Ding Hui is lid van de verzetsbeweging 'Purple Butterfly'. Ze voeren verzet tegen de Japanse bezetting in Shanghai. Ze wordt onverwachts herenigd met haar ex-geliefde die als geheim doel heeft deze organisatie te ontmantelen.
Nee, helaas is 紫蝴蝶 nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Zhu Yongde | Producer |
| Directing | 娄烨 | Director |
| Writing | 娄烨 | Screenplay |
| Sound | Jörg Lemberg | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | 刘维新 | Costume Design |
| Art | James David Goldmark | Art Direction |
| Editing | Xiaohong Cheng | Editor |
| Editing | 娄烨 | Editor |
| Camera | 王昱 | Director of Photography |
| Production | 王薇 | Producer |
| Production | Jean-Louis Piel | Executive Producer |
| Production | Vincent Maraval | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alain de la Mata | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nai An | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Zhong Zheng | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Zhao Wu | Co-Executive Producer |
| Sound | Jiajin Lu | Sound |
