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14 September 1996 (Japan) moreTagline:
This is the story of Yentowns in Yentown.Plot:
After a young girl's mother dies, she is cared for by Glico, a brassy hooker, who gives the girl the name "Ageha" (Butterfly)... more | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 8 nominations moreNewsDesk:
Kitamura is out. Kobayashi is in. New director for Japanese 90s band boom film ‘Bandage’!(From Twitch. 29 October 2008, 6:55 AM, PDT)
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a post-modern adult fairytale more (25 total)Cast
(Credited cast)| Hiroshi Mikami | ... | Feihong | |
| Chara | ... | Glico | |
| Ayumi Ito | ... | Ageha | |
| Yôsuke Eguchi | ... | Ryou Ryanki | |
| Andy Hui Chi-On | ... | Maofuu | |
| Atsuro Watabe | ... | Ran | |
| Tomoko Yamaguchi | ... | Shenmei | |
| Nene Otsuka | ... | Reiko (as Nene Ohtsuka) | |
| Kaori Momoi | ... | Suzukino | |
| Yoriko Douguchi | ... | Hoshino (as Yoriko Doguchi) | |
| Mickey Curtis | ... | Doctor | |
| Tetsu Watanabe | ... | Yakuza boss | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Tadanobu Asano | ... | Customer in club | |
| Ken Enomoto | ... | Voice work | |
| Kent Frick | |||
| Kaori Fujii | ... | Yuriko | |
| Akio Jô | |||
| Sumie Kamogawa | |||
| Toshiyuki Kitami | |||
| Kenji Kohashi | ... | Hoan | |
| Bryan Burton Lewis | |||
| Shiek Mahmud-Bey | ... | Arrow | |
| Kae Minami | |||
| Ken Mitsuishi | |||
| Ryûshi Mizukami | |||
| Chris Peppler | |||
| Rolly | (as Rolly Teranishi) | ||
| Toshiya Sakai | |||
| Sansei Shiomi | |||
| Keiichi Suzuki | |||
| Tomorowo Taguchi | |||
| Siro Takehatsu | (as Shiro Takehatsu) | ||
| Hua Rong Weng | |||
| Hajime Yamazaki | |||
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Swallowtail (Japan: English title)Swallowtail & Butterfly (Hong Kong: English title)
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Germany:146 min | Hong Kong:148 minCountry:
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A post-modern adult fairytale like this cannot shows up every year and even today, when I have already seen all of Shunji Iwai's films, I still have no clue about where did this one surface. It is fairly easier to comprehend love letter' or April story', based on a single good idea, or maybe a little more hard work and careful planning with picnic', but there is no fixed procedure to follow in order to conjure up a desperate complex like this.
The hand-held camera movements and those documentary-like jumping shoots, which make some people uncomfortable in other Iwai's film, are more balanced with montage here. Nevertheless, it is the director's favorite way of seeing this world and had been intentionally deployed just as a reflection of personal disposition but not a obligation in a drama.
Note that it is vital to have all those cool figures, even the cameos, which is a test of originality almost all pseudo-filmmakers would fall short and, on the other hand, the audiences never fail to appreciate. However, unlike his contemporary Kitano, Iwai seems have been running out of sarcastic wits ever since then, or maybe just he was too much occupied by subtle tragedy-romance receiving enormous popularity among teenagers.Despite this, he remains one of the few promising film makers in new millennium Japan.