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Nu xia hei hu die

  • 19681968
  • 1h 45m
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5.8/10
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Black Butterfly, steals from the rich and gives to the poor. In reality, she is Bao Zhu, the daughter of retired swordsman Kwan Yee. Trouble starts when a bandit gang who she has robbed come... Read allBlack Butterfly, steals from the rich and gives to the poor. In reality, she is Bao Zhu, the daughter of retired swordsman Kwan Yee. Trouble starts when a bandit gang who she has robbed come to town looking for her.Black Butterfly, steals from the rich and gives to the poor. In reality, she is Bao Zhu, the daughter of retired swordsman Kwan Yee. Trouble starts when a bandit gang who she has robbed come to town looking for her.
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  • Director
    • Wei Lo
  • Writer
    • I. Fang Yeh
  • Stars
    • Yu Chin Chang
    • Hung-Lieh Chen
    • Chiao Chiao
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  • Director
    • Wei Lo
  • Writer
    • I. Fang Yeh
  • Stars
    • Yu Chin Chang
    • Hung-Lieh Chen
    • Chiao Chiao
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    Yu Chin Chang
    • 4th Chiefas 4th Chief
    Hung-Lieh Chen
    Hung-Lieh Chen
    • 3rd Chief Jade Nanas 3rd Chief Jade Nan
    Chiao Chiao
    Chiao Chiao
    • Kwan Bao Zhu aka Black Butterflyas Kwan Bao Zhu aka Black Butterfly
    Po-Chien Chin
    • Master Jinas Master Jin
    Mei Sheng Fan
    Mei Sheng Fan
    • Little Poueas Little Poue
    Mien Fang
    Mien Fang
    • Lord Fangas Lord Fang
    Ying-Chieh Han
    Ying-Chieh Han
    • 5th Chief Han Jieas 5th Chief Han Jie
    Hsing-Chun Hsu
    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
    Feng Ku
    Feng Ku
    • Little Tigeras Little Tiger
    Wei Lo
    Wei Lo
    • Chief Gai Tian Luias Chief Gai Tian Lui
    Hsiang-Lan Lu
    Ying Ma
    • 2nd Chief Ma Fei Longas 2nd Chief Ma Fei Long
    Feng Tien
    Feng Tien
    • Gold Sword Kwan Yeeas Gold Sword Kwan Yee
    Lu-Po Tu
    Lu-Po Tu
    Ching-Ho Wang
    Ching-Ho Wang
    • Zhangas Zhang
    Chih-Ching Yang
    Chih-Ching Yang
    • Drunken Beggar aka Loong San Fongas Drunken Beggar aka Loong San Fong
    Hua Yueh
    Hua Yueh
    • Liu Xi Langas Liu Xi Lang
    • Director
      • Wei Lo
    • Writer
      • I. Fang Yeh
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    Black Butterfly, steals from the rich and gives to the poor. In reality, she is Bao Zhu, the daughter of retired swordsman Kwan Yee. Trouble starts when a bandit gang who she has robbed come to town looking for her.
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    BLACK BUTTERFLY - Lackluster Robin Hood-style swordplay film
    THE BLACK BUTTERFLY (1968) is a swordplay adventure from Hong Kong's Shaw Bros. studio about a female fighter with a secret identity as the masked "Black Butterfly," who steals into wealthy homes and bandit lairs to make off with gold, jewels and other treasures, only to turn around and give them to the poor. In reality, she is Bao Zhu (Chiao Chiao), the daughter of a retired swordsman, Kwan Yee (Tien Feng), who has refused to give her the kung fu lessons he's been giving to the local boys, including his chief student, Xi Lang (Yueh Hua). As a result, Bao Zhu has secretly turned for instruction to a local drunkard known as Drunken Beggar (Yang Chi-ching), who is actually a kung fu expert believed to have died ten years earlier. Because she's supposedly never learned kung fu she's never considered a suspect in the Black Butterfly robberies. Conflict kicks in when a bandit gang whose gold had been robbed by Black Butterfly comes to town looking for her. Eventually, Kwan Yee and his students, joined by Black Butterfly and Drunken Beggar, have to confront the bandit gang at the gang's fortress, Five Devils Rock, in a big fight finale.

    Given these plot elements and given the strong cast, director, and relatively large Shaw Bros. budget, this should have been a much better film. Director Lo Wei made quite a number of enjoyable Shaw Bros. adventures (e.g. DEATH VALLEY, BROTHERS FIVE, THE SHADOW WHIP) and he's got some of the best actors at the studio on hand, including Chiao Chiao, Yueh Hua, Tien Feng, Chen Hung Lieh, Ku Feng and Fan Mei-sheng. But none of it ever comes together in the right way. Too much of the film is spent on Black Butterfly robbing local rich men and having to fight her own father and his student, Xi Lang. There's no good reason for this and it puts off the confrontation with the bandit gang, which comes too late in the film to generate much suspense. And when the good guys finally amass for the big fight at Five Devils Rock, they are too few in number and too short on skills to pose a believable challenge to the army of bandits, yet that doesn't stop the (uncredited) fight choreographer from putting forth some of the most implausible fight action I've yet seen in a Shaw Bros. film.

    For the record, the Black Butterfly is actually garbed entirely in purple.
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    • Release date
      • March 5, 1968 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Black Butterfly
    • Production company
      • Shaw Brothers
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      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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