Nuclear Gypsies (1985)

  • NR
  • 05/05/1985 (JP)
  • 1h 45m

Overview

Barbara, a dancer, is coming home to Nagoya after a long absence. She lives above a bar in an area whose inhabitants are mainly from Okinawa. Upon her return, Barbara faces problems beyond her control. Her brother and two friends take one of their teachers hostage to extort money to go on a school trip. Miyazato, the man who loves Barbara is there, but not Aiko, her best friend. Miyazato, a yakuza and manager in a nuclear power plant has forced Aiko into prostitution for the workers of the plant. Barbara plans to help her escape from this hell. Aiko has been sent to Mihama. Without even thinking for a moment, Barbara decided to go see her friend.

Azuma Morisaki

Director, Screenplay

Kiyohide Ohara

Screenplay

Shoji Kondo

Screenplay

Cast

Mitsuko Baisho's headshot

Mitsuko Baisho

Yoshio Harada's headshot

Yoshio Harada

Mitsuru Hirata's headshot

Mitsuru Hirata

Tonpei Hidari's headshot

Tonpei Hidari

Shigeru Izumiya's headshot

Shigeru Izumiya

Sabu Kawahara's headshot

Sabu Kawahara

Nenji Kobayashi's headshot

Nenji Kobayashi

Toshie Kobayashi's headshot

Toshie Kobayashi

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