Butterfly and Sword

Butterfly and Sword
Film poster
Traditional Chinese新流星蝴蝶劍
Simplified Chinese新流星蝴蝶剑
Hanyu PinyinXīn Líuxīng Húdié Jiàn
JyutpingSan1 Lau4 Sing1 Wu4 Dip6 Gim3
Directed byMichael Mak
Screenplay byJohn Chong
Story byGu Long
Produced byChu Yen-ping
StarringTony Leung
Michelle Yeoh
Jimmy Lin
Joey Wong
Donnie Yen
CinematographyChan Wing-shu
Edited byMa Chung-yiu
Wong Jing-cheung
Mui Tung-lit
Music byStephen Shing
Chris Babida
Production
company
Chang-Hong Channel Film & Video Co.
Distributed byRegal Films Distribution
Tai Seng Video Marketing
Release date
  • 16 January 1993 (1993-01-16)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese

Butterfly and Sword (also known as Butterfly Sword on home media releases) is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film loosely based on the novel Liuxing Hudie Jian by Gu Long. Directed by Michael Mak, with action directed by Ching Siu-tung, the film starred Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh, Jimmy Lin, Joey Wong and Donnie Yen.