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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Hideko YoshidaMadako Masaoka
Kazuyoshi KushidaShirô Hatano
Takashi SasanoWataru 'Bakumatsu' Matsumoto
Fumiyo KohinataShinzô Hirota
Hideyuki OtsukiMiyashitaExplore the crew
- Director
- Kazuyoshi Kushida
- Writer
- Kazuyoshi Kushida
- Producer
- Kazuyoshi Kushida
- Producer
- Kazuyuki Murayama
- Editor
- Osamu Inoue