Swallowtail Butterfly
1996 · ★ 7.4 · Dir. Shunji Iwai
This is the story of Yentowns in Yentown.
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.
- Released
- 1996-09-14
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Language
- JA
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Ayumi Ito
Ageha
Chara
Glico
Hiroshi Mikami
Feihong
Yosuke Eguchi
Ryou Ryanki
Andy Hui
Maofu
Atsuro Watabe
Ran
Kaori Momoi
Suzukino
Mickey Curtis
Doctor
Tomoko Yamaguchi
Shenmei
Nene Otsuka
Reiko
Yoriko Doguchi
Hoshino
Tetsu Watanabe
Katsushika Group Boss
