Swallowtail Butterfly

Swallowtail Butterfly

7.5(0.1K)
DramaCrimeMusicScience Fiction

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

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Ayumi Ito
伊藤歩
Ageha
Yosuke Eguchi
江口洋介
Ryou Ryanki
Hiroshi Mikami
三上博史
Feihong
Andy Hui Chi-On
許志安
Maofu
Atsuro Watabe
渡部篤郎
Ran
Kaori Momoi
桃井かおり
Suzukino
Tomoko Yamaguchi
山口智子
Shenmei
Nene Otsuka
大塚寧々
Reiko
Yoriko Doguchi
洞口依子
Hoshino
Mickey Curtis
五十嵐信次郎
Doctor
Tetsu Watanabe
渡辺哲
Katsushika Group Boss
Tadanobu Asano
浅野忠信
Customer in the Club
Ken Enomoto
Ken Enomoto
Toshiyuki Kitami
北見敏之
Kenji Kohashi
小橋賢児
Hoan

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Release dateSep 14 1996

Runtime2 hours 28 minutes

Official siteVisit here

LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, Mandarin

Production companiesOORONG-SHA, Pony Canyon, Nippon Herald Films, Fuji Television Network, Ace Pictures

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