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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.
Sep 14, 1996 · Swallowtail Butterfly: Directed by Shunji Iwai. With Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Ito, Yôsuke Eguchi. The struggles of a group of immigrant outcasts living in an alternative-future, xenophobic Japanese metropolis.
- (4.5K)
- Crime, Drama
- Shunji Iwai
- 1996-09-14
Original title: ‘スワロウテイル’ Directed by Shunji Iwai. (English softsubs included.) PS: Unfortunately, I had to mute the few parts where Frank Sinatra’s My Way plays due to c ...
- 148 min
- 68.4K
- capitaldisease
Reviews. 89% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings. In a futuristic metropolis, young Ageha (Ayumi Ito) loses her mother, and Glico (Chara), an infamous prostitute, takes the girl under her wing and helps...
- (106)
- Panos Kotzathanasis
- Drama
- Shunji Iwai
Swallowtail Butterfly has its issues, mainly clunky delivery of the story at times and… Review by Filipe Furtado ★★★★ Shunji Iwai follow up to his major breakthrough Love Letter and emotional apocalypse is turned into a literal one.
- (4.5K)
- OORONG-SHA
- Shunji Iwai
Jun 25, 2016 · Overview. Share. Swallowtail Butterfly (1996) 18 06/25/2016 (US) Drama , Crime 2h 28m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. This is the story of Yentowns in Yentown. Overview. The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan. Director, Writer.
Taken in by the prostitute Glico (the pop singer Chara), the girl is given the name Ageha (the Japanese name for the swallowtail butterfly) and is adopted by a close-knit band of illegal immigrants who commit petty crimes and scavenge through landfills for useful items to eke out a living.
