Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
2h 28m
Running Time
September 14, 1996Release Date
Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
2h 28m
Running Time
September 14, 1996Release Date
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Plot.
The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
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Cast & Crew.
Ayumi Ito
Ageha
Yosuke Eguchi
Ryou Ryanki
Chara
Glico
Hiroshi Mikami
Feihong
Andy Hui Chi-On
Maofu
Atsuro Watabe
Ran
Kaori Momoi
Suzukino
Tomoko Yamaguchi
Shenmei
Nene Otsuka
Reiko
Yoriko Doguchi
Hoshino
Mickey Curtis
Doctor
Tetsu Watanabe
Katsushika Group Boss
Tadanobu Asano
Customer in the Club
Kenji Kohashi
Hoan
Shiek Mahmud-Bey
Arrow
Ken Mitsuishi
Punk Man
Toshiya Sakai
Lolita Store Manager
Sansei Shiomi
Kanji Sudo
Keiichi Suzuki
Kusunoki
Tomorowo Taguchi
Honda
Kaei Okina
Wang Shansheng
Kaori Fujii
Yuriko
Shiro Takehatsu
Asakawa
Kent Frick
Dave
ROLLY
Blond Hair Man
Noboru Shinoda
Director of Photography
Shunji Iwai
Director / Editor / Writer
Takeshi Kobayashi
Original Music Composer
Yohei Taneda
Production Design
Daizaburo Harada
CGI Director
Shin'ya Kawai
Producer
Akihiro Onodera
Assistant Director
Osamu Takizawa
Sound Recordist
Kazutoshi Wadakura
Producer
Koko Maeda
Producer
Osamu Kubota
Producer
Isao Yukisada
Assistant Director
Yuki Nakamura
Lighting Technician
Takanori Hamachika
Kyoko Hayami
Hajime Yamazaki
Toshiyuki Kitami
Ken Enomoto
Bryan Burton-Lewis
Toshizo Fujiwara
Akio Joe
Kanji Watanabe
Kotaro Takeshita
Raishin Kodama
Kae Minami
Tai Kageyama
Randy Havens
Seiroku Nakazawa
Ryushi Mizukami
Masayuki Shida
Masahiro Noguchi
Shiori Isono
Jyunichi Kubozono
Ryo Yamamoto
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 14, 1996
Original Nameスワロウテイル
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 28m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
money laundering
money
counterfeit
illegal prostitution
immigration
music
alternative tokyo
multicultural
Wiki.
Swallowtail Butterfly (Japanese: スワロウテイル, Hepburn: Suwarōteiru, lit. 'Swallowtail') is a 1996 Japanese crime film written, directed and edited by Shunji Iwai, starring Hiroshi Mikami, pop-singer Chara, and Ayumi Ito.
The film was shot on hand-held cameras using jump cuts and other visual techniques. It covers a wide array of themes and genres, from social realism to coming-of-age to crime.
A theme song for the film under Yen Town Band, titled "Swallowtail Butterfly (Ai no Uta)", topped the Oricon Singles Chart on October 7, 1996.
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