Swallowtail Butterfly (スワロウテイル) 28 years old

This is the story of Yentowns in Yentown.

Swallowtail Butterfly

Swallowtail Butterfly takes place in an alternate Japan, in a ghetto where immigrants from all over the world have come to live and make their fortune. The city is called Yentown, and it is much like Tokyo. Sixteen-year-old Ageha, a young girl whose mother has just died, is passed on from person to person until a prostitute named Glico finally takes pity on her. Under Glico's care, Ageha has many experiences with the other poverty-stricken immigrants in Yentown. Eventually, due to a sudden twist in fate, the immigrants are given a chance to realize their dreams. But in doing so, they destroy their solidarity, and have to face their problems separately.

Credits

Swallowtail Butterfly Cast

Name Character
Tetsu Watanabe He was 46, now 74 years old
Atsuro Watabe He was 28, now 56 years old as Ran
Chara (Miwa Watabiki) She was 28, now 56 years old as Glico
Tadanobu Asano He was 22, now 51 years old as Customer in club
Toshiyuki Kitami He was 45, now 73 years old
Hiroshi Mikami He was 34, now 62 years old as Feihong
Tomoro Taguchi He was 38, now 67 years old
Tomoko Yamaguchi She was 32, now 60 years old
Ayumi Ito She was 16, now 44 years old as Ageha
Nene Otsuka She was 28, now 56 years old
Kenji Kohashi He was 17, now 45 years old
Yōsuke Eguchi He was 28, now 56 years old as Ryou Ryanki
Ken Mitsuishi He was 34, now 63 years old
Sansei Shiomi He was 48, now 76 years old
Kaori Momoi She was 44, now 72 years old
Hua Rong Weng He was 33, now 62 years old
Andy Hui He was 29, now 57 years old as Maofuu
Ken Enomoto
Kae Minami
Mickey Curtis He was 58, now 86 years old as Doctor
Keiichi Suzuki He was 45, now 73 years old
Kaori Fujii She was 30, now 59 years old
Hajime Yamazaki He was 3, now 24 years old

Swallowtail Butterfly Crew

Name Department
Yohei Taneda as Production Design. Art
Takeshi Kobayashi as Original Music Composer. He was 37 (now 65) years old Sound
Noboru Shinoda as Director of Photography. He was 44 (52) years old when He died Camera
Shunji Iwai as Director. He was 33 (now 61) years old Directing
Shunji Iwai as Writer. He was 33 (now 61) years old Writing
Swallowtail Butterfly poster
Swallowtail Butterfly (28 years)

This is the story of Yentowns in Yentown.

  • Release day: Saturday, September 14, 1996
  • Runtime: 146 minutes