shanghai, china,resistance,world war ii,1940s,japanese occupation of china

Purple Butterfly (2003)

Poster for Purple Butterfly

United by Passion. Divided by Fate.

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Lou Ye
  • Profile picture of Zhang Ziyi
    Cynthia / Ding Hui Zhang Ziyi
  • Profile picture of Liu Ye
    Szeto Liu Ye
  • Profile picture of Feng Yuanzheng
    Xie Ming Feng Yuanzheng
  • Profile picture of Toru Nakamura
    Hidehiko Itami Toru Nakamura
  • Profile picture of Li Bingbing
    Tang Yiling Li Bingbing
  • Profile picture of Leni Lan
    Ah Zi Leni Lan
  • Profile picture of Yao Anlian
    Yao Anlian
  • Profile picture of Wang Kai
    Brother Wang Kai

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Keywords

  • shanghai, china
  • resistance
  • world war ii
  • 1940s
  • japanese occupation of china