Purple Butterfly (2003)
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.
Director:
Lou Ye
Writer:
Lou Ye
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Zhang Ziyi as Cynthia / Ding Hui |
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Liu Ye as Szeto |
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Feng Yuanzheng as Xie Ming |
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Toru Nakamura as Hidehiko Itami |
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Li Bingbing as Tang Yiling |
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Kin Ei as Yamamoto |
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Leni Lan as Ah Zi |
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Yao Anlian as |
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Wang Kai as Brother |
| Production | Zhu Yongde | Producer |
| Directing | Lou Ye | Director |
| Writing | Lou Ye | Screenplay |
| Sound | Jörg Lemberg | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Liu Weixin | Costume Design |
| Art | James David Goldmark | Art Direction |
| Editing | Xiaohong Cheng | Editor |
| Editing | Lou Ye | Editor |
| Camera | Wang Yu | Director of Photography |
| Production | Wang Wei | Producer |
| Production | Jean-Louis Piel | Executive Producer |
| Production | Vincent Maraval | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alain de la Mata | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nai An | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Zhong Zheng | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Zhao Wu | Co-Executive Producer |
| Sound | Jiajin Lu | Sound |