Film

Ginza Midnight Story — Utopia

2000 · 1h 23m · Crime · Drama

Japanese gangster drama set in the exclusive Ginza district of Tokyo, following Haruka (Atsuko Sakuraba), a young geisha who is attacked by an influential businessman who plans to abduct her. When she is rescued by the members of a club called 'Utopia', Haruka joins them and becomes a hostess, rapidly establishing herself as one of the most sought-after geisha's in Ginza. At the same time, Haruka learns of a plan by a corrupt, gangster-owned club to set itself up as a rival to Utopia. Such is her loyalty to the club that first helped her, she is willing to do anything to protect it.

Atsuko Sakuraba

Miyuki Kojima

Wakaba Nakano

Sakura Mano

Yasukaze Motomiya

Keiji Matsuda

Ryuji Murakami

Hisao Maki

Jiro Okazaki

Naoki Hongo

Rei Okazaki

Yasuaki Kurata

• Hiroyuki TsujiDirector
• Hisao MakiWriter

Release date

July 21, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

18

Genres

Crime, Drama

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