Young college student Shizuka is given the opportunity to act in a stage play with professionals. Shizuka is willing to go to great lengths to master this role of a lifetime, but as the ...
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Title: W's Tragedy (1984)
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12 wins & 3 nominations.
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Hiroko Yakushimaru | ... | Shizuka Mita |
| Yoshiko Mita | ... | Sho Hajima | |
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Masanori Sera | ... | Akio Moriguchi |
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Yumi Kusaka | ||
| Kôjirô Kusanagi | ... | Yoshikazu Kiuchi | |
| Yoshie Minami | ... | Chieko Yasue | |
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Kunihiko Mitamura | ... | Jun Godai |
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Noboru Nakaya | ... | Ryozo Dohara |
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Yukio Ninagawa | ... | Theatre director Abe |
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Mariko Nonaka | ... | Toshiko hayashi |
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Morihiko Saitô | ||
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Akiko Shikata | ... | Kimiko Miyashita |
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Kôji Shimizu | ... | Hideo Mineta |
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Jin'ichirô Sudô | ... | Paparazzi |
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Miho Takagi | ... | Kaori Kikuchi |
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Young college student Shizuka is given the opportunity to act in a stage play with professionals. Shizuka is willing to go to great lengths to master this role of a lifetime, but as the plot unfolds, she realizes that real life events are beginning to parallel events in the play.
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15 December 1984 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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The lead actress in this movie, Hiroko Yakushimaru, was highly popular in Japan in the 80's. Here she proves herself at least competent, and perhaps a bit more than that, as an actress.
The plot involves a number of college-age drama students auditioning for a part in a play, where they will act together with famous professionals. It is a career-making chance, and one girl nearly gets the coveted part, but soon stumbles upon a chance to snatch the part away from another by compromising her principles a bit (...no, we're not talking about sleeping her way into the cast, or at least not in this case). The real-life drama gradually comes to mirror the story of the play being performed.
Not too bad overall, tho Yakushimaru does overact in places, and there are some painful cliches, particularly toward the end. This story has a lot in common with both All About Eve (some actors will do whatever it takes to become a star), and the musical Chicago (notoriety brings fame, which can be parlayed into stage fame).
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