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| Katakana | スワロウテイル | ||||
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| Directed by | Shunji Iwai | ||||
| Written by | Shunji Iwai | ||||
| Produced by | Shinya Kawai Kazutoshi Wadakura Osamu Kubota Hiroko Maeda | ||||
| Starring | Hiroshi Mikami Chara Ayumi Ito Yōsuke Eguchi Andy Hui Atsuro Watabe | ||||
| Cinematography | Noboru Shinoda | ||||
| Edited by | Shunji Iwai | ||||
| Music by | Takeshi Kobayashi | ||||
| Distributed by | Kadokawa Herald | ||||
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Running time | 148 minutes | ||||
| Language | Japanese English Mandarin | ||||
Swallowtail Butterfly (Japanese: スワロウテイル, Hepburn: Suwarōteiru, lit. 'Swallowtail') is a 1996 Japanese crime film written, directed and edited by Shunji Iwai, starring Hiroshi Mikami, pop-singer Chara, and Ayumi Ito.
The film was shot on hand-held cameras using jump cuts and other visual techniques.[1] It covers a wide array of themes and genres, from social realism to coming-of-age to crime.
A theme song for the film under Yen Town Band, titled "Swallowtail Butterfly (Ai no Uta)", topped the Oricon Singles Chart on October 7, 1996.[2]
- ^ Cazdyn, Eric (2002). The Flash of Capital: Film and Geopolitics in Japan. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-2912-3.
- ^ "オリコンさん 1996年".