Movie
Zigeunerweisen
Overview
A surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in peculiar ways.
Details
- Release date
- 1980-04-01
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Genres
- Mystery, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Art Theatre Guild, Cinema Placet
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Toshiya Fujita as Toyojiro Aochi
- Naoko Ohtani as Sono / Koine
- Yoshio Harada as Nakasago
- Michiyo Yasuda as Shuko Aochi
- Kirin Kiki as Kimi
- Akaji Maro
- Sumie Sasaki as Maid at a Hotel
- Hatsuo Yamaya as Police
- Kisako Makishi as Taeko Aochi
- Yuki Furutachi
- Isao Tamagawa as Doctor Amaki
- Rubi Enoshima
Crew
- Seijun Suzuki - Director
- Yōzō Tanaka - Screenplay
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