

Nuclear Gypsies
1985, Japanese. Directed by Azuma Morisaki.
Barbara, a dancer, is coming home to Nagoya after a long absence. She lives above a bar in an area whose inhabitants are mainly from Okinawa. Upon her return, Barbara faces problems beyond her control. Her brother and two friends take one of their teachers hostage to extort money to go on a school trip. Miyazato, the man who loves Barbara is there, but not Aiko, her best friend. Miyazato, a yakuza and manager in a nuclear power plant has forced Aiko into prostitution for the workers of the plant. Barbara plans to help her escape from this hell. Aiko has been sent to Mihama. Without even thinking for a moment, Barbara decided to go see her friend.
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 5 May 1985
- Original title
- 生きてるうちが花なのよ死んだらそれまでよ党宣言
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kiyohide Ohara, Shoji Kondo, Azuma Morisaki
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Nuclear Gypsies runs 105 minutes (1h 45m).
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Nuclear Gypsies isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 May 1985. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Nuclear Gypsies?
Nuclear Gypsies (1985) was directed by Azuma Morisaki and stars Mitsuko Baisho, Yoshio Harada, Mitsuru Hirata.