Film
The Dancer
1989Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
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- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
About The Dancer
- Drama
Synopsis
Against the backdrop of late 19th-century Berlin, Toyotaro Ota, a young Japanese uni student studying in Germany, meets and falls in love with 16-year-old local dancer Elise. Their unconventional affair and subsequent cohabitation stir up a massive scandal that threatens his reputation, eventually reaching the ears of officials in Japan.
- Director
- Masahiro Shinoda
- Writers
- Tsutomu Tamura
- Masahiro Shinoda
- Hans Borgelt
- Mori Ogai
- Original title
- 舞姫
