Swallowtail Butterfly

Director	Shunji Iwai
Year	1996
Country	Japan
Runtime	2h 28m
Language	English, Japanese, Mandarin In Japanese, English, and Mandarin with English subtitles
Format	DCP
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Synopsis

In a near-future Japan where millions of immigrants hustle to survive for the yen, a pop star swipes a Yakuza money scam and opens a record store. Shunji Iwai’s handheld camera takes on identity and the almighty yen as it moves fast to Takeshi Kobayashi’s kinetic J-Pop beat.

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