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The Dancer

Masahiro Shinoda

1989 • 2h 3m

Based on a semi-autobiographical story by Ogai Mori, about a Japanese medical student who goes to Berlin to study in the 1880s and falls in love with a German ballet dancer.

The Dancer

Cast

Hiromi Go

Hiromi GoToyotaro Ota

Lisa WolfElise Weigelt

Brigitte Grothum

Brigitte GrothumAnna Weigelt

Haruko Katō

Mareike Carrière

Mareike CarrièreLuise von Bülow

Christoph Eichhorn

Christoph EichhornVon Meintheim

Toru Masuoka

Toru MasuokaKenkichi Aizawa

Shiro Sano

Shiro SanoTakashi Tanimura

Takuzo Kadono

Takuzo KadonoKazusaburo Fukushima

Rolf Hoppe

Rolf HoppeRobert Koch

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu YamazakiCount Amagata

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Hans-Uwe BauerFritz Krüger

Andreas MannkopffTonio Busch

Irma Münch

Irma MünchFrau Von Haas

Achim Wolff

Achim WolffGeorg Schleicher

Crew

Masahiro Shinoda

Masahiro ShinodaDirector

Tsutomu Tamura

Tsutomu TamuraScreenplay

Jürgen Jürges

Jürgen JürgesDirector of Photography

Mori Ogai

Mori OgaiOriginal Story

Kazuo Miyagawa

Kazuo MiyagawaDirector of Photography

Setsu Asakura

Setsu AsakuraArt Direction

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