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The Butterfly Lovers
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The Butterfly Lovers

1954-08-25 · 118 min · ★ 7.7

Drama · Music

A traditional chinese story about a girl, Zhu Yingtai, daughter of the noble Mr. Zhu, who goes to Hangzhou to study, dressed as a boy. There, she meets a student, Liang Shanbo, with whom she becomes good friends. They go to school together for the following years, and Zhu gradually falls in love with Liang.

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Directors
Huang Sha, Sang Hu
Production companies
Shanghai Film Studio
Countries
China
Status
Released

Top Cast

Yuan XuefenYuan XuefenYing-Tai Zhu
Fan RuijuanFan RuijuanShan-Bo Liang
Zhang GuifengZhang GuifengGong-Yuan Zhu
Lü RuiyingLü RuiyingXin Yin
Wei XiaoyunWei XiaoyunJiu Si
Jin YanfangJin YanfangWife of the teacher
Lu YunfuTeacher
Feng XiaonongPu Zhu
Wu TianfangLiang's father
Xiang CailianLiang's mother

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