Swallowtail Butterfly 1996

This is the story of Yentowns in Yentown.

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Drama Crime

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—Ageha, a young girl with no family; Glico, a sex worker; Fei Hong, a poor immigrant from Shanghai; Arrow, an ex-boxer from the US; and Ren, a mysterious guy who seems to know too much about guns. Fortune shines upon them when they find a cassette that will get them rich, but along with money, trouble will always follow.

Release Date 1996-09-14
Runtime 2h 28m
Directors Shunji Iwai, Noboru Shinoda, Daizaburo Harada, Isao Yukisada, Akihiro Onodera
Producers Shin'ya Kawai, Kazutoshi Wadakura, Osamu Kubota, Koko Maeda
Writer Shunji Iwai