Kagero-za

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Kagero-za
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Produced by Genjiro Arato
Written by Yōzō Tanaka
Kyoka Izumi (novel)
Starring Yusaku Matsuda
Michiyo Okusu
Katsuo Nakamura
Eriko Kusuda
Music by Kaname Kawachi
Cinematography Kazue Nagatsuka
Editing by Akira Suzuki
Distributed by Cinema Placet
Genjiro Amato Pictures
Release date(s) July 31, 1981
Running time 139 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Preceded by Zigeunerweisen
Followed by Yumeji
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Kagero-za (陽炎座 Kagerō-za?, aka Heat-Haze Theatre) is a 1981 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on a novel by Kyoka Izumi. It forms the middle section of Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, preceded by Zigeunerweisen (1980) and followed by Yumeji (1991), surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by style, themes and the Taishō period (1912-1926) setting. All were produced by Genjiro Arato.

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