- English name：Butterfly and Sword
- Broadcast time：January 16, 1993
- Starring：梁朝伟（Tony Leung Chiu-Wai）、杨紫琼（Yeoh Choo Kheng）、王祖贤（JoeyWong）、甄子丹（Donnie Yen）
- director：麦当杰
Introduction
Today,we are going to talk about a 1993 film named Butterfly and Sword (新流星蝴蝶剑xīn liúxīng húdiéjiàn), which is derived from a popular Gu Long novel and a remake of an early 1980s Shaw Brothers flick called Killer Clans (流星蝴蝶剑liúxīng húdiéjiàn) and originally directed by Chu Yuan. Here Michael Mak Tong-kit(麦当杰Mài Dāngjié)directs.
It’s both a period piece and fantasy martial arts, courtesy of Ching Siu-tung (程小东Chéng Xiăodōng) serving up plentiful portions of wirework.
Plot
During the Ming Dynasty, eunuchs seized power, and the East Factory Cao Gonggong and the West Factory Li Gonggong became two opposing forces. The paralyzed Cao Gonggong discovered that Li Gonggong colluded with Sun Yubo, the owner of Juxian Villa, in the martial arts world to rebel, and wanted to get his secret letter to expose his conspiracy. Boss Gao sent Meng and Ye to Cao’s mansion after obtaining the secret letter, and found that Cao was not paralyzed, but a person with extremely strong martial arts.
“Happy Forest” two masters Meng Xinghun (played by Tony Leung) and Ye Xiang (played by Donnie Yen) are both orphans adopted by “Happy Forest” owner Boss Gao (played by Michelle Yeoh) since childhood, and they are also the two top killers of “Happy Forest”.
Meng Xinghun is cheerful and romantic. He loves to watch the stars and is deeply appreciated by Boss Gao. However, Meng is in love with his beloved wife Xiaodie (played by Joey Wong). Xiaodie has never known Meng’s identity and thinks that Meng is a small businessman, but the two are truly in love and have similar interests. Ye is lonely and arrogant, but secretly has a crush on Boss Gao’s master. This time, the bloody storm in the martial arts world was set off by him.
At this time, Eunuch Li has been killed, and it was Cao who really planned the rebellion, so a bloody battle began. With the help of the little prince, Gao, Ye, and Meng finally put Cao to death. At this time, Boss Gao can command the martial arts world, but she is afraid of losing Meng, but Meng’s heart is still with Xiaodie, and Ye also wants to express his feelings to Boss Gao. What choice will they make in the end?
