Butterfly sword is not as bonkers as the absolutely insane holy weapon but when it comes to over the top, violent, hilarious and crazy creative wuxia of the early 90s it definitely makes for a damn entertaining watch. There have been a few movie and tv adaptations of the novel already, including the 1976 shaw brothers classic, and the 1993 film starring tony leung. The first time i saw the movie, i never saw it again until now. Butterfly and sword 1993 a woman leads a group of martial artists to destroy her rival and tries to win the love of a man who loves another. Hidden dragon and zhang yimous hero, at least for the west. Cold steel butterfly swords typically, butterfly swords come in pairs that are cleverly nested together so they appear to be one sword not two. Butterfly and sword is a 1993 hong kong film with a beautiful sounding song. Donnie yen, michelle yeoh, hideaki sato, jimmy lin, elvis tsui, joey wang show embed code.
This was one worse than project s, michelle yeohs illfated attempt to reprise her role from police story 3. A selection of the very best wing chun butterfly swords butterfly knives, bart jarm do for ving tsun, wing tsun, wing chun kungfu. Unbeknowst to them, tsao is already dead and the impostor has a goal of his own. Featuring a roster of actors that i loved, i recall viewing it many times in years past. With tony chiuwai leung, michelle yeoh, joey wang, elvis tsui. Comet, butterfly, and sword it was a semirevelation. Butterfly and sword 1993 is a hong kong film loosely based on a novel called liuxing hudie jian. Chinese butterfly swords by cold steel atlanta cutlery. Modell design has been working with everything wing chun since 2009 to bring the world the finest quality of production grade wing chun swords. Modell design, llc is a knife and sword design company that specializes in the design of highend custom butterfly swords. Cold steels battle worthy blades are 15 long and 258 wide. Tough cookies for her, because sing really loves the beautiful but useless butterfly joey wong.
Dynamo michelle khan stars as a loyalist who attempts to keep the kings empire from being overthrown by a revolutionary group. Meteor, butterfly, swords dvd end taiwan version dvd. Currently, due to the spread of kung fu, these once obscure swords have become quite popular. Nov 01, 2014 butterfly and sword is a 1993 hong kong film with a beautiful sounding song. Tou chunghwa costars as lui, who is suens lieutenant and a master swordsman in his own right. Butterfly and sword trailer 1993 donnie yen youtube. Her father was once a renowned member of the martial arts world, but she is just another young girl deeply in love. Prior to world war ii, the butterfly sword was virtually unknown outside of southern china. There have been a few movie and tv adaptations of the novel already, including the 1976 shaw brothers classic, and the 1993 film starring tony leung chiu wai. It was among the first imported hk dvds that i ordered upon getting my first job and discovering the joys of the internet.
Butterfly and sword is a 1993 hong kong wuxia film loosely based on the novel liuxing hudie jian by gu long. Butterfly swords functional chinese swords cold steel. Tony leung chiu wai tony jimmy lin michelle yeoh joey wang. Directed by michael mak, the film stars tony leung, michelle yeoh, jimmy lin, joey wong and donnie yen. Watch butterfly swords full episode forged in fire history. The listed price is for a pair of butterfly swords. Sword and scale season 1 by sword and scale published on 20141122t14. The family attend their first appointment at the gender clinic, but stephen still struggles and ends up making a mistake. Michelle yeoh stars as sister ko, who raised sing tony leung chiuwai since he was a child and has fallen in love with him as an adult.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing butterfly and sword near you. Butterfly and sword 1993 cast and crew a woman leads a group of martial artists to destroy her rival and tries to win the love of a man who loves another. Butterfly swords functional chinese swords cold steel at. Butterfly sword pair prior to world war ii, the butterfly sword was virtually unknown outside of southern china. Masterwork butterfly swords cost 320 gp for the pair. The life of a butterfly is delicate, even more fragile than flowers, but alas it lives only in the spring. With jawdropping martial arts choreography by the legendary ching siu tung and featuring the nowclassic human arrow, butterfly sword is a wonderfully wild kung fu thriller with amazing swordplay and innovative action sequences. Kung fu butterfly swords when they are drawn, the butterfly swords can be separated and wielded in both hands with lightning speed. Based on the famous gu long wuxia novel, martial arts drama butterfly sword won wide acclaim during its run on cctv, and its audience ratings even surpassed that of heaven sword and dragon sabre. And i even saved mentioning that donnie yen plays the third lead in butterfly sword for the last sentence. She had fallen before changan, but hadnt allowed herself to believe it. Butterfly has nothing to do with the martial arts world.
This changed at the close of the 1940s, when the communists took control of mainland china, forcing many kung fu masters to flee the oppressive regime and establish new schools elsewhere. This particular addition to tfws chinese collection is the southern chinese butterfly swords, a specialty sword set made popular by wing chun kung fu stylists. And i even saved mentioning that donnie yen plays the. This is an arranged marriage and one that ai li doesnt want because she has found out that her husbandtobe has plotted against her family and may have killed one of her brothers. Ai li, the daughter of an emperor, is betrothed to marry, li tao, a warlord. When they are drawn, they can be quickly separated and wielded in both hands to make wickedly effective chops, slashes and thrusts.
Sep 09, 2015 butterfly sword 1993 english subtitle. Staring donnie yen, michelle yeoh, tony leung and ma yuk sing. Crafting chinese butterfly swords, our final two bladesmiths face twice the work, and twice the pressure, in their attempt to claim the title of forged in fire champion. It is thought that butterfly swords date from the early 19th century. In an attempt to understand and support max, vicky and stephen attend a support group for gender nonconforming young people. He belongs to a group of assassins and the leader sends him on an undercover mission where he encounters an old friend. Cold steel 88bf butterfly swords 15 carbon steel blade. With jeremy irons, john lone, barbara sukowa, ian richardson.
Hong kong wuxia film loosely based on the 1973 novel liuxing hudie jian meteor, butterfly, sword by gu long. Directed by michael mak, the film starred tony leung, michelle yeoh, jimmy lin, joey wong and donnie yen plot. Several english language accounts from the 1840s describe local militia in guangdong being trained in the double swords, short swords with. Directed by michael mak, the film starred tony leung, michelle yeoh, jimmy lin, joey wong and donnie yen. Butterfly is the daughter of a martial artist who is in love with a man who turns out to be an assassin. Wing chun butterfly swords butterfly knives bot jarm do. Several english language accounts from the 1840s describe local militia in guangdong being trained in the double swords, short swords with a hook extending from the guard, and fitting into a. Dynamo michelle yeoh stars as a loyalist who attempts to keep the kings empire from being overthrown by a revolutionary group. Butterfly sword 1993 michael mak, kevin chu, chu yen. Tou chunghwa costars as lui, who is suens lieutenant and. Wing chun butterfly swords butterfly knives bot jarm. In 1960s china, french diplomat rene gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, song liling but song is not at all who gallimard thinks.
The late 80s early 90s revival of the heroic swordplay film saw a blend of the fantastic sides of classic action directors like chang cheh and chor yuen brought into the 90s with modern sense of pacing and choreography. Typically, butterfly swords come in pairs that are cleverly nested together so they appear to be one sword not two. Butterfly swords is set during a unique time period in the tang dynasty in 758 ad china. Butterfly swords on dvd 8124910397 from well go usa. Butterfly sword 1993 michael mak, kevin chu, chu yen ping. The butterfly sword is a short dao, or singleedged sword, originally from southern china, though it has also seen use in the north.
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