Fancy Dance

Fancy Dance

1989•1h 41m•6.8/10

ComedyDramaMusic

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🎬TMDb

6.8/10(13)

Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initially rebelling against the tough monastic discipline, he learns to adjust. Then his girlfriend shows up, enticing him to return to his rock 'n' roll roots.

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Production

Daiei Film

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Masahiro Motoki

Masahiro Motoki

Shiono Yohei

Honami Suzuki

Honami Suzuki

Masoho Akashi

Kenji Ohtsuki

Kenji Ohtsuki

Ryuichi

Ken Osawa

Ken Osawa

Ikuo Shiono

Hikomaro

Eishun Sasaki

Hiromasa Taguchi

Hiromasa Taguchi

Chinrai Shinada

Miyako Koda

Miyako Koda

Shosui

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Mitsuki Kitagawa

Yuu Tokui

Yuu Tokui

Senior monk

Minosuke

Minosuke

Naoyuki Kanno

Yuriko Hirooka

Yuriko Hirooka

Madonna

Masanori Irie

Ichiyu

Michiko Kawai

Michiko Kawai

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Hisako Hara

Hisako Hara

Takuma Miya

Iwao Shiono

Fuyuki Murakami

Fuyuki Murakami

Takuzen

Nobuko Miyamoto

Nobuko Miyamoto

Shizuko Shiono

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Masoho's boss

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