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Dancing Girl(1957)
Status: Released
Date: 1957-02-12
80%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
Overview:
In Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One day Hanae’s little sister rolls into their apartment and begins to stir things up with her riotousness.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Dancing Girl
Top 10 Billed Cast
淡島千景
Hanae Hanamura
京マチ子
Chiyomi Hanamura
船越英二
Yamano
田中春男
Tamura
穂高 のり子
Toshiko
町田博子
Landlady
Saburo Sakai
平井岐代子
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In Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One day Hanae’s little sister rolls into their apartment and begins to stir things up with her riotousness.
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1957-02-12
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