A-Ge-Man: Tales of a Golden Geisha
Appearance
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Directed by | Juzo Itami |
Written by | Juzo Itami |
Produced by | Juzo Itami |
Starring | Nobuko Miyamoto Masahiko Tsugawa Mitsuko Ishii Hideji Otaki Shōgo Shimada |
Release date | 1990 |
Running time | 124 min. |
Language | Japanese |
Tales of a Golden Geisha (also known as あげまん and Ageman) is a 1990 Japanese comedy film by director Juzo Itami.
The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as her unfaithful, sometimes partner. As well as showing her relationships with the man she loves and the men who employ her, it satirizes corruption and the influence of money in Japanese politics.
Ageman was nominated for four Japanese Academy Awards—Best Director (Juzo Itami), Best Actress (Nobuko Miyamoto), Best Screenplay (Juzo Itami) and Best Editing (Akira Suzuki).[1][2]
Cast
- Nobuko Miyamoto as Nayoko
- Masahiko Tsugawa as Mondo Suzuki
- Ryunosuke Kaneda as Tamonin
- Atsuko Ichinomiya as Rin, Tamonin's mother
- Kin Sugai as Foster mother
- Kazuyo Mita as Hiyoko
- Mitsuko Ishii as Eiko
- Yoriko Douguchi as Junko
- Maiko Minami as Sayori-chan
- Fukumi Kuroda as Kiyoka
- Isao Hashizume
- Haruna Takase as Fur shop manager
- Tokuko Sugiyama as Restaurant manager
- Yakan Yanagi as Foster father
- Michiyo Yokoyama as Tamonin's court lady
- Hiroko Seki as Shinkame Chiyo restaurant manager
- Noborou Yano as Hirutaji chief
- Yan Yano as Hirutaji chief
- Harukazu Kitami as Bo-san #1
- Akira Kubo as Bo-san #2
- Yoshihiro Kato as Segawa Kikunojo
- Akari Uchida as Houte couture woman
- Mihoko Shibata as Woman carer in movie
- Mansaku Fuwa as Executioner's assistant in the dream
- Yôichi Ueda as Camera man
- Shinobu Oshizaka as Doctor
- Eijirō Tōno as Prime Minister
- Kiyokata Saruwaka as Traditional dance teacher
- Kazuo Kitamura as Tsurumaru
- Akira Takarada as Inukai
- Shōgo Shimada as Zenbu Okura
- Hideji Ōtaki as Chijiwa (uncredited)
- Hiroshi Okouchi as Chichiiwa
References
- ^ A-ge-man (1990) - Awards
- ^ "14th Japanese Academy Awards". japan-academy-prized.jp.
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