Swallowtail Butterfly

The film is set in Tokyo at an unspecified point in the near future when the Japanese yen has become the strongest currency in the world. This attracts an influx of Immigration, legal and illegal, to work in the city. The immigrants give the city the nickname . The Japanese natives, however, despise the nickname, and in retribution call the immigrants by the homophone , anglicised as "Yentowns" in the film's English subtitles. <ref name=Yomota></ref>

한국어 日本語 大陆简体 Deutsch English
  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 16081
  • Status Released
  • Released Worldwide September 14, 1996
  • Runtime 146 minutes
  • Genres Drama Crime
  • Original Country Japan
  • Original Language English
  • Spoken Languages English Japanese Chinese - China
  • Production Company Rockwell Eyes
  • Production Countries Japan
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