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Swallowtail Butterfly

Name: Swallowtail Butterfly
Genre: Drama, Crime, Music, Science Fiction
Released: 1996
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Ayumi Ito, Yosuke Eguchi, Chara, Hiroshi Mikami, Andy Hui Chi-On

1996 · 148 min Drama Crime Music Science Fiction

⭐ 7.4 / 10 · TMDB

Tokyo, 2 AM. A back alley. A stranger with no shadow offers a girl a cassette tape that holds a city's stolen dreams. In the neon-drenched, fictional district of Yentown, a community of immigrants fights to survive, their lives woven together by a mysterious song. This 1996 genre-blending drama from Shunji Iwai mixes crime, music, and subtle sci-fi into a poignant tapestry of loss and hope. It’s a film where the currency is memory and the only escape is a melody waiting to be heard.

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The director constructs a visual current where Tokyo's neon grime breathes as a living entity. The camera floats through Yentown's alleyways, tracing the fragile glow of makeshift homes.

It's for viewers drawn to tales of fractured communities. You'll feel a peculiar sense of warmth emerging from collective decay, like discovering a weathered mixtape of stolen dreams. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Shunji Iwai

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