Original title: The Black Butterfly / Death Valley / Vengeance of a Snow Girl
Year: 1968 - 1971
Country: Hong Kong
Region code: B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060000705935
Image: 2.35:1 (1080p)
Audio: Mandarin
Subtitles: English
Age rating: 15
Genre: Action
Cast: Lo Wei, Angela Yu Chien, Chen Hung-lieh
Director: Lo Wei
Synopsis:
A prolific writer and director, Lo Wei found fame in the 1970s following the enormous international success of The Big Boss and Fist of Fury , his collaborations with the inimitable Bruce Lee. In the years before he kickedstarted a kung fu revolution, though, he had been working on an accomplished series of wuxia pian for Shaw Brothers. Presented here are three standout films drawn from Lo Wei's wuxia world: The Black Butterfly , Death Valley and Vengeance of a Snow Girl .
In The Black Butterfly , a good-hearted thief acts as the Robin Hood of the martial world, robbing from the rich to give to the poor – and they begin by stealing a fortune in gold from a group of five ruthless bandits holed up at Five Devils Rock. Then, in Death Valley , the Lord of Chao Manor (Lo Wei) is murdered by his niece (Angela Yu Chien), leading to a bitter fight to claim his land and a clash between a hired swordsman (Chen Hung-lieh) and the Lord's apparent heir (Yueh Hua). Finally, in Vengeance of a Snow Girl , a young woman (Li Ching) takes revenge for her murdered parents, who were killed in a dispute over the legendary Tsui Feng sword – leading to a final showdown on frozen ground.
Lo Wei's The Black Butterfly , Death Valley and Vengeance of a Snow Girl are three of the finest wuxia films produced in the years before Bruce Lee's meteoric rise to fame would cause a tectonic shift in the Hong Kong film industry, as the era of kung fu loomed on the horizon. Eureka Classics is proud to present all three films on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.
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