Drama ·Crime ·Music ·Science Fiction · Japan · 1996 · 2h 28m

Swallowtail Butterfly

スワロウテイル

Swallowtail Butterfly poster
Director
Shunji Iwai
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
Crew
Noboru Shinoda — Director of Photography Shunji Iwai — Editor Takeshi Kobayashi — Original Music Composer Shunji Iwai — Writer Shin'ya Kawai — Producer Kazutoshi Wadakura — Producer
Tagline

This is the story of Yentowns in Yentown.

Synopsis

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

Trailer Swallowtail Butterfly — Official Trailer
Official Trailer youtube.com
Mood & Themes
money launderingimmigrationmoneycounterfeitillegal prostitutionmusicalternative tokyomulticultural
Key Collaborators
Shunji Iwai Director Noboru Shinoda Director of Photography Shunji Iwai Editor Takeshi Kobayashi Original Music Composer Shunji Iwai Writer Shin'ya Kawai Producer Kazutoshi Wadakura Producer Osamu Kubota Producer Koko Maeda Producer Yohei Taneda Production Design
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