Tezuka's Barbara (2020)
Original title: ばるぼら
Tezuka's Barbara is a 2020 Japanese-language mystery movie directed by Makoto Tezuka, with a running time of 1h 40m. It stars Goro Inagaki, Fumi Nikaido and Kiyohiko Shibukawa.
Barbara is an adult-orientated fantasy tale filled with love and the occult from Osamu Tezuka's reimagining of "The Tales of Hoffmann". Its story deals with the erotic and bizarre experiences of a famous novelist called Yosuke Mikura whose life is tossed upside down by a mysterious girl named "Barbara".
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Cast
- Goro Inagaki as Yosuke Mikura
- Fumi Nikaido as Barbara
- Kiyohiko Shibukawa as Hiroyuki Yotsuya
- Shizuka Ishibashi as Kanako Kai
- Minami as Shigako Satomi
- Moemi Katayama as Maname Sugata
- Eri Watanabe as Mnemosyne
- Ryosuke Otani as Gonpachiro Satomi
- Issay as Kazunari Shitou
- Gabriel Kei as Club pimp
- Masaki Naito as Driver
- Kozo Sato as Yoshiyuki Matsuyama