Set in Shanghai during the turbulent years leading up to and through World War II, the film follows a group of Japanese jazz musicians and performers struggling to hold onto music, love, and friendship amid political unrest and war. As censorship, nationalism, and conflict reshape the city, their once-vibrant nightlife gradually gives way to disillusionment, separation, and loss.
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Hideko Yoshida
Madako Masaoka
Kazuyoshi Kushida
Shirô Hatano
Takashi Sasano
Wataru 'Bakumatsu' Matsumoto
Fuyuko Imae
Juri 'Lily' Hayashi
Fumiyo Kohinata
Shinzô Hirota
Hiroshi Omori
Lieutenant Shirai
Kenji Itakura
Side
Keiji Manako
Larry
Noriko Kojima
King
Mitsuru Toishi
Shingly Taguchi
Shojiro Kataoka
Raymond Kovacs
Hideyuki Otsuki
Miyashita
Yasuhisa Konishi
Ugawa
Yoshimi Sakamuki
Micchan
Kazuhiko Hirai
Plain Clothes Man
