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Purple Butterfly (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3

Zhang Ziyi (Actor) | Liu Ye (Actor) | Li Bing Bing (Actor) | Nakamura Toru (Actor)
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Customer Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9.5 out of 10 (2)
All Editions Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7.5 out of 10 (4)

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Directed by renowned Sixth Generation filmmaker Lou Ye, Purple Butterfly was the only Chinese film screened in competition at the 56th Cannes Film Festival. Set in 1930s Shanghai, the film stars top Mainland stars Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and Liu Ye (Curse of the Golden Flower), as well as Japanese actor Nakamura Tora. This big budget production follows the experiences of a female anti-resistance fighter who falls in love with the enemy.
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Product Title: Purple Butterfly (Hong Kong Version) 紫蝴蝶 (香港版) 紫蝴蝶 (香港版) パープル・バタフライ （紫蝴蝶） （香港版） Purple Butterfly (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s): Zhang Ziyi (Actor) | Liu Ye (Actor) | Li Bing Bing (Actor) | Nakamura Toru (Actor) | Feng Yuan Zheng (Actor) 章子怡 (Actor) | 劉燁 (Actor) | 李冰冰 (Actor) | 仲村亨 (Actor) | 馮遠征 (Actor) 章子怡 (Actor) | 刘烨 (Actor) | 李冰冰 (Actor) | 仲村亨 (Actor) | 冯远征 (Actor) 章子怡（チャン・ツィイー） (Actor) | 劉燁 （リウ・イエ）　 (Actor) | 李冰冰（リー・ビンビン） (Actor) | 仲村トオル (Actor) | Feng Yuan Zheng (Actor) 장쯔이 (Actor) | Liu Ye (Actor) | Li Bing Bing (Actor) | 나카무라 토오루 (Actor) | Feng Yuan Zheng (Actor)
Director: Lou Ye 婁燁 娄烨 Lou Ye Lou Ye
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Release Date: 2006-12-15
Language: Japanese, Mandarin, VIETNAMESE, Original Soundtrack
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin: Hong Kong, China
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Sound Information: Dolby Digital 5.1, Hi-Fi Stereo
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Duration: 128 (mins)
Publisher: Panorama (HK)
Package Weight: 130 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004600342

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* Sound Mix : Dolby Digital 5.1, Stereo

導演︰婁燁
Director: Lou Ye

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　　背景於20世紀的三、四十年代，上海灘風雲動蕩，幾位性格、身份不同之年輕人，他們的經歷和情感糾葛與大時代命運息息相關。章子怡在片中扮演一位臥底交際花，是一民間抗日組織─紫蝴蝶─的特派員，她曾是日本特務員的初戀情人，也和紫蝴蝶的首領有著曖昧的關係。一次槍戰中，劉燁扮演的平凡百姓被誤認為是紫蝴蝶所雇用來暗殺日軍將領的殺手，導致劉燁戲中未婚妻在槍戰中被章子怡所誤殺身亡。愛情、國家、復仇之心，全糾葛在一起，亂世下的英雄兒女在大時代裡展開。

　　Played by Chinese superstar Zhang Ziyi (RUSH HOUR 2, CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON, HERO), Cynthia is a young Chinese woman in love with Itami (Toru Nakamura), a Japanese man about to be sent home for military service. A devastated Cynthia moved back to Shanghai only to witness the death of her elder brother during an attack by the Japanese extreme right. She changes her name to Ding Hui and joins a secret resistance group code-named Purple Butterfly... the same group that, years later, will plot to assassinate her lover.
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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9.5 out of 10 (2)
Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7.5 out of 10 (4)

Francisco Jose
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August 13, 2008
It's magic!! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
Please, never mind the "messy" review, this movie is magic. It has more cinematic art and emotion than all the Occidental movies from the last years. Tender but hard, romantic but ruthless, idealised but down to earth. Movies like this certify the death of Occidental cinema, right now light years away from this powerful Oriental film-making, artistic and full of sentiment. Don't miss it!!
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Kevin Kennedy
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August 21, 2007
Kept me enthralled! Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10
"Purple Butterfly" is a film about which viewers will have strong opinions, either positive or negative. It is a moody, atmospheric puzzle of a movie about efforts to resist the Japanese occupation of China. Set primarily in Shanghai in the 1930s, the film effectively evokes its time and place.

"Purple Butterfly" demands that the viewer be patient and let the filmmakers unfold their oblique, nonlinear story at a measured pace that some may find slow, but I found to be gripping. An attempt to describe the illusive plot would not be particularly helpful; the viewer must simply go along for the mysterious (and often violent) ride.

If you prefer a movie that has a tight, clearly delineated narrative structure, you likely will find "Purple Butterfly" to be trying. If you enjoy being immersed into a mysterious setting and trying to puzzle out what is going on, then this definitely is a film you will love.

I must add that the acting is uniformly excellent. Zhang Ziyi, Liu Ye, and Li Bingbing in particular are outstanding. Seeing Zhang Ziyi's stunning performance in the film's final scene, in which she is shown in mental preparation for the movie's climactic event, is worth the price of the movie. "Purple Butterfly" is highly recommended by your humble servant.
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July 18, 2006

This customer review refers to Purple Butterfly (VCD) (China Version)
Messy! Customer Review Rated Bad 1 - 1 out of 10
Slow, confusing, lots of prolonged meaningless shots!
Plot is not well developed. Most of the shots are either in the rain and in darkness. Murky! Don't recall seeing anyone with a tinge of smile;all like death walking. Gloomy as heck!
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Anonymous

March 12, 2005

This customer review refers to Purple Butterfly (DVD) (China Version)
Amazing movie Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
Zhang Ziyi is amazingly gorgeous in this movie and that's really saying something because just about EVERYTHING is amazingly gorgeous in this movie. :) It's a such a moving film about an intense, star-crossed love, almost like an Asian version of Casablanca. Besides the elements of love and loss, "Purple Butterfly" is an undeniably incredible war movie, beautifully portraying a generally unexamined piece of Chinese history. To the lovers of dramas, love stories, tales of war and historical films...I guarantee this movie has something for you.
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