Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
Suwarôteiru (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 2h 28min
- Crime, Drama
- 14 Sep 1996 (Japan)
- Movie
The struggles of a group of immigrant outcasts living in an alternative-future, xenophobic Japanese metropolis.
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Awards:
- 4 wins & 8 nominations.
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Cast
Hiroshi Mikami | ... |
Feihong
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Chara | ... |
Glico
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Ayumi Ito | ... |
Ageha
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Yôsuke Eguchi | ... |
Ryou Ryanki
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Andy Chi-On Hui | ... |
Maofuu
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Atsuro Watabe | ... |
Ran
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Tomoko Yamaguchi | ... |
Shenmei
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Nene Ôtsuka | ... |
Reiko
(as Nene Ohtsuka)
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Kaori Momoi | ... |
Suzukino
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Yoriko Dôguchi | ... |
Hoshino
(as Yoriko Doguchi)
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Mickey Curtis | ... |
Doctor
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Tetsu Watanabe | ... |
Yakuza boss
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Sansei Shiomi |
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Shirô Takehatsu | ... |
(as Shiro Takehatsu)
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Shiek Mahmud-Bey | ... |
Arrow
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Kenji Kohashi | ... |
Hoan
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Kaei Okina | ... |
(as Hua Rong Weng)
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Kaori Fujii | ... |
Yuriko
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Kent Frick |
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Rolly | ... |
(as Rolly Teranishi)
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Tomorô Taguchi | ... |
Man from record label company Mash Music
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Keiichi Suzuki |
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Hajime Yamazaki |
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Toshiyuki Kitami |
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Ken Mitsuishi | ... |
Man with broken car
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Toshiya Sakai |
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Chris Peppler |
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Tadanobu Asano | ... |
Customer in club
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Bryan Burton-Lewis | ... |
(as Bryan Burton Lewis)
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Ken Enomoto | ... |
Voice work
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Akio Jô |
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Tai Kageyama |
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Sumie Kamogawa |
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Kae Minami |
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Ryûshi Mizukami |
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Directed by
Shunji Iwai |
Written by
Shunji Iwai | ... | () |
Produced by
Shin'ya Kawai | ... | producer |
Osamu Kubota | ... | associate producer |
Koko Maeda | ... | associate producer / producer |
Music by
Takeshi Kobayashi |
Cinematography by
Noboru Shinoda |
Editing by
Shunji Iwai |
Production Design by
Yôhei Taneda | ... | (as Yohei Taneda) |
Set Decoration by
Yoshihito Akatsuka |
Production Management
Deborah Romare | ... | post-production supervisor (as Deborah Sahagun) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yûji Higaki | ... | assistant director |
Akihiro Onodera | ... | assistant director |
Koutarô Tabe | ... | assistant director |
Isao Yukisada | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
David Baldwin | ... | supervising sound editor |
Brian Risner | ... | sound effects editor |
Paul Schremp | ... | sound re-recording mixer: Japan |
Osamu Takizawa | ... | recording director |
Special Effects by
Taichi Itô | ... | special effects |
Tôru Suzuki | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
Daizaburo Harada | ... | computer graphics |
Yuki Takafumi | ... | render wrangler |
Camera and Electrical Department
Natsuyo Nakamura | ... | assistant camera |
Yuuki Nakamura | ... | lighting director |
Takeshi Nakasu | ... | assistant gaffer |
Music Department
David Baldwin | ... | music editor |
John Kurlander | ... | scoring mixer |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Rapid Eye Movies (2000) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Nippon Herald Films (1996) (World-wide)
- Pony Canyon (2013) (Japan) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Adobe Systems (special thanks)
- American Computers & Engineers (rendering equipment)
- F-Film (scanning & recording)
- FotoKem (post-production facilities)
- Image Studio 109 (special thanks)
- Imme (special thanks)
- Kodak Japan (film stock supplied by)
- Light Shade Graphics (rendering equipment)
- Sanwa Cine Equipment (camera equipment supplied by)
- Title House (titles and opticals)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
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 collection of oddballs who run a junkyard and salvage business. Written by sharptongue |
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Taglines | This is the story of Yentowns in Yentown. See more » |
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Box Office
Opening Weekend Japan | JPY336,846,600, 15 Nov 1996 |