Hope and Pain

Hope and Pain (希望と痛み, Kibō to Itami; lit. ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ, Dauntaun Hiirōzu) is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. It was Japan's submission to the 61st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1] It was also entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Hope and Pain
DVD cover
Japanese name
Kana	ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ
Directed by	Yoji Yamada
Screenplay by	Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama
Based on	Downtown Heroes by Akira Hayasaka
Starring	Hiroko Yakushimaru
Music by	Teizo Matsumura
Release date	1988 (1988)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Hiroko Yakushimaru as Fusako Nakahara
• Hashinosuke Nakamura III [ja] as Kosuke Shima
• Toshirō Yanagiba as Onkel, Keigo Hinoki
• Toshinori Omi as Arles, Sadaichi Takai
• Tetta Sugimoto as Gan, Iwao Ishido
• Shinobu Sakagami as Chopinski, Choichiro Saeki
• Eri Ishida as Sakiko Taniguchi, Prostitute
• Keiko Awaji as Coffee shop's madame
• Nakamura Shikan VII (Special appearance) as Kosuke today
• Chieko Baisho as Kosuke's Mother, Tamiko Shima
• Kiyoshi Atsumi as Havaosuke the dormitory cook

See also

• Cinema of Japan
• List of submissions to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film