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Synopsis
Following up on the fantastic success of Love Letter, pop phenom Shunji Iwai directs this phantasmagoric sprawling sci-fi drama set in a polyglotic encampment known as Aozora (blue skies) on the fringe of a megalopolis called Yen Town. Its ragtag -- and remarkably fashionable -- inhabitants are into every kind of nefarious activity imaginable. The film centers on Glico (played by pop star Chara), a Chinese hooker who tattooed a swallowtail butterfly to her chest so that she might be identified after death. Other inhabitants include a doe-eyed orphaned teen (Ayumi Ito) whom Glico takes under her wing and dubs Ageha ("caterpillar"), and Feihong (Hiroshi Mikami), a master grifter who is in love with Glico. One day, a couple of other Aozora-dwellers -- a slick Chinese hustler named Ran (Atsuro Watabe) and jumpy Iranian con-artist Nihat (Abraham Levin) -- discover a cassette tape in the stomach of a dead gangster. The tape not only contains the tune "My Way" but also a computer code to counterfeit 10,000-yen notes. Soon every shantytown resident is cheating change machines everywhere and making a killing in the process. With his newfound wealth, Feihong opens a nightclub with Glico as the lead act. Soon the actual owners of the tape -- a ruthless band of Chinese gangsters -- cotton on to the Aozorian's scheme and demand their money back. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Cast

Hiroshi Mikami Fei-hong
Kaori Momoi Suzukino
Tomoko Yamaguchi Shen-mei
Atsuro Watabe Ran
Chara Glico
Yosuke Eguchi Ryou Ryanki
Andy Hui Mau-fu
Ayumi Ito Ageha
Nene Ohtsuka Reiko

Production Crew

Yuji Tsuzuki Art Director
Noboru Shinoda Cinematographer
Takeshi Kobayashi Composer (Music Score)
Hiromi Shintane Costume Designer
Shunji Iwai Director
Shunji Iwai Editor
Yuji Higaki First Assistant Director
Shinya Kawai Producer
Yohei Taneda Production Designer
Shunji Iwai Screenwriter
James Howe Sound/Sound Designer
Patrick Karamian Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1996
Runtime: 146
Country: Japan
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature


Color type
Foto-Kem

Sound
Dolby

Produced by
Ace Pictures
Nippon Herald Films
Oorong-Sha
Pony Canyon
Rockwell Eyes
Swallowtail Production Committee

Release
by Ace Pictures
Nippon Herald Film