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Kinema no tenchi (original title)
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This is Japanese melo-dramatist director Yoji Yamada's ode to 1930s film production during the transition from silent film to talkies. With many loose associations we can see the rise of a young star Koharu Tanaka for the big New Year... See more »

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Kihachi
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Kenjiro Shimada
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Koharu Tanaka
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chieko Baishô ...
Yuki
Harumi Edo
Akira Emoto ...
Director Saeki
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Guest in Asakusa
Hajime Hana ...
Yasugoro
Mitsuru Hirata ...
Odagiri
Nana Kinomi ...
Singer
Ittoku Kishibe ...
Director Ogata
Leonard Kuma ...
Ryohei Isono
Gin Maeda ...
Kokichi
Kôshirô Matsumoto ...
Kida Studio Boss
Keiko Matsuzaka ...
Sumie Kawashima
Jun Miho ...
Yaeko Sonoda
Chieko Misaki ...
Sadako
Ken Mitsuishi ...
Ikuta, Assistant cameraman
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Empress Akiko
Osami Nabe ...
Director Ogasawara
Shin'ya Ohwada ...
Director Okamura (as Shin'ya Ôwada)
Ryûjirô Oki ...
Journalist
Kimihiro Reizei ...
Assistant Director Inomata
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Tomo-san
Gajirô Satô ...
Tomekichi
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Shokichi
Kei Suma ...
Director Ogura
Ken Tanaka ...
Tokihiko Igawa
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Kawashima's lover
Shinya Yamamoto ...
Director Naito
Shingo Yamashiro ...
Reikichi Toda
Hidetaka Yoshioka ...
Mitsuo
Ichirô Zaitsu ...
Detective Ookai

Directed by

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Yôji Yamada

Written by

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Yoshitaka Asama ... ()
 
Hisashi Inoue ... ()
 
Taichi Yamada ... ()
 
Yôji Yamada ... ()

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Yoshitarô Nomura ... producer
Toru Okuyama ... executive producer

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Naozumi Yamamoto

Cinematography by

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Tetsuo Takaha

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Iwao Ishii

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Mitsuo Degawa

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Hirokatsu Akai ... still photographer

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Plot Summary

This is Japanese melo-dramatist director Yoji Yamada's ode to 1930s film production during the transition from silent film to talkies. With many loose associations we can see the rise of a young star Koharu Tanaka for the big New Year release entitled Floating Weeds.

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Also Known As
  • キネマの天地 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (United States)
  • Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (World-wide, English title)
  • Kinema No Tenchi (Singapore, English title)
  • Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (United Kingdom)
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  • 135 min
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Trivia Official submission of Japan for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 59th Academy Awards in 1987. See more »

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