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The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

One legendary blade will change the destiny of all who wield it.

20115.41h 32m

Overview

A tale of revenge, honor and greed follows a group of misfits that gets involved with a kitchen cleaver made from the top five swords of the martial arts world in this wild and brash action comedy.

Directed by Wuershan
Written by An Changhe, Zhang Jiajia, Wuershan
Produced by Wang Yu
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Top Cast

Masanobu Ando

Masanobu Ando

The Mute

Zhang Yuqi

Zhang Yuqi

Madame Mei

L

Liu Xiao-Ye

Chopper

Han Pengyi

Han Pengyi

Chunge

Dong Li-Fan

Dong Li-Fan

House of a Thousand Flowers Manager

Gao Lei

Gao Lei

Flautist

L

Liu Xu

Troupe Leader

Senggerenqin

Senggerenqin

Big Beard

A

An Yun-Cheng

House of a Thousand Flowers Patron

Mi Dan

Mi Dan

Big Eight Chef

Themes & Keywords

swordbutcherswordsman

About The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman is a comedy, action, adventure film released in 2011 exploring themes of sword, butcher, swordsman. Directed by Wuershan, it stars Masanobu Ando, Zhang Yuqi, Liu Xiao-Ye. A tale of revenge, honor and greed follows a group of misfits that gets involved with a kitchen cleaver made from the top five swords of the martial arts world in this wild and brash action comedy.

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