Original Title: 陽炎座
Status
Released
Release
1981
Runtime
2h 20m
A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
17 Cast Members
Yūsaku Matsuda
Shungo Matsuzaki
Michiyo Yasuda
Shinako
Eriko Kusuta
Ine
Yoshio Harada
Wada
Mariko Kaga
Mio
Katsuo Nakamura
Tamawaki
Ryutaro Otomo
Master
Eimei Esumi
Butler
B-saku Satoh
Station Employee
Emiko Azuma
Old Woman
Hideko Okiyama
Woman in a Bright Colour Kimono
Akaji Maro
Homeless
Isao Tamagawa
Clerk
Asao Sano
Head of a Hospital
Hiroko Itō
Maid
Hyōe Enoki
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