Shanghai bansu-kingu (1988)
Overview
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.
Cast
Hideko Yoshida
Madako Masaoka
Kazuyoshi Kushida
Shirô Hatano
Takashi Sasano
Wataru 'Bakumatsu' Matsumoto
Fumiyo Kohinata
Shinzô Hirota
Hiroshi Ohmori
Lieutenant Shirai
Hideyuki Otsuki
Miyashita
Shinichiro Uchida
Marine Soldier
