Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
2h 28m
Running Time
September 14, 1996Release Date
Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
2h 28m
Running Time
September 14, 1996Release Date
Plot.
An industrial section of Japan got the name of “Yentown” as many immigrants come to make money and hope to go home rich. A small group of people in Yentown try to work together to survive—Ageha, a young girl with no family; Glico, a sex worker; Fei Hong, a poor immigrant from Shanghai; Arrow, an ex-boxer from the US; and Ren, a mysterious guy who seems to know too much about guns. Fortune shines upon them when they find a cassette that will get them rich, but along with money, trouble will always follow.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Hiroshi Mikami
Feihong
Chara
Glico
Ayumi Ito
Ageha
Andy Hui
Maofu
Yosuke Eguchi
Ryou Ryanki
Atsuro Watabe
Ran
Shunji Iwai
Director
Kaori Momoi
Suzukino
Shin'ya Kawai
Producer
Koko Maeda
Producer
Tomoko Yamaguchi
Shenmei
Nene Otsuka
Reiko
Takeshi Kobayashi
Composer
Yoriko Doguchi
Hoshino
Noboru Shinoda
Cinematographer
Mickey Curtis
Doctor
Yohei Taneda
ProductionDesigner
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
Isao Yukisada
Assistant Director
Kazutoshi Wadakura
Producer
Osamu Takizawa
Sound Recordist
Osamu Kubota
Producer
Daizaburo Harada
CGI Director
Hiroki Nakamura
Lighting Technician
Akihiro Onodera
Assistant Director
Toshiyuki Kitami
Hajime Yamazaki
Ken Enomoto
Bryan Burton-Lewis
Toshizo Fujiwara
Akio Joe
Kanji Watanabe
Kotaro Takeshita
Shiori Isono
Jyunichi Kubozono
Media.
Details.
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)", gained first place on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart of October 7, 1996.
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