The Butterfly Lovers
1954, Chinese. Directed by Huang Sha & Sang Hu.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 25 August 1954
- Original title
- 梁山伯與祝英台
- Country
- China
- Written by
- Sang Hu, Jin Xu
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The Butterfly Lovers runs 118 minutes (1h 58m).
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The Butterfly Lovers isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 August 1954. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Butterfly Lovers?
The Butterfly Lovers (1954) was directed by Huang Sha and Sang Hu and stars Yuan Xuefen, Fan Ruijuan, Zhang Guifeng.