Swallowtail Butterfly

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An industrial section of Japan is known as Yentown, as many immigrants come to make money and hope to go home rich. A small group of people in Yentown try to work together to survive. There is a girl named Ageha who…

Go Ho Rang Butterfly!

Min Ho Rang learns of the 'Ho Rang (swallowtail) Butterfly' legend from the photographer who has just moved in. (Kim Heung Kook, a singer, applied his singing career to create organized cheering at international soccer…

Yukisada Isao

Yukisada Isao is a Japanese screenwriter and director from Kumamoto. He served as assistant director on Shunji Iwai's Love Letter, April Story, and Swallowtail Butterfly. (Source: wikipedia)

Kobayashi Takeshi

Kobayashi Takeshi is a Japanese musician. He started his professional career in the late 1970s. After working in the backing bands for singers such as Yosui Inoue, Misato Watanabe, and Anri, he came into prominence as a musical collaborator for the Southern All Stars frontman Keisuke Kuwata's eponymous…

Kumazawa Naoto

Naoto Kumazawa is a Japanese film director and screenwriter from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Graduated from Seijo University. While studying at Seijo University he was selected for the Shueisha BJ Image Award, and was exhibited at the Yu -bird International Fantastic Film Festival in the off-theater division.…

Ito Ayumi

Ito Ayumi, born April 14, 1980 in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress who received her big break in 1996, when she was cast as the central character of Ageha in Iwai Shunji's hit movie, Swallowtail Butterfly. The following year, she won her first Japanese Academy Award for 'Rookie of the Year'.…

Akanishi Jin

Akanishi Jin is a Japanese singer and songwriter, actor, voice actor, and television personality. Akanishi used to be a member of the popular J-pop group KAT-TUN until July of 2010 and was one of the two lead vocalists. Since the group's debut in 2006, it has achieved 14 consecutive number ones (including…

CHARA

CHARA is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actress and video jockey. She debuted in 1991 with the single "Heaven". She later formed a band with Yuki, called Mean Machine.

Rolly

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Okina Kaei

Fujii Kahori

Fujii Kahori is a Japanese actress born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

Shinoda Noboru

Shinoda Noboru was a cinematographer born in Saitama, Japan. He studied at Nihon University and is best known for Love Letter (1995), Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) and Love Hotel (1985). He died in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Source: IMDb)

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 6

Traveling to Otaru for his work as a nonfiction writer, Asami Mitsuhiko, who has a strong dislike of flying, arrives at Otaru Port by ferry. Shortly after his arrival, a murder occurs, and Mitsuhiko himself becomes…