Against the backdrop of late 19th-century Berlin, Toyotaro Ota, a young Japanese uni student studying in Germany, meets and falls in love with 16-year-old local dancer Elise. Their unconventional affair and subsequent cohabitation stir up a massive scandal that threatens his reputation, eventually reaching the ears of officials in Japan.
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Masahiro Shinoda
Director, Screenplay
Tsutomu Tamura
Screenplay
Hans Borgelt
Screenplay
Kikuo Tashiro
Executive Producer
Manfred Durniok
Producer
Masato Hara
Producer
Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Jürgen Jürges
Director of Photography
Su Cong
Original Music Composer
Sachiko Yamaji
Editor
Barbara Hiltmann
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