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  1. Movies
  2. Sea of Vanity

Sea of Vanity

Original Title: 虚飾の海

1984
1h
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1984

Runtime

1h

Storyline

A film adaptation (funded by Ken Togo) based on an expose book by a person involved in the Japanese entertainment industry of the time. The book describes among other things the drug-fueled parties, orgies of the entertainment business and what some celebrities like Johnny Kitagawa among others were allegedly up to in their free time. Basically giving an open-book about the secrets of the entertainment-world. The film adapts and portrays some of the shocking scenes of this book, focussing more on the gay-aspect of the expose.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h
Sep 1, 1984
Languages
Japanese
Director
Masayoshi Nogami
Masayoshi Nogami
Production
ENK Promotion
ENK Promotion
Production Countries
Japan

Top Cast

2 Cast Members

Hidehiko Mizushima

Yoshihiko Tsuruta

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