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Happy Birthday Leung Kar Yan!

Happy Birthday to Leung Kar Yan who turns 66 today! Affectionately known as “Beardy” he is a Hong Kong film and television actor and director who has played roles in numerous acclaimed martial arts films.

Notable films include: Legend of a Fighter, Knockabout, Enter the Fat Dragon, Warriors Two, and The Thundering Mantis.

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Elliot Richards

Elliot is KFK's Web Content Editor, writer and lover of all kinds of movies, including martial arts ones. Favourites include The Prodigal Son, Magnificent Butcher, The Victim, Legend of a Fighter and the Ip Man movies with Donnie Yen.

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