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Release Date:
October 6, 1984
Original Title:
上海バンスキング
Alternate Titles:
Shanghai Rhapsody
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | History | Music
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 121
Set in the 1930s in the international city of Shanghai, the film follows the extravagant life and times of a group of jazz musicians, living from one advance paycheck to the next, as the country teeters over the brink into the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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Director:
Kinji Fukasaku
Director of Photography:
Keiji Maruyama
Screenplay:
Kinji Fukasaku
Yōzō Tanaka
Sound:
Nobuyoshi Koshibe
Theatre Play:
Ren Saito
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