Black Butterfly
Lau Leung-wah plays the titled character, a Chinese Robin Hood who robs the rich to help the poor. She is an early Republican Era Mulan, who switches effortlessly between charming gentility and agile ferocity, and Lau personifies her character's duality with a balance of grace and vigour. Chang Cheh, on the verge of fostering seismic changes in cinema with his martial-arts machismo, pens a script that captures the spirit of changing Chinese womanhood, underscored by a conflict between Black Butterfly and her father, a veteran detective.
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Lo Wei Director · Chang Cheh Screenplay
First release December 15, 1960 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Original title 黑蝴蝶
Production
Swank Motion Picture
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Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
黑蝴蝶
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · December 15, 1960
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