The Dancer

舞姫

Against the backdrop of late 19th-century Berlin, Toyotaro Ota, a young Japanese uni student studying in Germany, meets and falls in love with 16-year-old local dancer Elise. Their unconventional affair and subsequent cohabitation stir up a massive scandal that threatens his reputation, eventually reaching the ears of officials in Japan.

Director

Masahiro Shinoda

Screenplay

Tsutomu Tamura

Screenplay

Masahiro Shinoda

Screenplay

Hans Borgelt

Status

Released

Release date

12/10/1989

Original language

German