The Dancer (舞姫) 34 years old

Based on a semi-autobiographical story by Ogai Mori, about a Japanese medical student who goes to Berlin to study in the 1880s and falls in love with a German ballet dancer.

Credits

The Dancer Cast

Name Character
Takuzô Kadono as Kazusaburo Fukushima
Tsutomu Yamazaki He was 52, now 87 years old as Count Amagata
Rolf Hoppe He was 58, now 93 years old as Robert Koch
Hans-Uwe Bauer He was 34, now 68 years old as Fritz Krüger
Shirō Sano He was 34, now 69 years old as Takashi Tanimura
Brigitte Grothum She was 54, now 89 years old as Anna Weigelt
Tôru Masuoka He was 33, now 67 years old as Kenkichi Aizawa
Mareike Carrière She was 35, 59 years old when she died as Luise von Bülow
Haruko Kato She was 66, now 101 years old
Andreas Mannkopff He was 50, 76 years old when he died as Tonio Busch
Irma Münch She was 59, now 93 years old as Frau Von Haas
Christoph Eichhorn He was 32, now 66 years old as Von Meintheim

The Dancer Crew

Name Department
Harry Leupold as Art Direction. He was 61 (84) years old when He died Art
Barbara Hiltmann as Editor. She was 34 (now 69) years old Editing
Manfred Durniok as Producer. He was 55 (68) years old when He died Production
Kazuo Miyagawa as Director of Photography. He was 81 (90) years old when He died Camera
Masato Hara as Producer. He was 57 (now 92) years old Production
Tsutomu Tamura as Screenplay. He was 56 (64) years old when He died Writing
Cong Su as Original Music Composer. He was 32 (now 67) years old Sound
Ogai Mori as Original Story. He was 127 (60) years old when He died Writing
Hans Borgelt as Screenplay. He was 75 (85) years old when He died Writing
Masahiro Shinoda as Director. He was 58 (now 93) years old Directing
Masahiro Shinoda as Screenplay. He was 58 (now 93) years old Writing
The Dancer poster
The Dancer (34 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, October 12, 1989
  • Runtime: 123 minutes