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Purple Butterfly (2003)

Purple Butterfly (2003)

Drama History War

United by Passion. Divided by Fate.

Release Date: 2003, July 4
Directors: Lou Ye
Countries: China, France, Hong Kong
Production: Shanghai Film Studio, Lou Yi, Wild Bunch, Dream Factory
Cast: Li Bingbing, Zhang Ziyi, Toru Nakamura, Liu Ye, Feng Yuanzheng, Wang Kai, Leni Lan, Kin Ei

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

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