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Idol

Idol

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 11, 2022

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

TV Movie, Drama

Original Title

アイドル

Production Companies

NHK

Description

In 1936, Onodera Toshiko, who moved to Tokyo from Iwate, auditioned for the Moulin Rouge theater in Shinjuku to become a star. On the spot, she catches the attention of the manager and producer Sasaki Senri and the theater's leading actress Takanawa Yoshiko, and then she begins working as a theater's member. Based on the true story of Ashita Matsuko (明日待子), a popular Japanese idol in war period.