Swallowtail Butterfly
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1996 |
| Country | Japan |
| Director | Shunji Iwai |
| Cast | Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Ito |
| Genre | Crime drama / fantasy |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Swallowtail Butterfly | – |
| Español | Swallowtail Butterfly | Swallowtail Butterfly |
| Français | Swallowtail Butterfly | Swallowtail Butterfly |
| Deutsch | Swallowtail Butterfly | Swallowtail Butterfly |
| Português | Swallowtail Butterfly | Swallowtail Butterfly |
| Italiano | Swallowtail Butterfly | Swallowtail Butterfly |
| Русский | Ласточка | Lastochka |
| 中文（简体） | 燕尾蝶 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 燕尾蝶 | – |
| 한국어 | 스왈로우테일 버터플라이 | Seuwallouteil Beoteopeullai |
| ไทย | Swallowtail Butterfly | Swallowtail Butterfly |
| Tiếng Việt | Swallowtail Butterfly | Swallowtail Butterfly |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Swallowtail Butterfly | Swallowtail Butterfly |
| 日本語 | スワロウテイル | Suwarouteiru |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which immigrant survival and illusory prosperity collide within unstable multicultural underworld systems
■ Synopsis
Immigrants living in a fictional Japanese city pursue money, identity, and belonging through crime and music.
■ RECIPE Tags
#ImmigrantSurvival #IllusoryProsperity #IdentityDrift #UndergroundSociety
■ Primary Axis（English titles only）
- Entry: City of God
Reason: Marginalized communities create parallel survival systems outside institutional stability. - Middle: Trainspotting
Reason: Escapist subcultures mix self-destruction, longing, and fragmented identity. - Core: Once Upon a Time in America
Reason: Dreams of belonging and prosperity dissolve into irreversible social dislocation territory.
■ Secondary Axes（English titles only）
- MulticulturalCollapse Axis: Babel
- MusicAndIdentity Axis: 8 Mile
■ Person
- Director: Shunji Iwai
- Cast: Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Ito
■ Structural Tags
#MarginalSociety #IdentityFragmentation #SurvivalEconomy #DreamCollapse
■ Attribute Tags
#Immigrants #UndergroundCrime #Music
■ MOVIE RECIPE
※Relation Edge to MOVIE RECIPE※
■ Related Golden Rules
※Relation Edge to Golden Rules※
