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Cast

Zhang Ziyi

Zhang Ziyi

Cynthia / Ding Hui

Liu Ye

Liu Ye

Szeto

Feng Yuanzheng

Feng Yuanzheng

Xie Ming

Toru Nakamura

Toru Nakamura

Hidehiko Itami

Li Bingbing

Li Bingbing

Tang Yiling

Kin Ei

Kin Ei

Yamamoto

Leni Lan

Leni Lan

Ah Zi

Yao Anlian

Yao Anlian

Wang Kai

Wang Kai

Brother

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Zhu Yongde

Zhu Yongde

Producer

Lou Ye

Lou Ye

Director

Lou Ye

Lou Ye

Editor

Xiaohong Cheng

Xiaohong Cheng

Editor

Lou Ye

Lou Ye

Producer

Liu Weixin

Liu Weixin

Costume Design

Lou Ye

Lou Ye

Screenplay

Nai An

Nai An

Co-Executive Producer

James David Goldmark

James David Goldmark

Art Direction

Jörg Lemberg

Jörg Lemberg

Original Music Composer

Wang Yu

Wang Yu

Director of Photography

Wang Wei

Wang Wei

Producer

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Purple Butterfly

20036.7 / 10127 min
War, Drama, History

Overview

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.