STRAY NIGHTINGALE

MIDARE UGUISU

By Hidenori INOUE, Takuji IZUMI

VILLAGE INC. - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World, JAPAN / PROD

Drama - Completed 2017

Stray Nightingale, no where to return...

Festivals
& Awards

Tokyo 2016
Official Selection- Special Screening
Shanghai 2017
Panorama Selection
Asian Dallas 2017
Audience Award
Sitges 2017
Noves Plus Closing
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Drama, Action/Adventure, Romance
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 134 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Hidenori INOUE, Takuji IZUMI
    • Writer(s)
    • Yutaka KURAMOCHI
    • Synopsis
    • The latest film by the hit theatre company GEKIDAN⭐︎SHINKANSEN. An all new hybrid entertainment, combined with live theatre and film.
      Juzaburo (Arata Furuta), known as a chivalrous thief, is one day betrayed by his henchman and his entire gang is slaughtered. The gravely wounded Juzuaburo escapes and is saved by Inspector Sadaemon (Ryosuke Otani) and a couple, Kansuke (Macoto Awane) and Okayo (Izumi Inamori), who runs a tavern. There, Juzuaburo retires from the trade and changes his name to Genzaburo. Few peaceful years goes, by then Kansuke dies from an illness. Genzaburo helps Okayo to run the prosperous tavern. One night, a local police chief Katsunosuke (Shunsuke Daitoh) inquires about a bandit named Sunakichi (Jun Hashimoto). Genzaburo realizes that Katsunosuke is the son of the man who saved his life years ago. Genzaburo comes up with a plan to repay his debt, but doesn't know what the future holds…