Swallowtail Butterfly
1996 ‧ Crime/Thriller ‧ 2h 28m
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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 her survive in the city. Ageha takes a job at a salvage yard with the unscrupulous Feihong...
Release date: September 14, 1996 (Japan)
Director: Shunji Iwai
Cinematography: Noboru Shinoda
Language: Japanese; English; Mandarin
Music by: Takeshi Kobayashi
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Swallowtail Butterfly is a 1996 Japanese crime film written, directed and edited by Shunji Iwai, starring Hiroshi Mikami, pop-singer Chara, and Ayumi Ito.
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The film centers on some losers of globalization and free world trade who make it big when they discover a tape ("My Way"!) which allows them to make ...
Duration: 2:27:55
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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 her ...
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Jun 25, 2020 · It's a pretty dystopian setting, though it doesn't feel like typical sci-fi. Not in the least because the film presents itself more like a drama ...
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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 ...
Set in the slums and back alleys of outer Tokyo and shot entirely with hand-held cameras, Swallowtail is an ambitious film about immigrants who are bonded by ...
Near-future sci-fi shot with handheld cameras and edited to a twitchy rhythm, Swallowtail Butterfly posits an alternate history where an economically flush ...
After a young girl's mother dies, she is cared for by Glico, a brassy hooker, who gives the girl the name “Ageha” (Butterfly). Ageha goes to work for a ...
“Violent, sexy, propulsive, and young, SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY is smart about identity, ethnicity, and the way money makes families, then breaks them.”