Shanghai Rhapsody

Shanghai Rhapsody (上海バンスキング, Shanghai bansu kingu) is a 1984 Japanese musical drama film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, adapted from the 1979 musical of the same name.^[1]

Shanghai Rhapsody
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kinji Fukasaku
Screenplay by	Kinji Fukasaku Yōzō Tanaka
Story by	Ren Saitō (musical)
Cinematography	Keiji Maruyama
Music by	Nobuyoshi Koshibe
Release date	1984 (1984)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

It received multiple nominations at the 8th Japan Academy Film Prize, including Director of the Year and Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Keiko Matsuzaka).^[2]

Cast

• Keiko Matsuzaka as Madoka Masaka a.k.a. "Madonna"
• Morio Kazama as Shirō Hatano
• Mitsuru Hirata as Shinzō Hirota
• Isao Natsuyagi as Shirai
• Etsuko Shihomi as Lin Zhuli a.k.a. "Lily"
• Ryūdō Uzaki as Matsumoto Wataru a.k.a. "Bakumatsu"
• Noboru Mitani as Mr. Fang
• Ken Frankel as Larry

Other credits

• Art Direction:
  • Kyohei Morita
  • Yutaka Yokoyama
• Assistant Director: Hideo Nanbu
• Sound recordist: Kazuhisa Takahashi