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Swallowtail & Butterfly is a Japanese film carried out by Shunji Iwai, left the September 14th 1996.

Synopsis

In Yentown, one finds of all. Boxers on the return, of the stations gasolines in the middle of no share, the police officers who steal the honest citizens and of the prostitutes of all the continents. One of these prostitutes is found died in fields. His/her daughter, from now on only, finds herself strolled of prostitute as a prostitute… nobody does not want of it. By the set of meetings, it becomes acquainted with Glico, another prostitute of Chinese origin which names it Ageha.

By his intermediary, the Ageha young person is discovered a new made family of loosers, rejected, small gangsters and police officers. One night, after the involuntary murder of a customer of Glico, the band discovers an audio cassette containing a version of " My Way".

This cassette in is made a secret document which makes it possible to make pass from the tickets of 1000 yens for tickets of 10000 yens. For some, this cassette is the ticket return towards their countries of origin. For others, it is the means of appeasing their dreams… everyone runs after everyone because everyone wants the cassette… but for much, they do not know what that costs to want to go at the end of its dreams…

Data sheet

  • Title: Swallowtail & Butterfly
  • original Title: Swallowtail
  • Realization: Shunji Iwai
  • Scenario: Shunji Iwai
  • Production: Shinya Kawai and Koko Maeda
  • Music: Takeshi Kobayashi
  • Photography: Noboru Shinoda
  • Assembly: Shunji Iwai
  • Country of origin: Japan
  • Format: Colors - 1,66:1 - Dolby Surround - 35 mm
  • Kind: Drama, police
  • Lasted: 148 minutes
  • Coming out date: September 14th 1996 (Japan)

Distribution

  • Hiroshi Mikami : Feihong
  • Chara : Glico
  • Ayumi Ito : Ageha
  • Yosuke Eguchi : Ryou Ryanki
  • Andy Chi one Today: Maofuu
  • Atsuro Watabe : Ran
  • Tomoko Yamaguchi : Shenmei
  • Tit Otsuka: Reiko
  • Kaori Momoi : Suzukino
  • Yoriko Douguchi : Hoshino
  • Mickey Curtis : The doctor
  • Tetsu Watanabe: The chief of the yakuzas
  • Tadanobu Asano: A customer of the club
  • Kahori Fujii: Yuriko
  • Kenji Kohashi : Hoan
  • Shiek Mahmud-Bey: Arrow

Rewards

  • Nominations at the prices of the best actress (Chara), female best supporting role (Ayumi Ito), better artistic director (Yohei Taneda), better photography (Noboru Shinoda), better film, better lighting (Yuuki Nakamura) and better sound (Osamu Takizawa), at the time of the Awards off the Japanese Academy 1997.
  • Nomination at the price of best film at the time of the International festival of film of Moscow 1997.
  • Price of best Asian film at the time of the festival of the film FanTasia 1998.

External bonds

  • Critiques Cinemasie
  • Critiques HK Handled

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