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Cast

Elva Hsiao Ya-Hsuan

Elva Hsiao Ya-Hsuan

Liang Shanbo

René Liu

René Liu

Zhu Yingtai

Jacky Wu

Jacky Wu

Ma Wencai

Chien-Chun Hsu

Chien-Chun Hsu

Hsi-Hua Wang

Hsi-Hua Wang

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Ming Chin Tsai

Ming Chin Tsai

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Ya-Yan Teng

Ya-Yan Teng

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Ming Chin Tsai

Ming Chin Tsai

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The Butterfly Lovers

20038.0 / 1095 min
Animation, Adventure, Family

Overview

An animated re-telling of the classical Chinese story of two lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Zhu Yingtai was a girl born into an upper-class family during China's Eastern Jin Dynasty. Since women were not allowed to attend school, she begged her family to let her go, and they consented as long as she pretended to be a young man. There she met a handsome young upper-class man named Liang Shanbo. They instantly became friends and vowed to be sworn brothers forever. Yingtai hid her real identity from "Brother Liang" through the three years they studied together at Hangzhou. Her love for him grew to consume her, and she thought of nothing else but spending all of her days with Brother Liang.