Sep 14, 1996
148 min
Full-HD

Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)

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

Category

Drama Crime Music Science Fiction

Country

Japan

Companies

OORONG-SHA Pony Canyon Nippon Herald Films Fuji Television Network Ace Pictures

Ayumi Ito

Ageha

Yosuke Eguchi

Ryou Ryanki

Chara

Glico

Hiroshi Mikami

Feihong

Andy Hui Chi-On

Maofu

Atsuro Watabe

Ran

Kaori Momoi

Suzukino

Tomoko Yamaguchi

Shenmei

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