The Butterfly Lovers

Aug 25, 1954

1h 58m

★ 7.7

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Shanghai Film Studio

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Cast

Ying-Tai Zhu

Yuan Xuefen

Shan-Bo Liang

Fan Ruijuan

Gong-Yuan Zhu

Zhang Guifeng

Xin Yin

Lü Ruiying

Jiu Si

Wei Xiaoyun

Wife of the teacher

Jin Yanfang

Teacher

Lu Yunfu

Pu Zhu

Feng Xiaonong

Liang's father

Wu Tianfang

Liang's mother

Xiang Cailian

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