Swallowtail (film) also nominated for but did not win the following awards: Swallowtail (film) Swallowtail, also known as Swallowtail Butterfly (スワロウテイル "Suwarōteiru"), is a 1996 Japanese crime film directed by Shunji Iwai, starring Hiroshi Mikami, pop-singer Chara, and Ayumi Ito. The film was shot on hand-held cameras using jump cuts and other visual techniques. It covers a wide array of themes and genres, from social realism to coming-of-age to crime. A theme song for the film under "Yen Town Band", titled "Swallowtail Butterfly (Ai no Uta)", gained first place on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart of October 7, 1996. The film is
Nephele comma Nephele comma Nephele comma is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is very common throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar. The length of the forewings is 32–39 mm and the wingspan is 76–86 mm. It is a very variable species. The body and forewings are dark olive green to reddish-brown and to light ochreous-brown. The dorsum of the abdomen is broadly of the same colour as the thorax. There are three large quadrate blackish lateral spots. The forewings have irregular dark transverse bands which are usually much better developed in the olive or ochreous specimens than in the reddish