Luminous Woman (1987)
A hulking man from the country pursues his beloved to the underworld of Tokyo nightclubs, where he finds work as a sideshow wrestler and becomes involved with a faded opera singer.
Director:
Shinji Sōmai
Writer:
Yōzō Tanaka
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Michiru Akiyoshi as Yoshino Koyama |
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Keiji Muto as Sensaku Matsunami |
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Narumi Yasuda as Kuriko Sakura |
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Hide Demon as Akanuma |
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Saburo Date as |
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Kei Suma as |
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Hitomi Nakahara as Mother |
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Chigusa Takayama as |
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Leonard Kuma as Bus Driver |
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Masato Ise as Koichi Akanuma |
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Rie Shibata as |
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Brian Adams as |
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Kazuko Shirakawa as |
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Minoru Terada as |
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Kyōzō Nagatsuka as |
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Tappei Shimokawa as |
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Ryusuke Ohbayashi as |
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Kunihiko Ida as |
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Usagi Ōyama as |
| Directing | Shinji Sōmai | Director |
| Writing | Haku Kohiyama | Novel |
| Sound | Shigeaki Saegusa | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Yōzō Tanaka | Screenplay |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki | Editor |
| Production | Hiroshi Yamamoto | Producer |
| Production | Kei Ijichi | Producer |
| Production | Susumu Miyasaka | Producer |
| Art | Fumio Ogawa | Art Direction |
| Camera | Mutsuo Naganuma | Director of Photography |