Shanghai bansu-kingu

Overview

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.

Cast

Hideko Yoshida

Madako Masaoka

Kazuyoshi Kushida

Shirô Hatano

Takashi Sasano

Wataru 'Bakumatsu' Matsumoto

Fuyuko Imae

Juri 'Lily' Hayashi

Fumiyo Kohinata

Shinzô Hirota

Hiroshi Omori

Lieutenant Shirai

Kenji Itakura

Side

Keiji Manako

Larry

Noriko Kojima

King

Mitsuru Toishi

Shingly Taguchi