Butterfly Shadow - Cast, Synopsis, Review

Butterfly Shadow is a spy drama directed by Wang Lixing, starring Feng Yue, Wei Daxun, and He Ziming.

The drama tells the story of Lin Qiuyan, a young girl from the occupied area who joined the Communist Party to sabotage the Japanese army's "fake currency" plan and grew into a proletarian revolutionary fighter.

Details

English Title: Butterfly Shadow
Chinese Title: 蝶影, 密战1945, 灰雁
Genre: War, Drama, Suspense, Thriller
Tag: Chinese Republican Era, Investigation, Historical Fiction, Spy Male Lead, Espionage
Episodes: 40
Duration: 40 min.
Director: Wang Lixing, Zhang Jian
Writer: Zhang Jian, Chen Jianyun, Liu Xiaomei, Zhang Yang, Song Fuju
Producer: Zhang Jian
Released Date: 2023-03-21
Broadcast Website: iQIYI

Cast

Feng YueLin QiuyanMain Role
Wei DaxunZhang ZimoMain Role
He ZimingZhou TianhaoMain Role
Wu ChengxuanZhou TongSupport Role
Ray CheungLin YixiangSupport Role
Morni ChangXu FeifanSupport Role
Victor HuangLiang XilongSupport Role
Yang ZihuaMa WentaoSupport Role
Zhao YuanyuanLi YunSupport Role

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Synopsis

During the resistance against Japan, military intelligence agent Lin Qiuyan was tasked with destroying the Japanese "Scorpion Beauty Plan" in Shanghai. In the list of puppet government officials she was to assassinate, she discovered the name of her former lover Zhang Zimo. Her feelings towards her superior Zhou Tianhao also changed during each mission.

One was an old love in enemy territory, the other was a comrade-in-arms who risked their lives. In the vortex of national hatred and family enmity, Lin Qiuyan was also facing her own choices in love. Through repeated emotional choices, Lin Qiuyan gradually grew up...