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Purple Butterfly

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english title Purple Butterfly
original title 紫蝴蝶
aka Zi hudie
year2003
countryChina


cast & crew

director LOU Ye - 娄烨
actor ZHANG Zi-Yi - 章子怡Ding Hui/Xin Xia
LIU Ye - 劉燁
NAKAMURA Toru - 仲村トオルItami
producer NAI An
scriptwriter LOU Ye - 娄烨
cinematographer WANG Yu


additional Info

genresdrama
historic
duration127 minutes


synopsis

Played by Chinese superstar Zhang Ziyi (RUSH HOUR 2, CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON, HERO), Cynthia is a young Chinese woman in love with Itami (Toru Nakamura), a Japanese man about to be sent home for military service. A devastated Cynthia moved back to Shanghai only to witness the death of her elder brother during an attack by the Japanese extreme right. She changes her name to Ding Hui and joins a secret resistance group code-named Purple Butterfly... the same group that, years later, will plot to assassinate her lover

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