Swallowtail Butterfly

1996 · 148 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 4,621 VOTES · DIR. Shunji Iwai

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Overview

The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,073 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:54 Name of the corpse?
00:07:03 Amateur. Didn't know what she was getting invoIved in.
00:09:36 Hang on, it's downstairs.
00:12:50 Looking at this?
00:15:48 ''AGEHA'
00:37:24 Sing something happy.
00:41:22 Scissor, paper, stone...?
00:44:33 This is a perfect pIace to hide.
00:55:23 This is the stoIen magnetic data.
00:58:31 Mr.Fei-Hong may have a point.
01:02:02 Both my parents were American, but I was born and raised in Japan.
01:04:43 Come on up, what wouId you Iike to sing?
01:15:20 Do you?
01:21:10 ''Mai Wan La''?
01:27:21 It's a fad.
01:32:29 Hey there!
01:35:18 No, but...
01:51:31 Chu Ba Jeh from Namamugi.
01:54:29 Nice to see you.
01:56:39 She's back?!
02:00:03 There's some weird guys after me.
02:02:32 Can't stop the bIood!
02:10:09 Did you rob a bank?
02:16:06 I could've sworn I heard singing.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,073
Dialogue density7.3 lines / min
First line00:03:54
Final line02:16:06

Production Record

DirectorShunji Iwai
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes4,621