The Butterfly Murders

The Butterfly Murders
Film poster

Traditional	蝶變
Simplified	蝶变
Mandarin	Dié Biàn
Directed by	Tsui Hark
Produced by	Ng See-yuen
Written by	Lam Chi-ming Lam Fan
Starring	Lau Siu-ming Michelle Yim
Cinematography	Fan Gam-yuk
Production company	Seasonal Film Corporation
Release dates	20 July 1979 (1979-07-20)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese

The Butterfly Murders is a 1979 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Tsui Hark. It has elements of history and a murder mystery. The film is not widely available on tape or DVD in the West (there is a German and a French DVD release), though there was a Hong Kong release.^[1]

Plot

Butterflies have apparently become a lethal weapon. Several rivals contend for a mysterious prize, using a variety of unusual weapons.

Cast

Lau Siu-ming as Scholar Fong
Michelle Yim as Green Shadow
Jojo Chan as Madam Shum
Chang Kuo-chu as Master Shum
Wong Shu-tong as Tien Lung clan leader
Ha Kwong-li as No. 10, Red Flag squad leader
Tsui Siu-ling as Chee
Eddy Ko as Kwok Lik
Tino Wong as Li Kim
Danny Chow as No. 3, White Flag squad leader
Lau Jun-fai as Mr Tsui

References

↑ Hong Kong Digital. The Butterfly Murders (1979; Seasonal Film Corporation).

External links

The Butterfly Murders at the Internet Movie Database
The Butterfly Murders at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
The Butterfly Murders on Hong Kong Cinemagic

Films directed by Tsui Hark

Films	The Butterfly Murders (1979) We're Going to Eat You (1980) All the Wrong Clues (1981) Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) Shanghai Blues (1984) Aces Go Places 3 (1984) Peking Opera Blues (1986) A Better Tomorrow 3 (1989) The Master (1989) Once Upon a Time in China (1991) The Raid (1991) Once Upon a Time in China II (1992) Green Snake (1993) Once Upon a Time in China III (1993) The Lovers (1994) Once Upon a Time in China V (1994) The Blade (1995) The Chinese Feast (1995) Tristar (1996) Double Team (1997) Knock Off (1998) Time and Tide (2000) The Legend of Zu (2001) Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002) Seven Swords (2005) The Warrior (2006) All About Women (2008) Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011) Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013) The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014) Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2 (2017)

Collaborating director	The Banquet (1991) Twin Dragons (1992) Triangle (2007)

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