MOVIE INFO
Title: The Butterfly Chalice
Original Title: Hu Die Bei
Country: Hong Kong
Year: 1965
Genre: Chinese Opera
Directors: Yuen Chau Fung and Chang Cheh
Writer: Chang Cheh
Cast: Chin Feng, Pat Ting Hung, Chen Yan Yan, Kao Pao Shu, Tien Feng and Lo Lieh
Producer: Sir Run Run Shaw
Production: Shaw Brothers
Runtime: 84 min.
Audio: Madarin
Subtitles: Chinese/English idx/sub
PLOT
Starring the stunning, teenage heartthrob Pat Ting Hung, The Butterfly Chalice marks the important directing debut of the kung-fu film genre's most principle figure Chang Cheh, as he burst the martial arts and swordplay movie doors wide open, announcing the beginning of the end for the Cantonese musicals.
The Story revolves around Tian Yu Quan (Chin Feng) who rushes to the aid of an elderly fisherman who is bullied by an arrogant relative of the Qiu Shan ministry. In the heat of the ensuing battle he kills the said man and is hence chased by the district's officials. Trying to use the waterway to shake off his enemies,
Yu Quan finds a true friend in the old fisherman's bark-stearing daughter, Hu Feng Lian (Ting Hung) who becomes his loyal accomplice. As symbol for his gratitude, Yu Quan bestows Feng Lian with a Butterfly Chalice to reflect their eternal friendship bond...
TECHNICAL INFO
General: 1965 Butterfly Chalice.avi
Format: AVI at 1 140 Kbps
Length: 683 MiB for 1h 23mn 42s 280ms
Video #0: xvid at 1 000 Kbps
Aspect : 640 x 480 (1.333) at 25.000 fps
Audio #0 : MPEG Audio at 128 Kbps
Infos: 2 channels, 44.1 KHz
LINKS
HKCINEMAGIC: http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=1507
HKMDB: http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=4294&display_set=eng
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059002/