Saishin soap technique: Nettori go-hôshi (1995)
Akiko had come to Tokyo practically as a runaway. Her best friend, Yoshikawa Miho, was supposed to be working in a department store after graduating from junior college. However, she was working in a soapland (a type of brothel). Miho didn't want to go back to the countryside and had lied to her parents, telling them she was working as an office lady. After hearing Akiko's story, Akiko decided to look after her until she settled down…
Director:
Kinya Ogawa
Writer:
Kinya Ogawa
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Yumi Hayakawa as Akiko Kubota |
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Rei Tsukasa as Miho Yoshikawa |
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Akira Kazama as Tomoko |
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Seiji Nakamitsu as Akiko's common-law husband |
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Hajime Mao as Yoichi Yoshida |
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Kinichi Kusumi as Ichiro Naruse |
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Kazuhiko Aoki as |
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Yamakiyo as |
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Kenichi Kôbe as Bad customer |
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Kinya Ogawa as Sugiura (regular customer) |
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Yoshiyuki Hayashida as |
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Shigeo Manba as Waiting room customer |
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Masayoshi Nogami as Akiko's sugar daddy |
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Yoshikazu Katō as Bartender |
| Directing | Kinya Ogawa | Director |
| Camera | Hideo Itō | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Kiyoshi Uchida | Gaffer |
| Directing | Hideyuki Idoda | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Kinya Ogawa | Screenplay |
| Directing | Yoshikazu Katō | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Noboru Kurata | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Ryosuke Sano | Assistant Gaffer |
| Camera | Ichiro Tsuda | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Kyoritsu Onkyo | Sound Effects |
