The Stairway to the Distant Past
(1995)
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The Stairway to the Distant Past
(1995)
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Masatoshi Nagase | ... | |
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Kiyotaka Nanbara | ... |
Hoshino
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Haruko Wanibuchi | ... |
Lily Hama
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Shirô Sano | ... |
Masaru
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White man
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Tetta Sugimoto | ... |
Sugimoto
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Mika Ohmine | ... |
Akane Hama
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| Shin'ya Tsukamoto | ... | ||
| Jô Shishido | ... |
Shishido
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Keiji Matsuda | ... |
Matsuda
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Akaji Maro | ... |
Detective
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Kazuko Shirakawa | ... |
Sachiko Shibata
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Sumiko Sakamoto | ... |
Minato no Mary
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Noriko Sengoku | ... |
Asa
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Yôichi Sai | ... |
Chief of Police
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I have just finished watching the last in this trilogy- The Trap, 2005. Where Stairway was a feeble wishy washy visually confusing poorly scripted effort, The Trap was a real movie.I really cannot figure out how anyone would find Stairway superior to The Trap, but since a few reviewers liked this film, i know i will not bother to seek the first in the trilogy. Stairway just felt off kilter through the whole piece, like a drunk who just can't get his footing. Derivative and Hat-tipping can be fun in the movies but in this film all those efforts were lifeless and clumsy and unconvincing.So my advice is- skip this film and see The Trap instead.