Black Butterfly
Black Butterfly
1960, Chinese. Directed by Lo Wei.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
- Rated
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- Released
- 15 December 1960
- Original title
- 黑蝴蝶
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Written by
- Chang Cheh
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Black Butterfly runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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Black Butterfly isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 December 1960. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Black Butterfly?
If you liked Black Butterfly, try The Four 3, Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings, The Bodyguard.
Who directed Black Butterfly?
Black Butterfly (1960) was directed by Lo Wei and stars Liu Liang-Hua, Lo Wei, Shih Chin.