The Dancer
1989, German. Directed by Masahiro Shinoda.
Against the backdrop of late 19th-century Berlin, Toyotaro Ota, a young Japanese uni student studying in Germany, meets and falls in love with 16-year-old local dancer Elise. Their unconventional affair and subsequent cohabitation stir up a massive scandal that threatens his reputation, eventually reaching the ears of officials in Japan.
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Masahiro ShinodaDirector
- Hiromi GoToyotaro Ota
- Lisa WolfElise Weigelt
- Brigitte GrothumAnna Weigelt
- Haruko KatōCast
- Mareike CarrièreLuise von Bülow
- Christoph EichhornVon Meintheim
- Toru MasuokaKenkichi Aizawa
- Shiro SanoTakashi Tanimura
- Takuzo KadonoKazusaburo Fukushima
- Rolf HoppeRobert Koch
- Tsutomu YamazakiCount Amagata
- Hans-Uwe BauerFritz Krüger
Details
- Released
- 12 October 1989
- Original title
- 舞姫
- Country
- Germany, Japan
- Written by
- Tsutomu Tamura, Hans Borgelt, Masahiro Shinoda
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The Dancer runs 123 minutes (2h 3m).
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Who directed The Dancer?
The Dancer (1989) was directed by Masahiro Shinoda and stars Hiromi Go, Lisa Wolf, Brigitte Grothum.