Cabaret

Overview

A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 26, 1986

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

KADOKAWA

Cast

Akihiro Shimizu,Kaori Murata,Yukari Tsuda,Takao Nakamura,Sonny Chiba,Hiroyuki Sanada,Tomoyo Harada,Tetsuro Tamba,Usaburo Oshima,Chū Takatsukiand 31 more

Director

Haruki Kadokawa

Writer

Yōzō Tanaka,Kaoru Kurimoto

Producer

Sunao Sakagami,Haruki Kadokawa

Cinematography

Seizō Sengen

Music

Masahide Sakuma

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0368629