Overview

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.

Top Cast

Hideko Yoshida

Madako Masaoka

Kazuyoshi Kushida

Shirô Hatano

Takashi Sasano

Wataru 'Bakumatsu' Matsumoto

F

Fuyuko Imae

Juri 'Lily' Hayashi

Fumiyo Kohinata

Shinzô Hirota

H

Hiroshi Omori

Lieutenant Shirai

K

Kenji Itakura

Side

K

Keiji Manako

Larry

N

Noriko Kojima

King

M

Mitsuru Toishi

Shingly Taguchi

S

Shojiro Kataoka

Raymond Kovacs

Hideyuki Otsuki

Miyashita