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Purple Butterfly, alternatively known as "Zi hudie" is a Mandarin/Japanese/Vietnamese film written and directed by Ye Lou and featuring Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). Ziyi stars as Ding Hui, a member of the Chinese Purple Butterfly resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. Ding Hui is romantically involved with Hidehiko Itami (Toru Nakamura) who works for a police force tasked with dissolving the resistance group. The film is rated R for strong violence and a scene of sexuality.

Purple Butterfly is a 2003 war movie with a runtime of 2 hours and 7 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 6.1 and a MetaScore of 68.