Tandem (1994)
The story of two men, one middle aged one mid twenties, who make friends and exchange cigarettes and stories of their sex lives, unaware they have unwittingly exchanged partners. The story, told in flashbacks, as the two men travel through the night on a motorcycle, is loaded with highly charged eroticism. Sex and violence are juxtaposed against the drabness of the men's everyday lives, effectively blurring the line between what is real and what is fantasy. Founded on the well-known myth of furtive sexual gropers on the rush-hour Tokyo commuter trains, Tandem is a low-key masterpiece of Japanese Pink Cinema.
Director:
Toshiki Sato
Writer:
Masahiro Kobayashi
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Daikei Shimizu as Inoue Kazuma |
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Mineo Sugiura as Shinichi Kosaka |
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Takeshi Itō as Shinichi's lover |
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Hotaru Hazuki as Shinichi's partner |
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Yuri Ishihara as Nobuko |
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Maya Ougi as Inoue's wife Yumiko |
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Hitomi Takano as Train victim |
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Shigeo Katsuyama as Man on bicycle |
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Yoshiaki Sase as Waiter |
| Writing | Masahiro Kobayashi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Toshiki Sato | Director |
| Camera | Riyoji Shigeta | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Naoki Kaneko | Editor |
| Production | Haruki Iwata | Producer |
| Production | Shintarô Nakata | Executive Producer |
| Lighting | Ken Takada | Gaffer |
| Sound | Isao Yamada | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Masahiro Kobayashi | Songs |
| Directing | Mitsuru Meike | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Toshiya Ueno | Other |
| Directing | Makoto Shimada | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Minako Tobe | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | Masahiro Nishikubo | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Hideki Fujioka | Assistant Gaffer |
| Editing | Kazunori Amino | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Noboru Tomita | Color Timer |
| Sound | Kyoritsu Onkyo | Sound Effects |
| Crew | Akira Michikawa | Title Graphics |
| Crew | Fukushima Yoshiki | Thanks |
| Crew | Takao Nakano | Thanks |
| Crew | Akihiro Endo | Thanks |
| Crew | Shiraishi Hidenori | Thanks |
| Crew | Masaki Nishiura | Thanks |
| Crew | Kazuo Hamano | Thanks |
| Crew | Kawano Tsunehiko | Thanks |
| Crew | Masaaki Sakurai | Thanks |
| Crew | Yukio Todoroki | Thanks |
| Crew | Matsumoto Mineaki | Thanks |
| Crew | Tsutomu Isoda | Thanks |
| Crew | Yasushi Hotota | Thanks |
| Crew | Suzuki Sawako | Thanks |
