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Synopsis
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It's 1928, Manchuria, China. Itami, a young Japanese man, falls deeply in love with Cynthia, a beautiful Chinese girl. Their
brief romance ends when he is called home for military service. Returning sorrowfully from the train station where she bids
her lover farewell, Cynthia witnesses her brother's bloody murder at the hands of Japanese right-wing extremists. Three years
later, the city of Shanghai is occupied by Japan. The city is tense and rife with violence. Cynthia, now known as Ding Hui, is
working for Purple Butterfly, a resistance group planning to assassinate Yamamoto, head of the Japanese secret service. By
this time, Itami is also in Shanghai, operating as a secret agent reporting directly to Yamamoto. Arriving at Shanghai station
to meet his fiance, Szeto, a young Chinese man, is mistaken by the assembled resistance fighters for Yamamoto, the assassin
they plan to eliminate. Only Ding Hui realises the truth... Thus three destinies are linked by chance, and three fates are set
in tragic motion.
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Cast & Crew
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Purple Butterfly Screening At Hawaiian 'Spring Fling'
March 18, 2005
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Purple Butterfly, Chinese
director Lou Ye's story of cross-cultural love and fate
set during the 1930's Japanese occupation of China, will be screened at the
Hawaii International Film Festival's 8th annual "Spring Fling."
The film festival, opening April 1, 2005, is self-described as a showcase of the latest and greatest independent cinema
from Asia, the Pacific and beyond.
The Hawaii International Film Festival's Spring Fling runs April 1-7 at the Signature Dole Cannery 18 Theatres,
735-B Iwilei Road, Honolulu, Hawaii. Advance tickets go on sale in the week preceeding the festival's opening.
Tickets are $9 for general admission; $8 for children, seniors, students and military; and $7 for festival members.
Call the theater at (808) 526-3456 for more information on screening times.
Presented at the festival a second year in a row and sponsored by the
USS Missouri Memorial Association as part of the festival's
"Lessons of War" series, Purple Butterfly stars Zhang Ziyi as a Chinese woman whose love for a Japanese man is put to
the ultimate test.
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Purple Butterfly Region 1 DVD Release
February 10, 2005
Purple Butterfly
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Purple Butterfly, Chinese
director Lou Ye's story of cross-cultural love and fate
set during the 1930's Japanese occupation of China, will be released in North America on Region 1 DVD on February 15, 2005. The DVD's
features will include 5.1 surround sound, theatrical trailer, previews, weblinks and audio in Mandarin, Japanese and Vietnamese with English subtitles.
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