Butterfly Swords

  • English Butterfly and sword (more)
Hong Kong, 1993, 88 min

Directed by:

Michael Mak

Based on:

Long Gu (book)

Screenplay:

John Chong

Cinematography:

Jung-Shu Chen
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Plots(1)

In this action-packed martial arts film, an honorable, brave farmer volunteers to help defend the Ming Dynasty against a gang of dissembling eunuchs with coup d'etat on their minds. Michelle Yeoh and Tony Leung star as the brother and sister assigned to break into the revolutionaries' circle, who then find themselves embroiled in a confusing web of deception. (official distributor synopsis)

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