# Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)

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**Original title**: *スワロウテイル*
**Runtime**: 148 min
**Genres**: Drama, Crime, Music, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Shunji Iwai
**Written by**: Shunji Iwai
**Starring**: Ayumi Ito, Yosuke Eguchi, Chara, Hiroshi Mikami, Andy Hui Chi-On, Atsuro Watabe

> *This is the story of Yentowns in Yentown.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, neon-soaked, outsider, raw

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