The Dancer (1989)
Against the backdrop of late 19th-century Berlin, Toyotaro Ota, a young Japanese uni student studying in Germany, meets and falls in love with 16-year-old local dancer Elise. Their unconventional affair and subsequent cohabitation stir up a massive scandal that threatens his reputation, eventually reaching the ears of officials in Japan.
Director:
Masahiro Shinoda
Writers:
Tsutomu Tamura, Hans Borgelt, Masahiro Shinoda.
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Hiromi Go as Toyotaro Ota |
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Lisa Wolf as Elise Weigelt |
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Brigitte Grothum as Anna Weigelt |
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Haruko Katō as |
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Mareike Carrière as Luise von Bülow |
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Christoph Eichhorn as Von Meintheim |
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Toru Masuoka as Kenkichi Aizawa |
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Shiro Sano as Takashi Tanimura |
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Takuzo Kadono as Kazusaburo Fukushima |
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Rolf Hoppe as Robert Koch |
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Tsutomu Yamazaki as Count Amagata |
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Hans-Uwe Bauer as Fritz Krüger |
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Andreas Mannkopff as Tonio Busch |
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Irma Münch as Frau Von Haas |
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Achim Wolff as Georg Schleicher |
| Directing | Masahiro Shinoda | Director |
| Production | Manfred Durniok | Producer |
| Writing | Tsutomu Tamura | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hans Borgelt | Screenplay |
| Production | Masato Hara | Producer |
| Camera | Jürgen Jürges | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Su Cong | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Harry Leupold | Art Direction |
| Editing | Barbara Hiltmann | Editor |
| Production | Kikuo Tashiro | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Mori Ogai | Original Story |
| Writing | Masahiro Shinoda | Screenplay |
| Camera | Kazuo Miyagawa | Director of Photography |
| Art | Setsu Asakura | Art Direction |
| Editing | Sachiko Yamaji | Editor |
