The Butterfly Murders

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

The Butterfly Murders (���变; Jyutping: Dip bin; Pinyin: Dié biàn; "Butterfly Transformation") 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 (he wears black knight armor that conceals his identity.)
•  [zh] 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[]

External links[]

• The Butterfly Murders at IMDb
• The Butterfly Murders at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Butterfly Murders at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• The Butterfly Murders on Hong Kong Cinemagic

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