Swallowtail Butterfly

Name: Swallowtail Butterfly
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Science Fiction
Released: 1996-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.5

About Swallowtail Butterfly

The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.

Swallowtail Butterfly (1996) is a crime music film directed by Shunji Iwai. It runs 148 minutes and was released in September 1996.

Its themes are money, immigration, illegal prostitution, and money laundering.

Ayumi Ito appears as Ageha, Yosuke Eguchi as Ryou Ryanki, Chara as Glico, and Hiroshi Mikami as Feihong. The screenplay is by Shunji Iwai.

Nine Queens, Queenpins, and Crypto make useful companions to Swallowtail Butterfly, all filed under counterfeit. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 103 votes.