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Film · Drama, History, War

Purple Butterfly (2003)

★ 6.7 · 23 votes2 h 7 minDrama, History2003

United by Passion. Divided by Fate.

Ding Hui is a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. An unexpected encounter reunites her with Itami, an ex-lover and officer with a secret police unit tasked with dismantling Purple Butterfly.

Director
Lou Ye
Writers
Lou Ye
Country
China
Language
Chinese
Release date
July 4, 2003
Original title
紫蝴蝶

Purple Butterfly cast

  • Zhang ZiyiCynthia / Ding Hui
  • Liu YeSzeto
  • Feng YuanzhengXie Ming
  • Toru NakamuraHidehiko Itami
  • Li BingbingTang Yiling
  • Kin EiYamamoto
  • Leni LanAh Zi
  • Yao Anlian
  • Wang KaiBrother
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