Directed by Shunji Iwai
Screenplay by Shunji Iwai
Starring: Chara/ITO Bu/Hiroshi Mikami/Eguchi Yosuke/Watabe Atsuro
Genre: Drama/Crime
Production country: Japan
Language: Japanese/Cantonese/English/Mandarin
Release Date: 1996-09-04(Venice Film Festival) / 1996-09-14(Japan)
Synopsis of Swallowtail butterfly
After the death of her mother, the “Yuan Capital” girl who was originally living in a large number of foreign immigrants regarded as a gold rush paradise was sent to the prostitute Gu Liguo (Zhuo Na), and after the girl was temporarily taken in, Gu Liguo named her Papilio (ITO Bu) according to the butterfly tattoo on her chest. Soon, under the leadership of Gu Li fruit in the name of “Qingzhong” waste resettlement area and car repair station, met fire Feihong, Wolf Lang and other “Yuan thief” from different countries, and gradually familiar with them to become friends.
A tape recording of the American song “My Way” and hiding the magnetic induction information of making counterfeit banknotes made them rich overnight, and after making a fortune, they also began to embark on different paths, which has excellent singing talent Solid fruit was signed by the record company, and forced by the company to break off relations with everyone. And the owner of the tape, underworld boss Liu Liangkui (Eguchi Yokuke) learned that the tape fell behind, began to send his men to kill fire Feihong, solid force fruit and others, the fate of the people began to contain each other.