"This is the story of Yentowns in Yentown." 14 September 1996 Drama, Crime, Sci-Fi 148 mins
The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
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Ayumi Ito as Ageha
Yosuke Eguchi as Ryou Ryanki
Chara as Glico
Hiroshi Mikami as Feihong
Andy Hui Chi-On as Maofu
Atsuro Watabe as Ran
Kaori Momoi as Suzukino
Tomoko Yamaguchi as Shenmei
Nene Otsuka as Reiko
Yoriko Doguchi as Hoshino
Mickey Curtis as Doctor
Tetsu Watanabe as Katsushika Group Boss
Tadanobu Asano as Customer in the Club
Kenji Kohashi as Hoan
Noboru Shinoda Director of Photography
Shunji Iwai Director
Takeshi Kobayashi Original Music Composer
Yohei Taneda Production Design
Daizaburo Harada CGI Director
Shin'ya Kawai Producer
Osamu Takizawa Sound Recordist
Isao Yukisada Assistant Director
Akihiro Onodera Assistant Director
Shunji Iwai Editor
Shunji Iwai Screenplay
Shunji Iwai Original Story
Hiroki Nakamura Gaffer
Osamu Kubota Associate Producer
Koko Maeda Associate Producer
Kazutoshi Wadakura Line Producer
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Switzerland 21 December 2000
Germany 20 January 2000
Finland 02 July 1999
Italy 04 September 1996
Japan 04 September 2026
Korea 16 July 2025
United States 25 June 2016
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Music video I created for the classic 1996 Shunji Iwai film Swallowtail Butterfly.
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Director: Shunji Iwai. Sinopsis: "Ambientada en un decadente barrio futurista de Tokio Yentown. Después de que fallezca su madre una prostituta se hace ...
ここは円の都、イェンタウン。円で夢が叶う、夢の都。…そしてこれは、円を掘りにイェンタウンにやってきた、イェンタウンたちの物語。...
from the film the voice over with typography is nice.
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Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy.
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Martin Grant has been hiding for years to escape his past as a ruthless mercenary in the elite force Raven Team.
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Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them.
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A young man makes ends meet by selling camotes in his small providence town, has zero luck getting with the ladies, and is too broke to afford the hookers of the town.
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The story of Dan Jansen, champion speed skater, who confronts the challenges in his life.
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Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1996 Nippon Herald Films, Fuji Television Network, Pony Canyon, OORONG-SHA, Ace Pictures.
