Jul 04, 2003
127 min
Full-HD

Purple Butterfly (2003)

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.

Category

War Drama History

Country

China Hong Kong France

Companies

Shanghai Film Studio Lou Yi Wild Bunch Dream Factory

Zhang Ziyi

Cynthia / Ding Hui

Liu Ye

Szeto

Feng Yuanzheng

Xie Ming

Toru Nakamura

Hidehiko Itami

Li Bingbing

Tang Yiling

Kin Ei

Yamamoto

Leni Lan

Ah Zi

Yao Anlian

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