Film
The Dancer
Germany · Japan- Director
- Masahiro Shinoda
- Year
- 1989
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.
Top cast
Hiromi Go
Toyotaro Ota
Lisa Wolf
Elise Weigelt
Brigitte Grothum
Anna Weigelt
Haruko Katō
Mareike Carrière
Luise von Bülow
Christoph Eichhorn
Von Meintheim
Toru Masuoka
Kenkichi Aizawa
Shiro Sano
Takashi Tanimura
Takuzo Kadono
Kazusaburo Fukushima
Rolf Hoppe
Robert Koch
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Count Amagata
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Fritz Krüger
Andreas Mannkopff
Tonio Busch
Irma Münch
Frau Von Haas
Achim Wolff
Georg Schleicher
Directed by
Masahiro Shinoda
Written by
Tsutomu Tamura, Hans Borgelt, Masahiro Shinoda
Produced by
Manfred Durniok, Masato Hara
