China Synopsis
紫蝴蝶
Ding Hui is a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. An unexpected encounter reunites her with Itami, an ex-lover and officer with a secret police unit tasked with dismantling Purple Butterfly.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Purple Butterfly. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shanghai Film Studio
War + Drama in China
45 China titles in our catalog blend the War and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Purple Butterfly itself).
The 2002–2004 China Window
In the crowded 2002-2004 China release window, Purple Butterfly sits at #22 of 28. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in China, 142 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Purple Butterfly premiered alongside 5 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 5 other China films in 2003.
The 104th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
15 audience reviews — more than 29% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 22th percentile among China films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Purple Butterfly, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- shanghai · 26
- japanese occupation of china · 14
- resistance · 11
- china · 127
- world war ii · 55
- 1940s · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #568 of 946 China films indexed here (40th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among China War productions specifically: #34 of 55 (top 62%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, France |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Japanese, Vietnamese |
| Production Companies | Shanghai Film Studio, Dream Factory, Lou Yi, Wild Bunch |
| Runtime | 2h 7m |
| Release Date | July 4, 2003 |
| IMDb | tt0363290 |