Swallowtail Butterfly
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Swallowtail Butterfly

(1996)Directed by Shunji Iwai148 minDrama, Crime, Music, Science Fiction
“This is the story of Yentowns in Yentown.”

Nobody in Yentown, an alternate-future Japan crowded with outcasts, can say where the money comes from or why everyone wants it. A girl called Ageha (Ayumi Ito) is taken in by a group of them, among them the singer Glico (Chara) and Ryou Ryanki (Yosuke Eguchi). Shunji Iwai shoots the neon streets crowded and saturated, in the cut-and-paste manner of a scrapbook.

Ayumi Itoas Ageha
Yosuke Eguchias Ryou Ryanki
Charaas Glico
Hiroshi Mikamias Feihong
Andy Hui Chi-Onas Maofu
Kaori Momoias Suzukino
Yoriko Doguchias Hoshino
Mickey Curtisas Doctor
Tetsu Watanabeas Katsushika Group Boss
Tadanobu Asanoas Customer in the Club
Ken Enomoto
Ken Mitsuishias Punk Man
Toshiya Sakaias Lolita Store Manager
Sansei Shiomias Kanji Sudo
Keiichi Suzukias Kusunoki
Kaei Okinaas Wang Shansheng