Killer Butterfly

1978 South Korean film

Killer Butterfly
Poster for Killer Butterfly (1978)

Hangul	살인나비를 쫓는 여자
Hanja	殺人나비를 쫓는 女子
Revised Romanization	Sarinnabireul jjonneun yeoja
McCune–Reischauer	Sarinnabirŭl tchonnŭn yŏja

Directed by	Kim Ki-young^[1]
Written by	Lee Mun-ung
Produced by	Jung Jin-woo
Starring	Nam Koong Won Kim Ja-ok
Cinematography	Lee Seong-chun
Edited by	Kim Hee-su
Music by	Han Sang-ki
Distributed by	Kuk Dong
Release date	December 2, 1978 (1978-12-02)
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	$2,376^[2]

Killer Butterfly (Korean: 살인나비를 쫓는 여자; lit. A Woman Chasing a Killer Butterfly) is a 1978 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young. It was released on Blu-ray by Mondo Macabro as Woman Chasing the Butterfly of Death; bonus material includes several interviews of people connected with the film.

Plot

A melodrama about a man who survives an attempted suicide/murder with a stranger while picnicking with friends. He goes on a cave expedition for a famous archaeologist where he discovers a skeleton several thousand years old. He meets the spirit of the skeleton in a dream (probably), and then becomes romantically involved with the archeologist's daughter.^[1]

Cast

Nam Koong Won^[1]
Kim Ja-ok
Kim Chung-chul
Kim Man
Park Am
Lee Hyang
Yeo Po
Yu Sun-cheol
Lee Gang-bae
Kim So-jo
Lee Hwa-si

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "A Woman After a Killer Butterfly (Sal-innabileul j...(1978)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
^ "A Woman After a Killer Butterfly (1979)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2021-07-05.

Bibliography

Berry, Chris. "Killer Butterfly". The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2003-12-09. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
Choi, Eun-Suk. "Forbidden Desire and The Fantastic: Killer Butterfly". The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2003-12-10. Retrieved 2008-01-21.