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Purple Butterfly Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Purple Butterfly

Release Date: Friday, November 26, 2004

Director: Lou Ye

Starring: Ziyi Zhang • Toru Nakamura • Liu Ye • Li Bingbing • Feng Yuangzheng

R Foreign N/A

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Plot – What's the story about?

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Plot
Itami, a young Japanese man, falls deeply in love with Cynthia, a beautiful Chinese girl. Their brief happiness ends when he is called home for his military service and they are forced to part. Three years later, Shanghai has been unofficially occupied by Japan. Cynthia - now known as Ding Hui—is working for Purple Butterfly, a resistance group planning to assassinate Yamamoto, head of the Japanese secret service. Itami is also in Shanghai, operating as a secret agent and reporting directly to Yamamoto.
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Who stars in Purple Butterfly – Cast List

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Who is making Purple Butterfly – Crew List

Director
Lou Ye
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R Restricted for strong violence and a scene of sexuality
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Purple Butterfly Release Date: When was the film released?

Purple Butterfly was released in on Friday, November 26 , 2004.

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Sun., Nov. 9, 2008

  • Added the DVD release date of February 15, 2005

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