在这部蝴蝶小姐剧情片中,誉满全球的著名歌剧《蝴蝶夫人》，其真实人物原型有着不逊于剧作的传奇经历。明治初年，日本长崎，孤苦伶仃的武士之女伊东蝶（宫崎葵 饰）流落到靠卖笑为生的水月楼。幼年之时，开明自由的家风令她得以广学博文，吹拉弹唱，知书达理，更学习了时人还比较陌生的英语。进入水月楼后，凭借其天生丽质、聪颖黠慧以及武士家族血液中流淌的坚韧性格，蝶最终成长为足够独当一面的美丽艺妓。留下了无数美好回忆的故乡与长崎，无法打消小蝶飞往更广阔天地的梦想，大洋彼岸的美国仍是她长久憧憬的国度。直到某一天，小蝶邂逅命中注定的那个男人……
本片根据市川森一的原著改编。
Like the opera, the story is set in Nagasaki in the early 1900s. It portrays the ups and downs of a young woman known as Butterfly, who lost her parents at a young age and has become an apprentice geisha. She later meets a naval officer and gets married, though the officer intends for the marriage to last only while he is stationed in Nagasaki.
男人一夜女人一生。多学一门语言是多么凄惨啊。
