Swallowtail Butterfly
Sep 14 1996
•2h 28m
•Drama, Crime, Music, Science Fiction
The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
Cast
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Ayumi Ito
Ageha
Yosuke Eguchi
Ryou Ryanki
Chara
Glico
Hiroshi Mikami
Feihong
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