Purple Butterfly
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| Purple Butterfly | |
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 Theatrical poster for Purple Butterfly's American release |
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| Directed by | Lou Ye |
| Written by | Lou Ye |
| Starring | Zhang Ziyi Liu Ye Tôru Nakamura |
| Distributed by | Palm Pictures (U.S.) |
| Release date(s) |  November 26, 2004 |
| Running time | 127 min. |
| Language | Mandarin Japanese |
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Purple Butterfly (紫蝴蝶, Zǐ Húdié) is a 2003 Chinese film, directed by Lou Ye.
[edit] Plot summary
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Ding Hui, also called Cynthia, (Zhang Ziyi) is a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. An unexpected encounter reunites her with Itami (Nakamura Tooru), an ex-lover... and officer of a Japanese secret police unit tasked with dismantling Purple Butterfly.
[edit] Cast
- Zhang Ziyi as Cynthia/Ding Hui
- Tôru Nakamura as Hidehiko Itami
- Liu Ye as Szeto
- Feng Yuanzheng as Xie Ming
- Li Bingbing as Tang Yiling
- Kin Ei as Yamamoto
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