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Feature film — 2003
Purple Butterfly (2003)
6.72h 7mWar — Drama — History
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.
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A high-signal pick with 23 votes.
Shanghai Film Studio / Lou Yi / Wild Bunch / Dream Factory
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Director: Lou Ye
On screen
Cast & crew
Zhang Ziyi
Cynthia / Ding Hui
Liu Ye
Szeto
Feng Yuanzheng
Xie Ming
Toru Nakamura
Hidehiko Itami
Li Bingbing
Tang Yiling
K
Kin Ei
Yamamoto
Leni Lan
Ah Zi
Yao Anlian
Wang Kai
Brother
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