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Director:
Hark Tsui
Writers:
Lum Chi-Ming (writer)
Fan Lin (writer)
Release Date:
20 July 1979 (Hong Kong) more
Plot:
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. | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Siu-Ming Lau ... Fang Hongye
Michelle Mee ... Green Shadow
Shu Tong Wong ... Tian Feng (as Shutang Huang)
Guozhu Zhang ... Shen Qing
Qiqi Chen ... Lady Shen
Jiang Wang ... Li, 'The Thousand Hands'
Eddy Ko ... Guo, 'The Magic Fire' (as Xiong Gao)
Xiaoling Xu ... Ah Zhi
Kuang-li Hsia ... No.10 of the Red Flags (as Jiangli Xia)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Junhui Liu
Chen Tien Loong ... Thousand Hands Li Kim
Feng Qiao
Ma-San See
Xieqi Zhou
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dip bin (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
The Butterfly Murders (Hong Kong: English title)
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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
Hong Kong
Language:
Cantonese
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Singapore:NC-16

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Tian Feng: [after killing Shen Qing] Looks like the game is over.
Guo, 'The Magic Fire': Looks like it has just begun.
[releasing a Fire Crow]
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Art of Action: Martial Arts in Motion Picture (2002) (TV) more

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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
The Birth of a great director, 29 March 2003
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Author: mindless_junk

Who would have thought that this movie would open the door for one of the most legendary movie directors in Hong Kong film history. Although this movie came out almost 25 years ago, but it is like an old wine vintage that only gets better in time, the movie does not feel dated at all.

I checked out this movie to get a feel of what Tsui Hark was like in the beginning, I was not disappointed at all.

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