Set in Shanghai during the turbulent years leading up to and through World War II, the film follows a group of Japanese jazz musicians and performers struggling to hold onto music, love, and friendship amid political unrest and war. As censorship, nationalism, and conflict reshape the city, their once-vibrant nightlife gradually gives way to disillusionment, separation, and loss.
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Cast
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Hideko Yoshida
Madako Masaoka
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Kazuyoshi Kushida
Shirô Hatano
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Takashi Sasano
Wataru 'Bakumatsu' Matsumoto
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Love and Honor
Fuyuko Imae
Juri 'Lily' Hayashi
Fumiyo Kohinata
Shinzô Hirota
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Inuyashiki
THE DAYS
Hiroshi Ohmori
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Kenji Itakura
Side
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Keiji Manako
Larry
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Noriko Kojima
King
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Legend of the Eight Samurai
Mitsuru Toishi
Shingly Taguchi
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Shojiro Kataoka
Raymond Kovacs
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Hideyuki Otsuki
Miyashita
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Kazuyoshi Kushida Director · Ren Saito Story Osamu Inoue Editor
First release March 13, 1988 · Produced in Japan · Original title 上海バンスキング
Production
Japan
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Original title
上海バンスキング
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 13, 1988
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No release date listed for United States.
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