Purple Butterfly

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Purple Butterfly
Image:Purple Butterfly poster.jpg Theatrical poster for Purple Butterfly's American release
Directed by	Lou Ye
Written by	Lou Ye
Starring	Zhang Ziyi Liu Ye Tôru Nakamura
Distributed by	Palm Pictures (U.S.)
Release date(s)	Image:Flag of the United States.svg November 26 2004
Running time	127 min.
Language	Mandarin Japanese
IMDb profile

Purple Butterfly (Chinese: 紫蝴蝶; pinyin: Zǐ Húdié) is a 2003 Chinese film, directed by Lou Ye.

Plot summary

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.

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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