Film

Nuclear Gypsies

1985 · 1h 45m · Comedy · Drama

IMDb

6.9

Barbara, a dancer, is coming home to Nagoya after a long absence. She lives above a bar in an area whose inhabitants are mainly from Okinawa. Upon her return, Barbara faces problems beyond her control. Her brother and two friends take one of their teachers hostage to extort money to go on a school trip. Miyazato, the man who loves Barbara is there, but not Aiko, her best friend. Miyazato, a yakuza and manager in a nuclear power plant has forced Aiko into prostitution for the workers of the plant. Barbara plans to help her escape from this hell. Aiko has been sent to Mihama. Without even thinking for a moment, Barbara decided to go see her friend.

Mitsuko Baisho

Yoshio Harada

Mitsuru Hirata

Tonpei Hidari

Shigeru Izumiya

Sabu Kawahara

Nenji Kobayashi

Toshie Kobayashi

Koji Mizukami

Kōju Ran

Osamu Shigematu

Taiji Tonoyama

Tatsuo Umemiya

• Azuma MorisakiDirector · Screenplay
• Shoji KondoScreenplay
• Kiyohide OharaScreenplay
• Takeshi HamadaDirector of Photography
• Ryudo UzakiOriginal Music Composer

Release date

May 5, 1985

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Comedy, Drama