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Swallowtail Butterfly

Name: Swallowtail Butterfly
Director: Shunji Iwai
Genre: Drama, Crime, Music, Science Fiction
Released: 1996
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Ayumi Ito, Yosuke Eguchi, Chara, Hiroshi Mikami, Andy Hui Chi-On

The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.

1996 · Directed by Shunji Iwai · 148 min · Drama · Crime · Music · Science Fiction · 10 frames

Tagline

This is the story of Yentowns in Yentown.

Crew

Screenplay: Shunji Iwai
Cinematography: Noboru Shinoda
Edited by: Shunji Iwai
Music: Takeshi Kobayashi
Production design: Yohei Taneda
Produced by: Shin'ya Kawai

Cast

Ayumi Ito as Ageha
Yosuke Eguchi as Ryou Ryanki
Chara as Glico
Hiroshi Mikami as Feihong
Andy Hui Chi-On as Maofu
Atsuro Watabe as Ran
Kaori Momoi as Suzukino
Tomoko Yamaguchi as Shenmei
Nene Otsuka as Reiko
Yoriko Doguchi as Hoshino

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese, Mandarin, English
Studios: OORONG-SHA, Pony Canyon, Nippon Herald Films, Fuji Television Network
Themes: money laundering, immigration, money, counterfeit, illegal prostitution, music, alternative tokyo, multicultural

More by Shunji Iwai

All About Lily Chou-Chou — 2001
Hana & Alice — 2004
The Case of Hana & Alice — 2015
Picnic — 1996
Love Letter — 1995
April Story — 1998

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