Kill the Flower Bud! (1977)
A man (Shimomoto Shiro), who is an assistant to a star singer, and a woman (Tajima Haruka), who specializes in playing passersby in TV dramas, go on a trip on a motorcycle. They don't have any particular destination in mind, but they just think that speeding down mountain roads on a motorcycle will make them feel refreshed. Both he and she were struggling to protect their dreams in the city every day. They lived in agony, searching for a way out. When Tajima's long hair fluttered in the wind, Shimomoto began to confess. At that moment, a slight sense of unease began to grow between the two lovers...
Director:
Banmei Takahashi
Writers:
Mamoru Watanabe, Banmei Takahashi.
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Haruka Tajima as Maki |
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Shirō Shimomoto as Masao |
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Akihiro Takizawa as |
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Mako Kitano as |
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Hatsue Kobayashi as |
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Katsurō Sakai as |
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Yoshie Yamamoto as |
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Yuki Izumi as |
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Fumio Togashi as |
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Masatoshi Hattori as |
| Directing | Banmei Takahashi | Director |
| Writing | Mamoru Watanabe | Screenplay |
| Production | Kōji Wakamatsu | Producer |
| Writing | Banmei Takahashi | Screenplay |
| Camera | Hideo Itō | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Hajime Isogai | Gaffer |
| Editing | Shōji Sakai | Editor |
| Directing | Mamoru Watanabe | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yusuke Narita | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Kin'ichi Tanaka | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Yuichi Nagata | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Itsumichi Isomura | Assistant Gaffer |