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Swallowtail Butterfly(Movie, 1996)

Original title: "スワロウテイル" (Japanese/JA)
2h 26min | Genres: Drama, Crime
Swallowtail ButterflyRating: 3.7/5 (with 3131 votes)
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. ()
Movie poster of Swallowtail Butterfly

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Awards & Nominations for Swallowtail Butterfly

Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

About Swallowtail Butterfly

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, there is a girl named Ageha who has no family, Glico the hooker, Fei Hong a poor immigrant from Shanghai, Arrow an ex boxer from the US and Ren the mysterious guy who seems to know too much about guns. Fortune shines upon them when they find a cassette that we'll get them rich but along with money trouble will always follow.

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Trailer for Swallowtail Butterfly + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Ƙ?画「スワロウテイル」予告編(Trailer, 1:41)

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Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Japanese (JA), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Translated into 7 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/20/2000 (World premiere: 09/14/1996)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Yentown"
"Perhonen sydämessä"
"Swallowtail & Butterfly"
"Suwarōteiru"
"Suwarôteiru"
"Suwarouteiru"
"Swallowtail"

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