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Kyabarê

Kyabarê

1986Movie⏱️ 1h 44m
CrimeDramaMusic
5.1
IMDB Rating
90 votes

University student sax player gets a lesson in the hard-boiled noir life.

Director
Haruki Kadokawa
Writers
Kaoru Kurimoto, Yôzô Tanaka
Stars
Hironobu Nomura, Takeshi Kaga, Mitsuko Baishô
Release Date
April 26, 1986
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

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Hironobu Nomura
as Shunichi Yashiro
Takeshi Kaga
Takeshi Kaga
as Takigawa
Mitsuko Baishô
Mitsuko Baishô
as Megumi Nanbu
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Junko Mihara
as Eiko
👤
Hideo Murota
as Kosakai
👤
Isao Bitô
as Asai
Shin'ichi Chiba
Shin'ichi Chiba
as Yakuza boss
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Masato Furuoya
as Sajima
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Kiwako Harada
as Pianist
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Tomoyo Harada
as Chieko

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Production
Kadokawa Haruki Jimusho

🏷️ Keywords

neo noirjapanese noirjazz musicnightclubsaxophone player

🎯 Categories

JapaneseCrimeDramaMusic

⭐ Featured Review

Hits All the Noir Clichés
by rowerivers2015-08-12
5/10

"Smokey jazz bar in the rain. Shadowy characters. A sax-heavy soundtrack. All the hard-boiled noir clichés are here. Shunichi (Hironobu Nomura) is a university student who plays a mean sax. He left his father's vigorous training to find the essence of jazz, joining a club group named Tahiti at a jazz bar called Cabaret Stardust. Gangster Takigawa (Takeshi Kaga) often comes in and requests "Left Alone", the old Mal Waldren standard. He likes the way Shunichi plays it, and the two start talking about it and music in general. But Takigawa shoots another gangster, which Shunichi witn..."

📖 Synopsis

University student sax player gets a lesson in the hard-boiled noir life.