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Set in a 1920's Japan saturated with decadence and nihilism, Zigeunerweisen is a tale of a disparate quartet drawn together by unseen strings of fate - and nearly driven mad by their own fears and desires. Aochi, a Japanese professor of German, vacations in a seaside town and discovers Nakasao, a former classmate, full-time vagabond - and suspected serial killer. During their reunion, they both fall hard for the beautiful geisha Koine. But when Nakasago marries - and abandons - eerie Koine-look-alike Sono, the men's mutual obsession for Koine escalates into paranoia and treachery spiked with undercurrents of witchcraft and the sinister presence of supernatural denizens. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Toshiya Fujita
Korea
Best movies:
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
Zigeunerweisen (1980)
Fruits of Passion (1981)
原田芳雄
Japan
Best movies:
Farewell to the Ark (1984)
The Shogun's Samurai (1978)
Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
Michiyo Ookusu
China
Best movies:
Kirin Kiki
Japan
Best movies:
The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
Half a Confession (2004)
Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Sumie Sasaki
Japan
Best movies:
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Insect Woman (1963)
Tokyo Bordello (1987)
Akaji Maro
Japan
Best movies:
Kikujiro (1999)
Awaking (2006)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Naoko Ôtani
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Zatoichi at Large (1972)
Dear Friends (2007)
Kisako Makishi
Best movies:
Zigeunerweisen (1980)