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Carnival in the Night (1981) [N/A]

Featuring:
Akemi Edo, Michirô Endô, Nobutaka Kuwabara

Written by:
Masashi Yamamoto

Directed by:
Masashi Yamamoto


Release Date:
March 19, 1981

Original Title:
闇のカーニバル

Alternate Titles:
Yami no kânibaru

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
CB Company
Shagantai

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 109

Overview from TheMovieDB

The newly divorsed singer Kumi is not too enthusiastic about life as a single mother. She drops her son to her ex-husband, leaving her band and embarks on a crazy tour of Tokyo's shadowy side.

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Overview from Open Movies

Take a walk on the wild side with edgy indie director Masashi Yamamoto (JUNK FOOD, ROBINSON'S GARDEN), who captures the punk scene of 1980s Japan in this prickly early film. Blurring the line between documentary and fiction, Yamamoto gets the most out of a cast of young toughs who more or less play themselves, while shooting on 16mm in a gritty, grainy style. Punk rocker Kumi Ota leaves her son with her ex-husband and then begins an unusual odyssey along the fringes of Tokyo's night life. Each person she meets is stranger than the last with each encounter more disturbing.

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Rankings and Honors

Carnival in the Night (1981) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.6/10

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Production

Director:
Masashi Yamamoto

Producer:
Masashi Yamamoto
Tetsuki Ijichi

Screenplay:
Masashi Yamamoto

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