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Release Date:
November 23, 1989
Original Title:
二十世紀少年読本
Alternate Titles:
Nijisseiki shônen dokuhon
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
CBS / Sony Group
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 106
Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave the circus and travels the countryside working as a con-man. After a run-in with a local gang of yakuza, he is invited to join their ranks, where he makes the mistake of falling for a boss's mistress. Wataru stays with the circus and works hard to regain its former glory
Art Direction:
Takeo Kimura
Hidemitsu Yamazaki
Costume Design:
Sachiko Itô
Director:
Kaizo Hayashi
Director of Photography:
Yuichi Nagata
Editor:
Osamu Tanaka
Makeup Effects Designer:
Tomoo Haraguchi
Music:
Yôko Kumagai
Hidehiko Urayama
Haruhiko Yoshida
Producer:
Hisamitsu Hida
Yoichi Sakuri
Takahiro Sasaki
Sound:
Ichiro Kawashima
Writer:
Kaizo Hayashi
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