The Goodbye Girls (1987)
Overview
When 22-year-old Ikuko gets fired from her editing internship right before her college graduation instead of getting hired, she turns to her schoolteacher father for advice. Instead, he tells her, "I've decided to become a singer! Sort your own life out!" Confused, Ikuko gets on a boat to the town of Takarazuka, home of the musical industry, to see her classmate Mari. Mari introduces her to an accountant named Yoshie, and together the three of them move into a house they call "The Women's House: Die Fraulein".
Cast
Yuki Saito
Ikuko Adachi
Hiro Komura
Mari Kawano
Mayumi Asaka
Aiko Kurebayashi
Riki Takeuchi
Hiroyuki Ishibashi
Tatsuo Yamada
Masashi Ikeda
Ryô Kinomoto
Junpei Tokitou
Yousuke Saito
Ryuuta Nishiyama
Shigeru Muroi
Hanako Fukube
Seiji Matano
Seigo Nakayama
Koichi Ueda
Chouichi Ueda
Masashi Ishibashi
Kingo Hanayashiki
Izumi Yukimura
Yoshie Yamanouchi
Yōko Asaji
Kiko Adachi
Masatô Ibu
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