Swallowtail Butterfly

You wash up in a neon sluice called Yentown where the black market hums like a broken jukebox. A runaway foreign girl trades contraband secrets for shelter. Then the city’s corporate overlords mark her as stolen goods. Shunji Iwai observes the glow of cigarette lighters spelling rebellion before the neon ceases.

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Shunji Iwai directed Swallowtail Butterfly in 1996. See Shunji Iwai's full filmography, where to start with Shunji Iwai, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shunji Iwai.

Swallowtail Butterfly was released in 1996 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 148 minutes.