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Kagero-za
Sign in to saveis a 1981 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on a novel by Kyōka Izumi. It forms the middle section of Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, preceded by Zigeunerweisen (1980) and followed by Yumeji (1991), surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by style, themes and the Taishō period (1912–1926) setting. All were produced by Genjirō Arato.
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6.6A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
Cast
- Yūsaku Matsuda as Shungo Matsuzaki
- Michiyo Yasuda as Shinako
- Eriko Kusuta as Ine
- Yoshio Harada as Wada
- Mariko Kaga as Mio
- Katsuo Nakamura as Tamawaki
Themes
- based on novel or book
- playwright
- ghost
- taisho period
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- independent film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Followed by
- Yumeji
- Follows
- Zigeunerweisen
- Director
- Seijun Suzuki
- Screenwriter
- Kyōka Izumi
- Cast member
- Mariko Kaga
- Producer
- Genjirō Arato
- Duration
- 139
- FilmAffinity ID
- 400625
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1981-08-21
- name in kana
- かげろうざ
- executive producer
- Genjirō Arato
- film editor
- Akira Suzuki
- nominated for
- Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year
- distributed by
- Netflix
- title
- 陽炎座
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
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is a 1981 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on a novel by Kyōka Izumi. It forms the middle section of Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, preceded by Zigeunerweisen (1980) and followed by Yumeji (1991), surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by style, themes and the Taishō period (1912–1926) setting. All were produced by Genjirō Arato.
== Plot == In 1926 Tokyo, a Shinpa playwright named Matsuzaki meets a beautiful married woman whose name he does not know. After two more chance encounters, the two spend the night together, but Matsuzaki is surprised to find that the room she is staying in belongs to Shinako, the wife of his patron, Baron Tamawaki.
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