A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 15, 1982
Original Title:
実録色事師 ザ・ジゴロ
Alternate Titles:
Jitsuroku irogotoshi: za jigoro
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 67
Kabukicho, Shinjuku, the number one entertainment district in Japan. There are professional gigolos who make this sleepless city their base and get what they want, from money and women to desire. They are the "gigolo" gang led by the charismatic Naoki Fushimi. Akira, Yuki, and Ryoma are aiming to become full-fledged gigolos. Akira has a girlfriend named Mariko who is a model for vinyl magazines. But that's not enough for a gigolo. For a gigolo, having sex for free is meaningless. Yuki finds a soapland girl named Misa, and Ryoma finds a woman named Yoko, and they spend a sensual night together. Meanwhile, Akira is taken by Mariko to help with a vinyl magazine shoot. Akira is getting increasingly impatient with his life, which can hardly be called gigolo...
Art Direction:
Heihachiro Watanabe
Assistant Director:
Shusuke Kaneko
Color Grading:
Masanori Fukuzawa
Development Producer:
Nobumasa Ohata
Koji Okumura
Director:
Kōyū Ohara
Director of Photography:
Kazumi Sugimoto
Editor:
Jun Nabeshima
Lighting Director:
Motohiro Noguchi
Original Music Composer:
Hachirō Kai
Original Story:
Naoki Fushimi
Producer:
Yoshihisa Nakagawa
Production Manager:
Masuhiro Miura
Screenplay:
Toshimichi Saeki
Sound Recordist:
Nobumasa Fukushima
Theme Song Performance:
Naoki Fushimi
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