April Fish (1986)
A Francophile filmmaker in a creative rut tries to pass off a free-spirited young actress as his movie-star wife in order to fool a chief from the South Seas.
Director:
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Writers:
Tadashi Naitô, Nobuhiko Obayashi, James Miki.
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Yukihiro Takahashi as Shohei Nemoto |
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Kyō Kanoko as Mari Marimura |
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Miyoko Akaza as Fujiko Kinugasa |
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Wakaba Irie as Aki |
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Yuji Miyake as Kobayashi the Tile Craftsman |
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Masaaki Shirei as Self |
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Kangorō Nakamura as Director |
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Asuka Hisashi as Scripter |
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Norikazu Kobayashi as Assistant Director |
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Yoshitaka Sakamoto as Cameraman |
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Akio Yokoyama as Manager |
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Toru Minegishi as Entertainment Reporter |
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James Miki as TV Presenter |
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Shigeru Izumiya as Fujio Fujisawa |
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Tetsuro Tamba as Panapora Chief Handa |
| Directing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Director |
| Production | Hisashi Yamamoto | Producer |
| Production | Zuihô Hayashi | Producer |
| Production | Kunihiko Murai | Producer |
| Production | Yukihiro Takahashi | Producer |
| Production | Toshio Nemoto | Producer |
| Production | Kyōko Ōbayashi | Producer |
| Production | Michio Morioka | Producer |
| Writing | James Miki | Story |
| Writing | Tadashi Naitô | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Screenplay |
| Writing | James Miki | Screenplay |
| Crew | Yoshitaka Sakamoto | Cinematography |
| Camera | Kenji Watanabe | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Tadashi Naitô | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Editor |
| Art | Kazuo Satsuya | Art Direction |
| Sound | Shouhei Hayashi | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Kazumi Inamura | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Haruo Kawashima | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Yukihiro Takahashi | Original Music Composer |