Jian Shang Die   2011   China, Japan Rest on Your Shoulder
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Director:Chi Leung 'Jacob' Cheung
Studio:Scarecrow Studios
Writer:Chi Leung 'Jacob' Cheung, Polly Yeung
IMDb Rating:3.8 (36 votes)
Genre:Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Duration:121 min
Languages:Mandarin
IMDb:2015471
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Chi Leung 'Jacob' Cheung  ...  (Director)
Chi Leung 'Jacob' Cheung, Polly Yeung  ...  (Writer)
 
Kun Chen  ...  Guo
Yiyan Jiang  ...  Bao
Lun-Mei Gwei  ...  Lily
Gigi Leung  ...  Yang Lin
Ardy Lam  ...  Cinematographer
Shiu Hung Hui  ...  
Joe Hisaishi  ...  Composer
Eric Kong  ...  Editor
Comments: I growing more and more concerned about Lunmei Kwai's career, although she was excellent in Flying Swords of Dragon Gate.

Summary: Bao sacrifices herself, becoming a butterfly, to save her sick fiance and discovers in the process how true their love is.

In an unspecified time when epidemics run rampant, botanist Yan Guo (Aloys Chen) and his fiance-assistant Baobao (Zhang Yiyan) move to Moon Island, a nature reserve, to research the curing properties of rare plants. As is customary, they pray to the magical Eros Tree to cement their love, unaware that they have to undergo a severe trial, in which Baobao must remain unseen to Yan for three years in exchange for his life.

Baobao transforms into a butterfly, and like the Little Mermaid, she watches two other women – horticulturalist Bailan (Kueh Lun-Mei) and journalist Yang Lin (Gigi Leung) — court her lonely boyfriend, but cannot speak out her feelings. Cheung does not exploit the plot potential to create a melodramatic love quadrangle. Instead, he opts for a more down-to-earth, feel-good emotional arc by describing how Yan’s platonic friendship with the two women motivates a breakthrough in his research. – via reuters.com


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