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Purple Butterfly (2003)

Purple Butterfly

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2h 7m

Drama, Historical, War

September 12th, 2003

6/10

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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.

1 wins and 8 nominations

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Cast

Ziyi Zhang
Cynthia
Ye Liu
Situ
(Szeto)
Yuanzheng Feng
Xie Ming
Tôru Nakamura
Hidehiko Itami
Bingbing Li
Tang Yiling
Kin Ei
Yamamoto
Leni Lan Crazybarby
A zi
Seiichiro Hashimoto
(as Sciichiro Hashimoto)
Wang Kai
Brother
Felicia Pullam
Russian Prostitute
Full cast & crew

Directors

Ye Lou
Full cast & crew

Producers

Nai An
(co-executive producer)
Alain de la Mata
executive producer
Ye Lou
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Ye Lou
writer
Full cast & crew

Taglines

United by Passion. Divided by Fate.
An epic tale of love and loyalty in 30s Shanghai.

Keywords

resistance
army
china
All Keywords

Country of Origin

China
France
Hong Kong

Languages

Mandarin Chinese
Japanese
Vietnamese

Release Dates

September 12th, 2003 (Canada) (Toronto International Film Festival)
May 22nd, 2003 (France) (Cannes Film Festival) (premiere)
July 4th, 2012 (France) (physical)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Zi hu die (original title)
Borboleta Púrpura (Brazil)
A Borboleta Púrpura (Brazil) (festival title)
All Alternative Titles

Running Times

127 min
127 min ((USA))
127 min (France) (Cannes)

Sound Mixes

Dolby Digital

Production Companies

Dream Factory
Lou Yi Ltd.
Shanghai Film Studios
All Production Companies

Distribution Companies

Rosebud (Greece)
Cinemax (Hungary)
Palm Pictures (United States of America) (subtitled)

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