Puppets Under Starry Skies
5.5
A young Japanese man finds himself in the company of a strange, effeminate gay man and a girl with a seedy sexual history and who even now is pregnant again. They share a predisposition for drug use and spend time together in an old house. He refuses the advances of the gay man, who then commits suicide. When a gang administers a beating to him, his father re-enters the scene and takes him home, along with the girl. However, the girl has decided to have her baby, and she goes to live with its father.
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Cast
7 people
Yoichi Miura
Hideo
Also in
G.I. Samurai
Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi
Аko
Akemi
Known for
Shōgun
Alice in Borderland
Kazuhito Takei
Hiroshi
Also in
Osoe!
Teizō Muta
Also in
Death of a Tea Master
Four Seasons: Natsuko
Yuri Yamashina
Also in
Rape! 13th Hour
Assault! Jack the Ripper
Akira Shioji
Known for
The Street Fighter
The Yakuza
Moeko Ezawa
Akemi's mother
Known for
Getting Any?
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Hōjin Hashiura Director · Atsushi Yamatoya Writer Tadashi Kita Story
First release January 21, 1978 · Produced in Japan · Production Tokyo Video Center
Production
Art Theatre Guild
Production
Tokyo Video Center
Production
Japan
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Original title
星空のマリオネット
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 21, 1978
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No release date listed for United States.
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