Swallowtail Butterfly
Trailer: Swallowtail Butterfly
Year: 1996
Genre: Drama, Crime, Music, Science Fiction
Studio: OORONG-SHA, Pony Canyon, Nippon Herald Films, Fuji Television Network, Ace Pictures
Director: Shunji Iwai
Cast: Ayumi Ito, Yosuke Eguchi, Chara, Hiroshi Mikami, Andy Hui Chi-On, Atsuro Watabe
Crew: Noboru Shinoda (Director of Photography), Shunji Iwai (Director), Takeshi Kobayashi (Original Music Composer), Yohei Taneda (Production Design), Daizaburo Harada (CGI Director), Shin'ya Kawai (Producer)
Runtime: 148 minutes
Release: Sep 14, 1996
IMDb: 7.42/10 by 96 users
Popularity: 2
Country: Japan
Language: English, 日本語, 普通话
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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