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.
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Cast
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Hiromi Go
Toyotaro Ota
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Masahiro Shinoda Director · Tsutomu Tamura Screenplay Hans Borgelt Screenplay
First release October 12, 1989 · Produced in Germany, Japan · Languages German, Japanese
Production
TV Asahi
Production
Herald Ace
Production
Manfred Durniok Filmproduktion
Production
Germany · Japan
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Languages
Original title
舞姫
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Japanese
Release dates
Germany · October 12, 1989
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No release date listed for United States.
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