Zi hu die

Name: Zi hu die
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 2003-12-26
Duration: 2 h 7 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Ziyi Zhang, Ye Liu, Yuanzheng Feng, Tōru Nakamura, Bingbing Li

IMDb ID: tt0363290 · Year: 2003 · Rating: 6.1 (1,380 votes)

Genres: Drama · History · War

Cynthia is a young Chinese woman in love with Itami, a Japanese man about to be sent home for military service.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesUnited Kingdom: Purple Butterfly
United States: Purple Butterfly
World-wide: Purple Butterfly (English)
China: 紫蝴蝶 (Mandarin)
Hong Kong: 紫蝴蝶 (Mandarin)
Taiwan: 紫蝴蝶
Brazil: A Borboleta Púrpura (Festival Title)
Hungary: Bíbor pillangó
Brazil: Borboleta Púrpura
France: La triade du papillon
Greece: Porfyri petalouda (transliterated title)
Poland: Purpurowy motyl
Estonia: Purpurpunane liblikas
Greece: Πορφυρή πεταλούδα
Russia: Пурпурная бабочка
Japan: パープル・バタフライ (Japanese)
紫蝴蝶Content RatingRRelease Date2003-12-26Runtime127 minutesMetascore68IMDb Popularity0User Reviews24Critic Reviews24Countries / RegionsChina
FranceLanguagesMandarin
Japanese
VietnameseKeywordsarmy
shanghai
spy
espionage
chinese resistanceProduction CompaniesDream Factory
Lou Yi Ltd.
Shanghai Film StudioIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363290/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0363290.jpgUpdated At2025-08-14T09:57:11

Directors

Ye Lou

Writers

Ye Lou

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Ziyi Zhang | Character: Cynthia, Ding Hui
Actor: Ye Liu | Character: Situ (Szeto)
Actor: Yuanzheng Feng | Character: Xie Ming
Actor: Tōru Nakamura | Character: Hidehiko Itami
Actor: Bingbing Li | Character: Tang Yiling
Actor: Kin Ei | Character: Yamamoto
Actor: Leni Lan Crazybarby | Character: A zi
Actor: Seiichiro Hashimoto | Character: Actor
Actor: Wang Kai | Character: Brother
Actor: Felicia Pullam | Character: Russian Prostitute
Actor: Anlian Yao | Character: Actor

[Directors Group]
Name: Ye Lou | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Ye Lou | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Nai An | Role: Producer
Name: Alain de la Mata | Role: Producer
Name: Ye Lou | Role: Producer
Name: Vincent Maraval | Role: Producer
Name: Jean-Louis Piel | Role: Producer
Name: Wei Wang | Role: Producer
Name: Zheng Zhong | Role: Producer
Name: Yongde Zhu | Role: Producer
Name: Wu Zhuo | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Jörg Lemberg | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Yu Wang | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Xiaohong Chen | Role: Editor
Name: Ye Lou | Role: Editor

[Production Design Group]
Name: Weixin Liu | Role: Production Designer

[Art Direction Group]
Name: James David Goldmark | Role: Art Director

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Weixin Liu | Role: Costume Designer

[Production Management]
Name: Yongling Wu | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Bing Ren | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Lele Xu Le | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Yanjia Zhang | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Sound Department]
Name: Jiajin Lu | Role: Sound Department

[Stunts]
Name: Nairong Ge | Role: Stunts
Name: Shaoming Lu | Role: Stunts
Name: Min Zhou | Role: Stunts

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Feng Hao | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363290/videogallery/

Release Schedule

France: May 22, 2003 (Cannes Film Festival)
Germany: July 4, 2003 (Munich Film Festival)
Canada: September 12, 2003 (Toronto International Film Festival)
South Korea: October 2003 (Pusan International Film Festival)
Taiwan: December 26, 2003
Greece: September 17, 2004
United States: November 26, 2004 (New York City, New York)
Hungary: July 7, 2005 (TV premiere)
United States: October 8, 2005 (Pacific Rim Film Festival)
France: March 12, 2010 (Deauville Asian Film Festival)

Awards

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