The Butterfly Murders
1979·Mystery·1h 28m
7.1
★
A journalist attempting to solve a mystery in "Martial World" enlists the aid of a master fighter and a woman named Green Breeze. They go to a mysterious castle where they come across poisonous butterflies and a black-leather-clad killer.
Directed by Tsui Hark
martial arts
hong kong new wave
IMDB
N/A
Cast
Lau Siu-Ming
Fang Hongye
Michelle Yim
Green Shadow
Wong Shu-Tong
Tian Feng
JoJo Chan Kei-Kei
Lady Shen
Chang Kuo-Chu
Shen Qing
Eddy Ko Hung
Guo / The Magic Fire
Ha Kwong-Li
No. 10 of the Red Flags
Danny Chow Yun-Kin
No. 3 White Flag
Crew
Tsui Hark
Director
Frankie Chan Fan-Kei
Original Music Composer
David Wu
Editor
Ng See-Yuen
Producer
George Lam Tsz-Cheung
Songs
Lawrence Ah Mon
Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
13 reviews
Josh Cooley
6.5★ · 10/28/24
Shoutout to the Wu Tang Clan for having an entire YouTube channel of obscure HK action movies.This is just what I needed when I’m coughing up both of my lungs
Shoutout to the Wu Tang Clan for having an entire YouTube channel of obscure HK action movies.This is just what I needed when I’m coughing up both of my lungs
Loris
Enfoiré de corbeau
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Dog Man
7.0★ · 09/03/20
The visuals are undeniably gorgeous and the plot is undeniably overly complex. Just the way I like it. Everything in The Butterfly Murders is stylized in a way that enhances this martial arts movie’s horror and mystery. Even fight sequences have a score that is reminiscent of horror.
The visuals are undeniably gorgeous and the plot is undeniably overly complex. Just the way I like it. Everything in The Butterfly Murders is stylized in a way that enhances this martial arts movie’s horror and mystery. Even fight sequences have a score that is reminiscent of horror.
Npu
6.5★ · 07/24/18
Tsui Hark’s first film is almost like a student film in terms of how indulgently it jumps from giallo mystery to wuxia action, while trying to tell a story that is just incomprehensible. Truth be told, the detective work featured in “The Butterfly Murders” suck. Everything is extrapolated from circumstantial happenings and even the film seems to be telling the audience not to take literally what is onscreen when our narrator ups and leaves the castle.
While the plot makes no sense, it more than makes up for it in the action. Killer butterflies, propeller wires, esoteric explosives, shark claws...the action is super imaginative and is exactly what a wuxia fantasy fanboy like Tsui Hark world make as a first feature.
While the plot makes no sense, it more than makes up for it in the action. Killer butterflies, propeller wires, esoteric explosives, shark claws...the action is super imaginative and is exactly what a wuxia fantasy fanboy like Tsui Hark world make as a first feature.
Tsui Hark’s first film is almost like a student film in terms of how indulgently it jumps from giallo mystery to wuxia action, while trying to tell a story that is just incomprehensible. Truth be told, the detective work featured in “The Butterfly Murders” suck. Everything is extrapolated from circumstantial happenings and even the film seems to be telling the audience not to take literally what is onscreen when our narrator ups and leaves the castle.
While the plot makes no sense, it more than makes up for it in the action. Killer butterflies, propeller wires, esoteric explosives, shark claws...the action is super imaginative and is exactly what a wuxia fantasy fanboy like Tsui Hark world make as a first feature.
While the plot makes no sense, it more than makes up for it in the action. Killer butterflies, propeller wires, esoteric explosives, shark claws...the action is super imaginative and is exactly what a wuxia fantasy fanboy like Tsui Hark world make as a first feature.
Sr.devuelta
7.0★ · 06/08/26