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Purple Butterfly

6.7 2003 2h 7m
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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.

Directed by Lou Ye

VISUAL ARCHIVE

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CAST

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Zhang Ziyi
Zhang ZiyiCynthia / Ding Hui
Liu Ye
Liu YeSzeto
Feng Yuanzheng
Feng YuanzhengXie Ming
Toru Nakamura
Toru NakamuraHidehiko Itami
Li Bingbing
Li BingbingTang Yiling
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Kin EiYamamoto
Leni Lan
Leni LanAh Zi
Yao Anlian
Yao Anlian
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