Happiness Avenue

Overview

When Otomo Katsuhiro saw his manga Good Weather credited as the “original novel” he burst out laughing. There’s not an iota of his book anywhere in the film. Made in the same year as Sono Sion’s A Man’s Flower Road, Hirano Katsuyuki’s Happiness Avenue (where Sono plays a role) is madder and more abandoned, in both filmmaking and content. Lovelorn Masahiro goes on an odyssey to find fulfilment of his heart’s desire, and the sea he traverses are Tokyo’s open sewages.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1986

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Yutaka Suzuki,Inagaki Hiroyuki,Masahiro Sugiyama,Yoko Harada,Sion Sono

Director

Katsuyuki Hirano

Writer

Katsuyuki Hirano

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt10388524