

“Life is fleeting as a butterfly.”
In 337 A.D., during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, parents dress a very pretty, very privileged girl like a boy so she may be educated in a local boarding school. There, she falls in love with a poor, but handsome and industrious young man.
Directed by Tsui Hark
User score
33 votes
Released
August 13, 1994
1h 47m
Mandarin