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The Dangoro Party in the Sky
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The Dangoro Party in the Sky

1962-04-15 · 84 min · Not rated

Comedy · Drama

The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater at the end of the year. The troupe "Kumo no Ue Dangoro" continues to tour from town to village. The small cast of the troupe includes its leader (Kenichi Enomoto), Norizo (Norihei Miki) and Taizo (Mutoshi Happa), who play female roles - they are all super actors, each of whom plays five roles. Dan Goro dreams of performing in a major theater and tries to put on a big show with a young man he meets in Shikoku named Sakai (Frankie Sakai), but...

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Directors
Nobuo Aoyagi
Production companies
Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd., TOHO
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Frankie SakaiFrankie Sakai
Kenichi EnomotoKenichi Enomoto
Norihei MikiNorihei Miki
Shin MorikawaShin Morikawa
Ikio SawamuraIkio Sawamura
Tōru YuriTōru Yuri
Toshiaki MinamiToshiaki Minami
Shunji SayamaShunji Sayama
Achako HanabishiAchako Hanabishi
Nijiko KiyokawaNijiko Kiyokawa
Yū FujikiYū Fujiki
Machiko KitagawaMachiko Kitagawa
Hisako TsukubaHisako Tsukuba
Tadao TakashimaTadao Takashima
Asao UchidaAsao Uchida
Mutoshi Happa
Choji Oka
Bunji Hayasaki
Rokku Furukawa
Yoshie MizutaniYoshie Mizutani

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