The Butterfly Lovers
2003, Chinese. Directed by Ming Chin Tsai.
An animated re-telling of the classical Chinese story of two lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Zhu Yingtai was a girl born into an upper-class family during China's Eastern Jin Dynasty. Since women were not allowed to attend school, she begged her family to let her go, and they consented as long as she pretended to be a young man. There she met a handsome young upper-class man named Liang Shanbo. They instantly became friends and vowed to be sworn brothers forever. Yingtai hid her real identity from "Brother Liang" through the three years they studied together at Hangzhou. Her love for him grew to consume her, and she thought of nothing else but spending all of her days with Brother Liang.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 31 December 2003
- Original title
- 蝴蝶夢：梁山伯與祝英台
- Written by
- Ming Chin Tsai
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The Butterfly Lovers runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Who directed The Butterfly Lovers?
The Butterfly Lovers (2003) was directed by Ming Chin Tsai and stars Elva Hsiao Ya-hsuan, René Liu, Jacky Wu Tsung-hsien.