Film

Shanghai bansu-kingu

1988 · 2h 12m · Music · Comedy · Drama

Set in Shanghai during the turbulent years leading up to and through World War II, the film follows a group of Japanese jazz musicians and performers struggling to hold onto music, love, and friendship amid political unrest and war. As censorship, nationalism, and conflict reshape the city, their once-vibrant nightlife gradually gives way to disillusionment, separation, and loss.

Hideko Yoshida

Madako Masaoka

Kazuyoshi Kushida

Shirô Hatano

Takashi Sasano

Wataru 'Bakumatsu' Matsumoto

Fuyuko Imae

Juri 'Lily' Hayashi

Fumiyo Kohinata

Shinzô Hirota

Hiroshi Omori

Lieutenant Shirai

Kenji Itakura

Side

Keiji Manako

Larry

Noriko Kojima

King

Mitsuru Toishi

Shingly Taguchi

Shojiro Kataoka

Raymond Kovacs

Hideyuki Otsuki

Miyashita

Yasuhisa Konishi

Ugawa

Yoshimi Sakamuki

Micchan

Kazuhiko Hirai

Plain Clothes Man

Hiroshi Tomioka

Wedding Guest

• Kazuyoshi KushidaDirector · Writer · Producer
• Kazuyuki MurayamaProducer
• Osamu InoueEditor

Release date

March 13, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 12m

Genres

Music, Comedy, Drama