The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman - 刀见笑 [2011]

The film is split into three stories titled "Desire", "Vengeance" and "Greed". "Desire" is set in a remote area in Ancient China where a butcher named Chopper (Liu Xiaoye) is in love with Madam Mei (Kitty Zhang) and tries to buy her, but is beaten to her by the swordsman Big Beard (Senggerenqin) who gets her first. In retaliation, Chopper gets vengeance on Big Beard with his cleaver.

In "Vengeance", a Chef (Mi Dan) is told that the strong Eunuch Liu (Xie Ning) will pass through in a month's time and wants to eat the Chefs renowned eight-course meal. If there anything bad should happen in the meal, the chef will be killed, so he chooses his mute apprentice (Ando Masanobu)to be his successor and to take his place and passes his secret about his fresh fish. The chef is unaware of the real identity of his assistant.

In "Greed", the Swordsman Dugu Cheng (Ashton Xu) inherits a lump of iron that was made by Fat Tang (You Benchang) from the melted-down swords from previous champion warriors. After making the iron into a sword, Dugu faces problems when entering combat with it.

Toronto International Film Festival : 16 September 2010
Release Date : 17 March 2011
Origin : China, Hong Kong, USA
Genre: Action, Comedy,
Director : Wuershan
Starring: Kitty Zhang,Masanobu Ando,You Benchang,Liu Xiaoye,Ashton Xu

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Posted in: Action,Comedy