Episode 2Sammo Hung Interview
Episode 2
Get to know Hong Kong action legend Sammo Hung, who put his own stamp on martial-arts cinema both in front of and behind the camera. In the following interview, recorded in 2024, Hung revisits his training at the China Drama Academy, reflects his early work as a stunt performer for King Hu, and e...
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1:49:28Episode 3The Magnificent Butcher
Episode 3
Directed by Yuen Woo-ping • 1979 • Hong Kong
Starring Sammo Hung, Kwan Tak-hing, Yuen BiaoHot on the heels of his blockbuster Jackie Chan hit DRUNKEN MASTER, the legendary martial-arts director Yuen Woo-ping helmed another rollicking star vehicle. This time, rising talent Sammo Hung plays Lam S...
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THE MAGNIFICENT BUTCHER: English-Dubbed Version
Episode 4
Directed by Yuen Woo-ping • 1979 • Hong Kong
Starring Sammo Hung, Kwan Tak-hing, Yuen BiaoHot on the heels of his blockbuster Jackie Chan hit DRUNKEN MASTER, the legendary martial-arts director Yuen Woo-ping helmed another rollicking star vehicle. This time, rising talent Sammo Hung plays Lam S...
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1:35:15Episode 5Pedicab Driver
Episode 5
Directed by Sammo Hung • 1989 • Hong Kong
Starring Sammo Hung, Max Mok Siu-chung, Lau Kar-leungRascally pedicab driver Lo Tung (Sammo Hung) yearns for the lovely Ping (Nina Li Chi)—but a dangerous gang boss also has eyes for her. When two of his friends are killed by the gangster’s men, Lo must...
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PEDICAB DRIVER: English-Dubbed Version
Episode 6
Directed by Sammo Hung • 1989 • Hong Kong
Starring Sammo Hung, Max Mok Siu-chung, Lau Kar-leungRascally pedicab driver Lo Tung (Sammo Hung) yearns for the lovely Ping (Nina Li Chi)—but a dangerous gang boss also has eyes for her. When two of his friends are killed by the gangster’s men, Lo must...
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1:38:52Episode 7Eastern Condors
Episode 7
Directed by Sammo Hung • 1987 • Hong Kong
Starring Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Joyce Mina GodenziLegendary actor-director Sammo Hung delivers a bazooka blast of pure adrenaline in this exemplar of Hong Kong action cinema at its most entertaining. Drawing inspiration from Hollywood war films like TH...
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1:39:06Episode 8The Bodyguard
Episode 8
Directed by Sammo Hung • 2016 • Hong Kong, China
Starring Sammo Hung, Zhu Yuchen, Li QinqinRetired special agent Ding (Sammo Hung) makes a home in a quiet village on the Russia-China border. There, he befriends a young girl whose father (Andy Lau), in debt with the mob, disappears—leaving her i...
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1:43:51Episode 9Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Episode 9
Directed by Sammo Hung • 1980 • Hong Kong
Starring Sammo Hung, Paul Chung Fat, Wu MaThe great Sammo Hung wrote, directed, and stars in this outrageously entertaining Hong Kong cinema landmark—one of the first HK horror-comedy-action hybrids and the film that launched the hopping-vampire craze t...
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1:37:15Episode 10My Lucky Stars
Episode 10
Directed by Sammo Hung • 1985 • Hong Kong
Starring Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen BiaoLongtime friends Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao—who had worked together since childhood as part of a Beijing opera troupe—join forces for this rollicking blend of action thrills and lunatic humor, which...
