---
title: 'Swallowtail (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shunji Iwai'
released: '1996-09-14'
runtime_minutes: 148
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/swallowtail-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117797/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Swallowtail (1996)

1996 · 148 min · Drama, Crime · Japan

Original title: スワロウテイル

## Synopsis

Swallowtail Butterfly  is a 1996 Japanese crime film written, directed and edited by Shunji Iwai, starring Hiroshi Mikami, pop-singer Chara, and Ayumi Ito.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shunji Iwai](https://cinepixo.com/people/shunji-iwai)
- **Screenplay:** [Shunji Iwai](https://cinepixo.com/people/shunji-iwai)
- **Editor:** [Shunji Iwai](https://cinepixo.com/people/shunji-iwai)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Takeshi Kobayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kobayashi)
- **Producer:** [Shin'ya Kawai](https://cinepixo.com/people/shin-ya-kawai)
- **Director of Photography:** [Noboru Shinoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/noboru-shinoda)

## Cast

- [Tadanobu Asano](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadanobu-asano)
- [Yōsuke Eguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yosuke-eguchi)
- [Shiek Mahmud-Bey](https://cinepixo.com/people/shiek-mahmud-bey)
- [Kaori Fujii](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaori-fujii)
- [Kaori Momoi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaori-momoi)
- [Mikami Hiroshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikami-hiroshi)
- [Tetsu Watanabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetsu-watanabe)
- [Tomoko Yamaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoko-yamaguchi)
- [Andy Hui](https://cinepixo.com/people/andy-hui)
- [Nene Otsuka](https://cinepixo.com/people/nene-otsuka)
- [Ayumi Itō](https://cinepixo.com/people/ayumi-ito)
- [Atsurō Watabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/atsuro-watabe)
- [Yoriko Dōguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoriko-doguchi)
- [Mickey Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-curtis)
- [Chara](https://cinepixo.com/people/chara)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/swallowtail-1996
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