The Japanese Belly Button
6.4
Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.
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Cast
19 people
Mako Midori
Helen Amatsu / Momoe / Junko
Known for
Blind Beast
Akihiro Miwa
Business man / Yakuza / Assistant professor
Known for
Howl's Moving Castle
Princess Mononoke
Hisashi Inoue
Hiroaki Fujii
Also in
Two Days with Yukio Mishima
Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names
Yuzuru Aizawa
Eizō Sugawa
Hajime Hana
Dry cleaning shop owner / Lorry driver / Lighting man
Known for
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
Yoshio Shirasaka
Also in
The Beast Shall Die
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Ryuhei Nishimura
Osami Nabe
Professor / Funayama
Known for
Gokusen
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
Ryôichi Hattori
Eizō Sugawa Director · Yoshio Shirasaka Screenplay Yuzuru Aizawa Cinematographer
First release March 15, 1977 · Produced in Japan · Production Eizo Sugawa Productions
Production
Art Theatre Guild
Production
Eizo Sugawa Productions
Production
Japan
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Original title
日本人のへそ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 15, 1977
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No release date listed for United States.
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