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The Dangoro Party in the Sky

The Dangoro Party in the Sky

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  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 15, 1962

Runtime

1h 24m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Original Title

雲の上団五郎一座

Production Companies

Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd., TOHO

Director

Nobuo Aoyagi

Description

The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater at the end of the year. The troupe "Kumo no Ue Dangoro" continues to tour from town to village. The small cast of the troupe includes its leader (Kenichi Enomoto), Norizo (Norihei Miki) and Taizo (Mutoshi Happa), who play female roles - they are all super actors, each of whom plays five roles. Dan Goro dreams of performing in a major theater and tries to put on a big show with a young man he meets in Shikoku named Sakai (Frankie Sakai), but...