Swallowtail Butterfly
Watch TrailerTokyo, 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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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | スワロウテイル |
| Year | 1996 |
| Country | Japan |
| Genre | Drama, Crime, Music, Science Fiction |
| Director | Shunji Iwai |
| Runtime | 148 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 7.4/10 (97 votes) |
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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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Alone at 2 AM, with the city's distant hum bleeding through your window.
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