The Dancer

Overview

Against the backdrop of late 19th-century Berlin, Toyotaro Ota, a young Japanese uni student studying in Germany, meets and falls in love with 16-year-old local dancer Elise. Their unconventional affair and subsequent cohabitation stir up a massive scandal that threatens his reputation, eventually reaching the ears of officials in Japan.

Directed by Masahiro Shinoda

Top cast

Hiromi Go

Toyotaro Ota

L

Lisa Wolf

Elise Weigelt

Brigitte Grothum

Anna Weigelt

Haruko Katō

Mareike Carrière

Luise von Bülow

Christoph Eichhorn

Von Meintheim

Toru Masuoka

Kenkichi Aizawa

Shiro Sano

Takashi Tanimura

Takuzo Kadono

Kazusaburo Fukushima

Rolf Hoppe

Robert Koch

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Count Amagata

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Fritz Krüger

A

Andreas Mannkopff

Tonio Busch

Irma Münch

Frau Von Haas

Achim Wolff

Georg Schleicher

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