Kagero-za

Kagerō-za
Kagerō-za
Directed by	Seijun Suzuki
Written by	Yōzō Tanaka; Kyōka Izumi (novel)
Produced by	Genjirō Arato
Starring	Yūsaku Matsuda; Michiyo Okusu; Katsuo Nakamura; Eriko Kusuda
Cinematography	Kazue Nagatsuka
Edited by	Akira Suzuki
Music by	Kaname Kawachi
Distributed by	Cinema Placet; Genjirō Amato Pictures
Release date	July 31, 1981;
Running time	139 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Kagerō-za (陽炎座, Heat-Haze Theatre) is a 1981 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on a novel by Kyōka Izumi.^[1]^[2] It forms the middle section of Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, preceded by Zigeunerweisen (1980) and followed by Yumeji (1991), surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by style, themes and the Taishō period (1912–1926) setting. All were produced by Genjirō Arato.

Cast

Yūsaku Matsuda as Shunko Matsuzaki
Michiyo Okusu as Shinako
Katsuo Nakamura as Tamawaki
Yoshio Harada as Wada
Eriko Kusuda as Ine
Mariko Kaga as Miyo
Asao Sano
Ryūtarō Ōtomo as Shishō

References

^ "陽炎座". kinenote. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^ 陽炎座とは (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 2021-01-26.

External links

Kagero-za at IMDb
Kagero-za at AllMovie
Kagerō-za (in Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database

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[1] "陽炎座". kinenote. Retrieved August 17, 2021.

[2] 陽炎座とは (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 2021-01-26.

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