Swallowtail Butterfly

Swallowtail Butterfly

148 mins | Drama, Crime | Sept. 14, 1996

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.

Swallowtail Butterfly

148 mins | Drama, Crime | Sept. 14, 1996

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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Nippon Herald Films, Fuji Television Network, Pony Canyon, Oorong-sha, Ace Pictures
Original title スワロウテイル
Directors Shunji Iwai
Writers Shunji Iwai

Cast

Ayumi Ito

as Ageha

Yosuke Eguchi

as Ryou Ryanki

Chara

as Glico

Hiroshi Mikami

as Feihong

Andy Hui

as Maofu

Atsuro Watabe

as Ran

Kaori Momoi

as Suzukino

Tomoko Yamaguchi

as Shenmei

Nene Otsuka

as Reiko

Yoriko Dōguchi

as Hoshino

Mickey Curtis

as Doctor

Tetsu Watanabe

as Katsushika Group Boss

Tadanobu Asano

as Customer in the Club

Kenji Kohashi

as Hoan

Shiek Mahmud-Bey

as Arrow

Ken Mitsuishi

as Punk Man

Toshiya Sakai

as Lolita Store Manager

Sansei Shiomi

as Kanji Sudo

Keiichi Suzuki

as Kusunoki

Tomorowo Taguchi

as Honda

Hua Rong Weng

as Wang Shansheng

Kaori Fujii

as Yuriko

Shiro Takehatsu

as Asakawa

Kent Frick

as Dave

Rolly

as Blond Hair Man