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STRAY NIGHTINGALE (MIDARE UGUISU)
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World, JAPAN PROD
 
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Completed - JAPANESE, ENGLISH - Drama, Action/Adventure, Romance - 134 minutes

Log Line

Stray Nightingale, no where to return...

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2017 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2017 (Line up)
  • FILMART 2017 (Line up)
  • AFM 2017 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Hidenori INOUE, Takuji IZUMI
Writer(s) : Yutaka KURAMOCHI
Cast : Arata FURUTA, Izumi INAMORI, Shunsuke DAITO

Synopsis

The latest film by the hit theatre company GEKIDAN⭐︎SHINKANSEN. An all new hybrid entertainment, combined with live theatre and film.
Juzaburo (Arata Furuta), known as a chivalrous thief, is one day betrayed by his henchman and his entire gang is slaughtered. The gravely wounded Juzuaburo escapes and is saved by Inspector Sadaemon (Ryosuke Otani) and a couple, Kansuke (Macoto Awane) and Okayo (Izumi Inamori), who runs a tavern. There, Juzuaburo retires from the trade and changes his name to Genzaburo. Few peaceful years goes, by then Kansuke dies from an illness. Genzaburo helps Okayo to run the prosperous tavern. One night, a local police chief Katsunosuke (Shunsuke Daitoh) inquires about a bandit named Sunakichi (Jun Hashimoto). Genzaburo realizes that Katsunosuke is the son of the man who saved his life years ago. Genzaburo comes up with a plan to repay his debt, but doesn't know what the future holds…

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN

Festivals and Awards

Tokyo 2016 (Official Selection- Special Screening)
Shanghai 2017 (Panorama Selection)
Asian Dallas 2017 (Audience Award)
Sitges 2017 (Noves Plus Closing)


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